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2005–06 Heineken Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Date21 October 2005 - 20 May 2006
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played79
Attendance964,863 (12,213 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
(129 points)
Top try scorer(s)Sireli Bobo (Biarritz)
Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
(6 tries)
Final
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance74,534
ChampionsIreland Munster (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Biarritz Olympique
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The 2005–06 Heineken Cup was the eleventh edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 different 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
  • France Castres
  • France Perpignan
  • France Stade Français
  • France Clermont Auvergne
  • France Biarritz
  • France Bourgoin
  • France Toulouse
  • England Sale Sharks
  • England Leeds Carnegie
  • England Leicester Tigers
  • England Saracens
  • England Bath
  • England London Wasps
  • Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
  • Wales Cardiff Blues
  • Wales Ospreys
  • Wales Llanelli Scarlets
  • Ireland Munster
  • Ireland Ulster
  • Ireland Leinster
  • Scotland Glasgow
  • Scotland Edinburgh
  • Italy Calvisano
  • Italy 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
Ireland Munster (4) 6 5 0 1 22 6 16 186 87 99 3 0 23
England Sale Sharks (7) 6 5 0 1 17 9 8 159 84 75 3 0 23
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 6 1 0 5 14 20 −6 99 168 −69 1 1 6
France 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
France Perpignan (5) 6 5 0 1 20 5 15 160 52 108 2 1 23
England Leeds Tykes 6 4 0 2 19 9 10 143 91 52 3 1 20
Wales Cardiff Blues 6 3 0 3 16 18 −2 128 145 −17 3 0 15
Italy 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
England Leicester Tigers (3) 6 5 0 1 19 10 9 179 111 68 3 1 24
France Stade Français 6 4 0 2 16 7 9 148 98 50 2 2 20
Wales Ospreys 6 2 0 4 9 20 −11 90 144 −54 0 1 9
France 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
France Biarritz (2) 6 5 0 1 24 10 14 182 93 89 4 0 24
England Saracens 6 4 0 2 12 13 −1 128 129 −1 1 0 17
Ireland Ulster 6 3 0 3 15 13 2 126 111 15 2 0 14
Italy 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
England Bath (6) 6 5 0 1 18 9 9 166 111 55 3 0 23
Ireland Leinster (8) 6 4 0 2 28 13 15 214 124 90 4 2 22
France Bourgoin 6 2 0 4 9 24 −15 109 195 −86 1 0 9
Scotland 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
France Toulouse (1) 6 5 1 0 22 11 11 188 124 64 3 0 25
England Wasps 6 2 1 3 18 13 5 173 118 55 2 2 14
Wales Llanelli Scarlets 6 2 0 4 18 26 −8 152 206 −54 2 2 12
Scotland Edinburgh 6 2 0 4 14 22 −8 121 186 −65 1 2 11

Seeding and runners-up

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

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

1 April 2006
12:30
Leicester Tigers England12 – 15England Bath Rugby
Pen: Andy Goode (4) 2', 18', 33', 45'ReportPen: Malone (5) 7', 28', 31', 51', 62'
Walkers Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Joël Jutge France
1 April 2006
16:00
Toulouse France35 – 41Ireland Leinster
Tries: Nyanga 73' c
Jauzion 80' c
Con: Élissalde (2)
Pen: Élissalde (6) 6', 12', 32', 42', 48', 57'
Drop: Michalak 50'		ReportTries: O'Driscoll 24' c
Jowitt 53' c
Hickie 59' m
Shane Horgan 63' c
Con: Contepomi (3)
Pen: Contepomi (5) 9', 16', 18', 34', 67'
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Attendance: 37,815
Referee: Dave Pearson England
1 April 2006
17:30
Munster Ireland19 – 10France Perpignan
Try: O'Connell 20' c
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (4) 41', 46', 65', 68'		ReportTry: Bourret 28' c
Con: Bourret
Pen: Bourret 36'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse Wales
2 April 2006
18:00
Biarritz Olympique France11 – 6England Sale Sharks
Try: Bobo 32' m
Pen: Yachvili (2) 20', 26'		ReportPen: Hodgson (2) 25', 75'
Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Alan Lewis Ireland

Semi-finals

22 April 2006
15:00
Biarritz Olympique France18 – 9England Bath Rugby
Pen: Yachvili (5) 4', 16', 21', 43', 78'
Drop: Traille 45'		ReportPen: Malone (3) 17', 23', 64'
Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián
Attendance: 31,700
Referee: Alain Rolland Ireland
23 April 2006
15:00
Leinster Ireland6 – 30Ireland Munster
Pen: Contepomi (2) 22', 71'ReportTries: Leamy 10' c
O'Gara 74' c
Halstead 80' c
Con: O'Gara (3)
Pen: O'Gara (3) 2', 24', 32'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 47,800
Referee: Joël Jutge France

Final

Main article: 2006 Heineken Cup Final
20 May 2006
15:00
Biarritz France19 – 23Ireland Munster
Try: Bobo 2' c
Con: Yachvili
Pen: Yachvili (4) 22', 48', 51', 70'		ReportTries: Halstead 17' c
Stringer 31' c
Con: O'Gara (2)
Pen: O'Gara (3) 7', 42', 73'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,534
Referee: Chris White (England)

Statistics

Top point scorers

Top try scorers

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