1996–97 Heineken Cup

The Heineken Cup 1996/97 was the second edition of the Heineken Cup, the main European cup competition in rugby union. It involved 20 teams from six countries, with England and Scotland were represented for the first time and teams from Romania were not invited due to the low power levels. The finals took place at Cardiff Arms Park on 25 January 1997. Cup winner was the French club CA Brive, who beat the Leicester Tigers in England in the final.

Mode

The participants were divided into four groups of five teams. Each team met only once on one of the opponents in the group, so there were two home games and two away games. For the quarter-finals, the top two of each group qualified.

The points are distributed as follows:

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 point for a draw

Group stage

  • Qualified for the quarterfinals

Values ​​in parentheses indicate placement on the quarter-final seedings

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Final

US Dax Bath Rugby Pontypridd RFC Benetton Rugby Treviso Edinburgh Rugby Llanelli RFC Leinster Rugby Section Paloise Border Reivers (Rugby) Harlequin F.C. Ospreys (rugby team) Ulster Rugby Stade Toulousain London Wasps Munster Rugby Welford Road Stadium Ieuan Evans 1995–96 Heineken Cup 1997–98 Heineken Cup 1998–99 Heineken Cup 1999–2000 Heineken Cup 2000–01 Heineken Cup 2001–02 Heineken Cup 2002–03 Heineken Cup 2003–04 Heineken Cup 2004–05 Heineken Cup 2005–06 Heineken Cup 2006–07 Heineken Cup 2007–08 Heineken Cup 2008–09 Heineken Cup 2009–10 Heineken Cup 2010–11 Heineken Cup 2011–12 Heineken Cup 2012–13 Heineken Cup 2013–14 Heineken Cup
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