2005–06 Heineken Cup

Template:Infobox European Cup Rugby season The 2005–06 Heineken Cup was the eleventh edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 countries took part, with the opening game played on Friday October 21, 2005. Munster won the tournament, beating Biarritz in the final held at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 20 May 2006.

The teams 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.

Format

In the pool matches, teams receive:

• 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

Ties between two teams are broken in the following order:

1. Match points earned in head-to-head matches. For example, if tied teams are in the same pool, and split their head-to-head matches, but one team earned a bonus point and the other failed to do so, the team that earned the bonus point will win. Munster won a tiebreaker over Sale Sharks in Pool 1 in this very manner.
2. Tries scored in head-to-head matches.
3. Point difference in head-to-head matches.
4. Tries scored in all pool matches. This is the first tiebreaker between teams in different pools, which can come into play for determining seeding among first-place teams, or breaking ties among second-place teams.
5. Point difference in all pool matches.
6. Best disciplinary record in pool play. The team with the fewest players sent off or sin-binned during pool play wins.
7. Coin toss.

The quarterfinals are seeded from 1 to 8. The six pool winners receive the top six seeds, based on their point totals. The top two-second-place finishers are seeded 7 and 8. The seeds of the qualifying teams are in parentheses next to their names in the tables.

Teams

France	England	Wales	Ireland	Scotland	Italy
Template:Flagicon Castres Template:Flagicon Perpignan Template:Flagicon Stade Français Template:Flagicon Clermont Auvergne Template:Flagicon Biarritz Template:Flagicon Bourgoin Template:Flagicon Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks Template:Flagicon Leeds Tykes Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers Template:Flagicon Saracens Template:Flagicon Bath Template:Flagicon London Wasps	Template:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues Template:Flagicon Ospreys Template:Flagicon Llanelli Scarlets	Template:Flagicon Munster Template:Flagicon Ulster Template:Flagicon Leinster	Template:Flagicon Glasgow Template:Flagicon Edinburgh	Template:Flagicon Calvisano Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso

Pool stage

Full results can be found at 2005–06 Heineken Cup pool stage.
All times are local to the match location.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Munster (4)	6	5	0	1	22	6	16	186	87	99	3	0	23
Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks (7)	6	5	0	1	17	9	8	159	84	75	3	0	23
Template:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons	6	1	0	5	14	20	−6	99	168	−69	1	1	6
Template:Flagicon Castres	6	1	0	5	8	26	−18	90	195	−105	1	1	6

Note: Munster took first place over Sale Sharks on competition points in head-to-head matches, 5–4.

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Perpignan (5)	6	5	0	1	20	5	15	160	52	108	2	1	23
Template:Flagicon Leeds Tykes	6	4	0	2	19	9	10	143	91	52	3	1	20
Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues	6	3	0	3	16	18	−2	128	145	−17	3	0	15
Template:Flagicon Calvisano	6	0	0	6	4	27	−23	48	191	−143	0	0	0

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers (3)	6	5	0	1	19	10	9	179	111	68	3	1	24
Template:Flagicon Stade Français	6	4	0	2	16	7	9	148	98	50	2	2	20
Template:Flagicon Ospreys	6	2	0	4	9	20	−11	90	144	−54	0	1	9
Template:Flagicon Clermont Auvergne	6	1	0	5	14	21	−7	136	200	−64	1	1	6

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Biarritz (2)	6	5	0	1	24	10	14	182	93	89	4	0	24
Template:Flagicon Saracens	6	4	0	2	12	13	−1	128	129	−1	1	0	17
Template:Flagicon Ulster	6	3	0	3	15	13	2	126	111	15	2	0	14
Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso	6	0	0	6	13	28	−15	104	207	−103	2	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 Bath (6)	6	5	0	1	18	9	9	166	111	55	3	0	23
Template:Flagicon Leinster (8)	6	4	0	2	28	13	15	214	124	90	4	2	22
Template:Flagicon Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	9	24	−15	109	195	−86	1	0	9
Template:Flagicon Glasgow	6	1	0	5	16	25	−9	131	190	−59	1	1	6

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Toulouse (1)	6	5	1	0	22	11	11	188	124	64	3	0	25
Template:Flagicon Wasps	6	2	1	3	18	13	5	173	118	55	2	2	14
Template:Flagicon Llanelli Scarlets	6	2	0	4	18	26	−8	152	206	−54	2	2	12
Template:Flagicon Edinburgh	6	2	0	4	14	22	−8	121	186	−65	1	2	11

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Template:Flagicon Toulouse	25	22	+64
2	Template:Flagicon Biarritz	24	24	+89
3	Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers	24	19	+68
4	Template:Flagicon Munster	23	22	+99
5	Template:Flagicon Perpignan	23	20	+108
6	Template:Flagicon Bath	23	18	+55
Seed	Pool runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks	23	17	+75
8	Template:Flagicon Leinster	22	28	+90
–	Template:Flagicon Leeds Tykes	20	19	+108
–	Template:Flagicon Stade Français	20	16	+50
–	Template:Flagicon Saracens	17	12	−1
–	Template:Flagicon London Wasps	14	18	+55

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Statistics

Top point scorers

• 131 – Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
• 115 – Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
• 99 – Andy Goode (Leicester Tigers)

Top try scorers

• 6 – Sireli Bobo (Biarritz Olympique)
• 6 – Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
• 6 – Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)

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