2007–08 Heineken Cup pool stage

Template:Use dmy dates Template:European Rugby Cup pool stage The pool stage of the 2007–08 Heineken Cup began on 9 November 2007, and was completed on 20 January 2008. Involved in the pool stage were the 23 clubs that qualified through their respective domestic leagues, and one that qualified via the Italo-Celtic play-off match in May 2007. The 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with each team to play each of the others in their pool once at home and once away. At the end of the pool stage, the winners of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the two best runners-up. The teams were then seeded, first by pool position, and then by points attained, in order to determine which teams received home advantage for the quarter-finals.

The draw for the pool stage took place on 20 June 2007 at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

The 2007–08 tournament was the first in which no team had yet secured a quarter-final place by the end of Round 5.

All times are local to the match venue.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon London Irish (2)	6	5	0	1	25	10	+15	182	100	+82	4	0	24
Template:Flagicon Perpignan (7)	6	5	0	1	20	7	+13	171	79	+92	2	0	22
Template:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons	6	1	0	5	16	22	−6	117	191	−74	2	2	8
Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso	6	1	0	5	8	30	−22	107	207	−100	0	1	5

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Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Gloucester (3)	6	5	0	1	24	13	+11	184	119	+65	4	0	24
Template:Flagicon Ospreys (8)	6	5	0	1	16	9	+7	164	102	+62	1	0	21
Template:Flagicon Bourgoin	6	1	0	5	12	19	−7	118	174	−56	1	3	8
Template:Flagicon Ulster	6	1	0	5	13	24	−11	102	173	−71	0	1	5

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Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues (5)	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	124	76	+48	1	1	20
Template:Flagicon Stade Français	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	120	92	+28	2	0	18
Template:Flagicon Bristol	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	83	80	+3	0	0	12
Template:Flagicon Harlequins	6	0	1	5	7	17	−10	62	141	−79	0	0	2

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Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Saracens (1)	6	5	0	1	27	11	+16	225	119	+106	3	1	24
Template:Flagicon Biarritz	6	4	0	2	9	11	−2	109	116	−7	1	1	18
Template:Flagicon Glasgow Warriors	6	3	0	3	12	14	−2	130	127	+3	1	3	16
Template:Flagicon Viadana	6	0	0	6	13	25	−12	106	208	−102	2	17	3

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Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Munster (6)	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	148	95	+53	1	2	19
Template:Flagicon Clermont Auvergne	6	4	0	2	22	15	+7	189	128	+61	2	1	19
Template:Flagicon London Wasps	6	4	0	2	19	12	+7	152	127	+25	2	0	18
Template:Flagicon Llanelli Scarlets	6	0	0	6	8	28	−20	74	213	−139	0	0	0

Notes:

• Munster place above Clermont Auvergne by virtue of having earned more competition points in their two head-to-head matches: 6 to 4.

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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 (4)	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	130	76	+54	2	2	20
Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers	6	3	0	3	10	5	+5	110	79	+31	1	1	14
Template:Flagicon Leinster	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	95	123	−28	0	0	12
Template:Flagicon Edinburgh	6	2	0	4	8	15	−7	85	142	−57	0	1	9

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Seeding and runners-up

The winners of each of the six pools are seeded 1 to 6 first by points, then tries scored, and finally score difference. The runners-up are similarly sorted, and the best two are seeded seven and eight and progress to the quarter-finals alongside the six winners. The top four seeds are given home matches in the quarter-finals, with seed 1 playing seed 8, seed 2 playing seed 7 etc.

Seed	Pool winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Template:Flagicon Saracens	24	27	+106
2	Template:Flagicon London Irish	24	25	+82
3	Template:Flagicon Gloucester	24	24	+65
4	Template:Flagicon Toulouse	20	13	+54
5	Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues	20	12	+48
6	Template:Flagicon Munster	19	13	+53
Seed	Pool runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Template:Flagicon Perpignan	22	20	+92
8	Template:Flagicon Ospreys	21	16	+62
–	Template:Flagicon Clermont Auvergne	19	22	+61
–	Template:Flagicon Stade Français	18	12	+28
–	Template:Flagicon Biarritz	18	9	−7
–	Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers	14	10	+31

See also

• 2007–08 Heineken Cup

External links

• European Rugby Cup : Pools