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2005–06 Heineken Cup

International rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	2005–06 Heineken Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official Logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	21 October 2005 – 20 May 2006
teams	24
matches	79
attendance	964863
top point scorer	Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
(129 points)
top try scorer	Sireli Bobo (Biarritz)
Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
(6 tries)
venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance2	74,534
champions	IRE Munster
count	1
runner-up	FRA Biarritz
website	https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year	2004–05
previous tournament	2004–05 Heineken Cup
next year	2006–07
next tournament	2006–07 Heineken Cup

France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales (129 points) Vincent Clerc (Toulouse) Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (6 tries) | runner-up = FRA Biarritz 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:

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.
Tries scored in head-to-head matches.
Point difference in head-to-head matches.
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.
Point difference in all pool matches.
Best disciplinary record in pool play. The team with the fewest players sent off or sin-binned during pool play wins.
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

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	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
IRE Munster (4)	6	5	1	22	6	16	186	87	99	3	0	23
ENG Sale Sharks (7)	6	5	1	17	9	8	159	84	75	3	0	23
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	6	1	5	14	20	−6	99	168	−69	1	1	6
FRA Castres	6	1	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	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Perpignan (5)	6	5	1	20	5	15	160	52	108	2	1	23
ENG Leeds Tykes	6	4	2	19	9	10	143	91	52	3	1	20
WAL Cardiff Blues	6	3	3	16	18	−2	128	145	−17	3	0	15
ITA Calvisano	6	0	6	4	27	−23	48	191	−143	0	0	0

Pool 3

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

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Biarritz (2)	6	5	1	24	10	14	182	93	89	4	0	24
ENG Saracens	6	4	2	12	13	−1	128	129	−1	1	0	17
IRE Ulster	6	3	3	15	13	2	126	111	15	2	0	14
ITA Benetton Treviso	6	0	6	13	28	−15	104	207	−103	2	1	3

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Bath (6)	6	5	1	18	9	9	166	111	55	3	0	23
IRE Leinster (8)	6	4	2	28	13	15	214	124	90	4	2	22
FRA Bourgoin	6	2	4	9	24	−15	109	195	−86	1	0	9
SCO Glasgow	6	1	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
FRA Toulouse (1)	6	5	1	0	22	11	11	188	124	64	3	0	25
ENG Wasps	6	2	1	3	18	13	5	173	118	55	2	2	14
WAL Llanelli Scarlets	6	2	0	4	18	26	−8	152	206	−54	2	2	12
SCO Edinburgh	6	2	0	4	14	22	−8	121	186	−65	1	2	11

Seeding and runners-up

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

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Jauzion 80' c Jowitt 53' c Hickie 59' m Horgan 63' c

Semi-finals

O'Gara 74' c Halstead 80' c

Final

Main article: 2006 Heineken Cup Final

Stringer 31' c

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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