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2001–02 Heineken Cup

International rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	2001–02 Heineken Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	22 October 2001 – 25 May 2002
teams	24
matches	79
attendance	656382
top point scorer	Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
(129 points)
top try scorer	Ugo Mola (Castres)
(7 tries)
venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance2	74,600
champions	ENG Leicester Tigers
count	2
runner-up	IRE Munster
website	https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year	2000–01
previous tournament	2000–01 Heineken Cup
next year	2002–03
next tournament	2002–03 Heineken Cup

France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales (129 points) (7 tries) | runner-up = IRE Munster The 2001–02 Heineken Cup was the seventh edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages. Leicester Tigers won the cup, securing back-to-back titles and a third straight victory for the club.

Teams

FRA France	ENG England	WAL Wales	SCO Scotland	Ireland Ireland	ITA Italy

Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received

2 points for a win
1 points for a draw

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Leicester Tigers	6	5	1	17	3	14	175	88	87	10
WAL Llanelli	6	4	2	22	8	14	187	99	88	8
FRA Perpignan	6	3	3	19	11	8	182	136	46	6
ITA L'Amatori & Calvisano	6	0	6	6	42	−36	58	279	−221	0

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Stade Français	6	5	1	23	4	19	213	64	149	10
Ireland Ulster	6	4	2	17	11	6	196	142	54	8
ENG Wasps	6	2	4	9	9	0	120	186	−66	4
ITA Benetton Treviso	6	1	5	2	27	−25	102	239	−137	2

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Bath	6	6	0	0	16	2	14	161	56	105	12
FRA Biarritz Olympique	6	2	1	3	11	7	4	104	95	9	5
WAL Swansea	6	2	0	4	2	12	−10	92	142	−50	4
SCO Edinburgh Reivers	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	82	146	−64	3

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Castres Olympique	6	5	1	19	12	7	179	125	54	10
Ireland Munster	6	5	1	17	6	11	172	87	85	10
ENG Harlequins	6	2	4	14	20	−6	119	187	−68	4
WAL Bridgend	6	0	6	11	23	−12	116	187	−71	0

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Montferrand	6	4	1	1	23	7	16	191	100	91	9
WAL Cardiff	6	3	0	3	16	15	1	154	154	0	6
SCO Glasgow Caledonians	6	2	1	3	10	23	−13	126	198	−72	5
ENG Northampton	6	2	0	4	12	16	−4	132	151	−19	4

Pool 6

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Ireland Leinster	6	5	1	15	11	4	139	104	35	10
WAL Newport	6	3	3	17	13	4	151	146	5	6
FRA Toulouse	6	3	3	16	11	5	158	141	17	6
ENG Newcastle	6	1	5	8	21	−13	117	174	−57	2

Seeding

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	ENG Bath	12	16	+105
2	FRA Stade Français	10	23	+149
3	FRA Castres	10	19	+54
4	ENG Leicester Tigers	10	17	+87
5	IRE Leinster	10	15	+35
6	FRA Montferrand	9	23	+91
7	IRE Munster	10	17	+85
8	WAL Llanelli	8	22	+88
–	IRE Ulster	8	17	+54
–	WAL Newport	6	17	+5
–	WAL Cardiff	6	16	0
–	FRA Biarritz Olympique	5	11	+9

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

date = 26 January 2002 14:45 | home = Castres FRA | score = 22–21 | report = Report | away = FRA Montferrand | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Pierre-Antoine | attendance = 9,500| referee = }}

date = 26 January 2002 15:00 | home = Bath ENG | score = 10–27 | report = Report | away = WAL Llanelli | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Recreation Ground | attendance = 8,200 | referee = }}

date = 26 January 2002 16:15 | home = Stade Francais FRA | score = 14–16 | report = Report | away = Ireland Munster | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Jean-Bouin | attendance = 12,000 | referee = }}

date = 27 January 2002 15:00 | home = Leicester Tigers ENG | score = 29–18 | report = Report | away = Ireland Leinster | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Welford Road | attendance = 16,249 | referee = }}

Semi-finals

date = 27 April 2002 15:00 | home = Castres FRA | score = 17–25 | report = Report | away = Ireland Munster | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade de la Méditerranée | attendance = 20,400| referee = }}

date = 28 April 2002 15:00 | home = Leicester Tigers ENG | score = 13–12 | report = Report | away = WAL Llanelli | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = City Ground | attendance = 29,849| referee = }}

Final

Main article: 2002 Heineken Cup Final

Healey 59' c Con: Stimpson Pen: Stimpson 70'

The Leicester Tigers became the first team to win the competition more than once.

References

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