2004–05 Heineken Cup

Template:Short description Template:Infobox European Cup Rugby season The 2004–05 Heineken Cup was the tenth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, qualified for the knock-out stage. The French club Toulouse won a nail-biting final over fellow French side Stade Français by 18–12 after extra time. Toulouse became the first club to win the event three times.

Format

In the pool matches teams received:

• four points for a win
• two points for a draw
• a bonus point for scoring four or more tries
• a bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points

The teams that qualified for the knockout stage are indicated in bold type on a green background. Their seeds in the knockout stage are indicated next to the team name.

Teams

France	England	Wales	Ireland	Scotland	Italy
Template:Flagicon Stade Français Template:Flagicon Toulouse Template:Flagicon Biarritz Olympique Template:Flagicon Castres Template:Flagicon Bourgoin Template:Flagicon Perpignan	Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers Template:Flagicon London Wasps Template:Flagicon Bath Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints Template:Flagicon Harlequins Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons Template:Flagicon Gloucester	Template:Flagicon Llanelli Scarlets Template:Flagicon Neath-Swansea Ospreys Template:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues	Template:Flagicon Leinster Template:Flagicon Munster Template:Flagicon Ulster	Template:Flagicon Glasgow Template:Flagicon Edinburgh	Template:Flagicon Calvisano Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Biarritz Olympique (4)	6	5	0	1	20	9	11	163	92	71	2	0	22
Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers (8)	6	4	0	2	24	9	15	196	118	78	2	1	19
Template:Flagicon London Wasps	6	3	0	3	21	14	7	174	138	36	2	2	16
Template:Flagicon Ghial Rugby Calvisano	6	0	0	6	10	43	−33	79	264	−185	0	0	0

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Leinster (1)	6	6	0	0	33	10	23	257	100	157	2	0	26
Template:Flagicon Bath	6	3	0	3	15	11	4	149	122	27	1	2	15
Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso	6	3	0	3	14	21	−7	136	181	−45	2	0	14
Template:Flagicon Bourgoin	6	0	0	6	9	29	−20	98	237	−139	0	2	2

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Toulouse (2)	6	5	0	1	21	9	12	181	104	77	3	1	24
Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints (7)	6	5	0	1	11	7	4	128	101	27	1	0	21
Template:Flagicon Llanelli Scarlets	6	2	0	4	15	17	−2	132	157	−25	3	2	13
Template:Flagicon Glasgow	6	0	0	6	11	25	−14	107	186	−79	0	2	2

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Munster (5)	6	5	0	1	12	4	8	121	74	47	1	1	22
Template:Flagicon Castres	6	3	1	2	16	13	3	157	121	36	2	0	16
Template:Flagicon Neath-Swansea Ospreys	6	3	0	3	11	10	1	135	115	20	1	1	14
Template:Flagicon NEC Harlequins	6	0	1	5	7	19	−12	81	184	−103	0	1	3

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons (6)	6	5	0	1	10	11	−1	113	104	9	1	0	21
Template:Flagicon Perpignan	6	3	0	3	15	10	5	133	107	26	2	1	15
Template:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons	6	3	0	3	17	12	5	124	99	25	2	1	15
Template:Flagicon Edinburgh	6	1	0	5	10	19	−9	92	152	−60	1	2	7

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Stade Français (3)	6	5	0	1	20	9	11	179	90	89	3	0	23
Template:Flagicon Gloucester	6	3	0	3	14	12	2	144	128	16	1	1	14
Template:Flagicon Ulster	6	3	0	3	5	13	−8	88	139	−51	0	1	13
Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues	6	1	0	5	8	13	−5	98	152	−54	0	3	7

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Template:Flagicon Leinster	26	33	+157
2	Template:Flagicon Toulouse	24	21	+77
3	Template:Flagicon Stade Français	23	20	+89
4	Template:Flagicon Biarritz Olympique	22	20	+71
5	Template:Flagicon Munster	22	12	+47
6	Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons	21	10	+9
Seed	Pool runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints	21	11	+27
8	Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers	19	24	+78
—	Template:Flagicon Castres Olympique	16	16	+36
—	Template:Flagicon Bath	15	15	+27
—	Template:Flagicon Perpignan	15	15	+26
—	Template:Flagicon Gloucester	14	14	+16

Knockout stage

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Final

Toulouse became the competition's first three-time champions.

References

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