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2006–07 Heineken Cup

International rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	2006–07 Heineken Cup
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	20 October 2006 – 20 May 2007
teams	24
matches	79
attendance	914048
top point scorer	Andy Goode (Leicester)
(89 points)
top try scorer	Clément Poitrenaud (Toulouse)
Paul Sackey (Wasps)
(7 tries)
venue	Twickenham Stadium, London
attendance2	81,076
champions	ENG London Wasps
count	2
runner-up	ENG Leicester Tigers
previous year	2005–06
previous tournament	2005–06 Heineken Cup
next year	2007–08
next tournament	2007–08 Heineken Cup

France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales (89 points) Paul Sackey (Wasps) (7 tries) | runner-up = ENG Leicester Tigers

The 2006–07 Heineken Cup was the 12th edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on 21 June at Twickenham. The pool stages started on 20 October and concluded in January, going for six rounds. Following the quarter- and semi-finals, the final was played on 20 May before a near-capacity crowd at the 82,000-seat redeveloped Twickenham in London. London Wasps defeated Leicester Tigers 25–9, denying Tigers the domestic and European treble.

Draw

The top seeds from each of the participant nations (France, England, Scotland, Italy, Wales and Ireland) were all drawn into separate pools. These top seeds were; Benetton Treviso (pool 1), Edinburgh (pool 2), Sale Sharks (pool 3), Cardiff Blues (pool 4), Ulster (pool 5) and Biarritz (pool 6). Rules state that no two sides from the same country could be allocated the same pool. However, the seventh French club Castres could be drawn into any pool. The draw took place on 21 June. The greatest team representation is from France, which has seven teams participating in the tournament. England has the second largest representation with six teams. Ireland, Wales and Italy all have three teams, and Scotland have two.

Competition 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, regardless of the match result
a bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points

Ties between two teams are broken in the following order:

Competition 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.
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 (and did in 2006–07), 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.

Pool stage

Full results can be found at 2006–07 Heineken Cup pool stage.

All times are local to the match location.

Referee Donal Courtney settling the players in Biarritz before play continues.

:{| class="wikitable"

+ Key to colours
Winner of each pool, plus two highest-ranked second-place teams,
advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
}

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG London Wasps (3)	6	5	1	23	5	18	195	64	131	2	1	23
FRA Perpignan	6	4	2	19	9	10	161	108	53	2	0	18
FRA Castres	6	3	3	17	13	4	146	136	10	2	2	16
ITA Benetton Treviso	6	0	6	11	43	−32	83	277	−194	0	0	0

Notes:

Wasps earn third seed over Leicester Tigers on the first possible tiebreaker, scoring 23 tries in pool play to Leicester's 22.

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
IRE Leinster (6)	6	4	2	21	10	11	174	97	77	3	2	21
FRA Agen	6	4	2	12	14	−2	119	119	0	1	0	17
ENG Gloucester	6	3	3	19	16	3	152	144	8	2	1	15
SCO Edinburgh	6	1	5	10	22	−12	95	180	−85	0	1	5

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Stade Français (5)	6	4	1	1	20	5	15	174	80	94	3	1	22
WAL Ospreys	6	4	1	1	19	8	11	147	108	39	2	0	20
ENG Sale Sharks	6	3	0	3	16	10	6	147	90	57	2	1	15
ITA Calvisano	6	0	0	6	6	38	−32	74	264	−190	0	0	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Leicester Tigers (4)	6	5	1	22	6	16	172	60	112	2	1	23
IRE Munster (7)	6	5	1	16	11	5	152	112	40	2	1	23
WAL Cardiff Blues	6	2	4	8	18	−10	87	138	−51	0	1	9
FRA Bourgoin	6	0	6	13	24	−11	95	196	−101	2	2	4

Notes:

Leicester Tigers win the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head tries, 3–2.

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
WAL Llanelli Scarlets (2)	6	6	0	20	12	8	169	120	49	3	0	27
FRA Toulouse	6	3	3	18	17	1	147	145	2	3	2	17
IRE Ulster	6	2	4	10	15	−5	111	129	−18	1	1	10
ENG London Irish	6	1	5	15	19	−4	124	157	−33	2	3	9

Notes:

Llanelli Scarlets become only the fourth team in the history of the Heineken Cup to win all their pool matches (after Wasps in 1997–98, Bath in 2000–01, and Leinster in both 2002–03 and 2004–05). They also set a record for most points earned in pool play since the competition adopted a bonus point system in 2003–04. This record would be broken about two hours later by Biarritz.

Pool 6

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	Pts
FRA Biarritz (1)	6	6	0	29	5	24	186	45	141	5	29
ENG Northampton Saints (8)	6	4	2	27	13	14	188	92	96	4	20
SCO Border Reivers	6	1	5	15	23	−8	121	166	−45	2	6
ITA Parma	6	1	5	9	39	−30	79	271	−192	1	5

Notes:

Biarritz entered their final pool match away to Northampton Saints on 21 January 2007 with a chance to become the first club since the Heineken Cup adopted the bonus point system in 2003–04 to score bonus point wins in all their pool matches. Biarritz won, becoming the fifth team to win all their pool matches, but failed to earn a bonus point. They also broke the record for competition points earned in pool play set earlier that day by Llanelli Scarlets.

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	FRA Biarritz	29	29	+141
2	WAL Llanelli Scarlets	27	20	+49
3	ENG London Wasps	23	23	+131
4	ENG Leicester Tigers	23	22	+112
5	FRA Stade Français	22	20	+94
6	IRE Leinster	21	21	+77
7	IRE Munster	23	22	+112
8	ENG Northampton Saints	20	27	+96
–	WAL Ospreys	20	19	+39
–	FRA Perpignan	18	19	+53
–	FRA Toulouse	17	18	−2
–	FRA Agen	17	12	0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

G. Thomas 40' c B. Davies 73' c Con: S. Jones (3) Pen: B. Davies 37' Ryan 78' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara 60'

Haskell 42' c Cipriani 50' m Con: King (3) Pen: King (3) 3', 12', 63' Con: Contepomi Pen: Contepomi (2) 40', 60'

Con: Spencer

Varndell 72' c Con: Goode Pen: Goode (3) 24', 26', 52' Pen: Skrela (4) 6', 35', 45', 64' Drop: Skrela 70'

Semi-finals

Jennings 52' c L. Deacon 75' c Con: Goode (3) Pen: Goode (4) 2', 5', 22', 63' Rees 50' c Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones 10'

Con: Reihana Pen: Reihana (2) 13', 17' Haskell 60' m Lewsey 77' c Con: Van Gisbergen (2) Pen: Van Gisbergen (2) 28', 50'

Final

Main article: 2007 Heineken Cup Final

Ibañez 34' m Pen: King (4) 4', 42', 49', 73' Drop: King 54'

References

Venues and attendances: Heineken Cup 2006–07 Fixtures & Results (pool stages). European Rugby Cup. Accessed 22 January 2007.
Referees: Heineken Cup 2006–07 Match Officials (pool stages). European Rugby Cup. Accessed 22 January 2007.

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