2006-07 Heineken Cup
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| 2006-07 Heineken Cup | |
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| Date | October 20 to May 20 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Matches played | 79 |
| Attendance | 914,048 (11,570 per match) |
| Final | |
| Venue | Twickenham Stadium, London  |
| Attendance | 81,076 |
| Champions | London Wasps |
| Runner-up | Leicester Tigers |
The 2006-07 Heineken Cup was the twelfth edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on June 21 at Twickenham. The pool stages started on October 20 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.
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[edit] 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 June 21. 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Pool Stage
Full results can be found at 2006-07 Heineken Cup Pool Stage.
All times are local to the match location.
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Key to colours Winner of each pool, plus two highest-ranked second-place teams,
advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
[edit] Pool 1
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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts London Wasps (3)6 5 0 1 23 195 64 +131 3 23 
Perpignan6 4 0 2 19 161 108 +53 2 18 Castres6 3 0 3 17 146 136 +10 4 16 
Benetton Treviso6 0 0 6 11 83 277 -194 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.
[edit] Pool 2
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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts 
Leinster (6)6 4 0 2 21 174 97 +77 5 21 Agen6 4 0 2 12 119 119 0 1 17 Gloucester6 3 0 3 19 152 144 +8 3 15 
Edinburgh6 1 0 5 10 95 180 -85 1 5
[edit] Pool 3
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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts Stade Français (5)6 4 1 1 20 174 80 +94 4 22 
Ospreys6 4 1 1 19 147 108 +39 2 20 Sale Sharks6 3 0 3 16 147 90 +57 3 15 Calvisano6 0 0 6 6 74 264 -190 0 0
[edit] Pool 4
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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts Leicester Tigers (4)6 5 0 1 22 172 60 +112 3 23 Munster (7)6 5 0 1 16 152 112 +40 3 23 Cardiff Blues6 2 0 4 8 87 138 -51 1 9 Bourgoin6 0 0 6 13 95 196 -101 4 4
Notes:
- Leicester Tigers win the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head tries, 3-2.
[edit] Pool 5
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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts Llanelli Scarlets (2)6 6 0 0 20 169 120 +49 3 27 Toulouse6 3 0 3 18 147 145 -2 5 17 Ulster6 2 0 4 10 111 129 -18 2 10 London Irish6 1 0 5 15 124 157 -33 5 9
Notes:
- Llanelli Scarlets become only the fifth 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.
[edit] Pool 6
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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts Biarritz (1)6 6 0 0 29 186 45 +141 5 29 Northampton Saints (8)6 4 0 2 27 188 92 +96 4 20 Border Reivers6 1 0 5 15 121 166 -45 2 6 Parma6 1 0 5 9 79 271 -192 1 5
Notes:
- Biarritz entered their final pool match away to Northampton Saints on January 21, 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 sixth 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.
[edit] Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| April 1 - Welford Road | ||||||||||
| Leicester Tigers |
19 | |||||||||
| April 21 - Walkers Stadium | ||||||||||
| Stade Français |
10 | |||||||||
| Leicester Tigers |
18 | |||||||||
| March 30 - Stradey Park | ||||||||||
| Llanelli Scarlets |
9 | |||||||||
| Llanelli Scarlets |
11 | |||||||||
| May 20 - Twickenham Stadium | ||||||||||
| Munster |
6 | |||||||||
| Leicester Tigers |
9 | |||||||||
| April 1 - Estadio Anoeta | ||||||||||
| London Wasps |
25 | |||||||||
| Biarritz |
35 | |||||||||
| April 22 - Ricoh Arena | ||||||||||
| Northampton Saints |
41 | |||||||||
| Northampton Saints |
6 | |||||||||
| March 31 - Adams Park | ||||||||||
| London Wasps |
30 | |||||||||
| London Wasps |
35 | |||||||||
| Leinster |
13 | |||||||||
[edit] Quarter-finals
| 2007-03-30 1930 |
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| Llanelli Scarlets |
24 – 15 | Munster |
Stradey Park, Llanelli[1] Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Chris White |
| Tries: James 5' c G. Thomas 40' c B. Davies 73' c Con: S. Jones (3) Pen: B. Davies 37' |
(Report) | Tries: Dowling 66' m Ryan 78' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara 60' |
| 2007-03-31 1745 |
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| London Wasps |
35 – 13 | Leinster |
Adams Park, High Wycombe[2] Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nigel Owens |
| Tries: Reddan (2) 33' c, 66' c Haskell 42' c Cipriani 50' m Con: King (3) Pen: King (3) 3', 12', 63' |
(Report) | Try: Whitaker 20' c Con: Contepomi Pen: Contepomi (2) 40', 60' |
| 2007-04-01 1400 |
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| Biarritz Olympique |
6 – 7 | Northampton Saints |
Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián[3] Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Alain Rolland |
| Pen: Yachvili (2) 40', 61' | (Report) | Try: Kydd 66' c Con: Spencer |
| 2007-04-01 1530 |
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| Leicester Tigers |
21 – 20 | Stade Français |
Welford Road, Leicester[4] Attendance: 16,815 Referee: Alan Lewis |
| Tries: Rabeni 3' m Varndell 72' c Con: Goode Pen: Goode (3) 24', 26', 52' |
(Report) | Try: Hernández 20' m Pen: Skrela (4) 6', 35', 45', 64' Drop: Skrela 70' |
[edit] Semi-finals
| 2007-04-21 1500 |
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| Leicester Tigers |
33 – 17 | Llanelli Scarlets |
Walkers Stadium, Leicester Attendance: 30,121 Referee: Alain Rolland |
| Tries: Goode 34' c Jennings 52' c L. Deacon 75' c Con: Goode (3) Pen: Goode (4) 2', 5', 22', 63' |
Tries: M. Jones 37' c Rees 50' c Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones 10' |
| 2007-04-22 1500 |
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| Northampton Saints |
13 – 30 | London Wasps |
Ricoh Arena, Coventry Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Alan Lewis |
| Try: Reihana 3' c Con: Reihana Pen: Reihana (2) 13', 17' |
Tries: Sackey 34' m, 70' c Haskell 60' m Lewsey 77' c Con: Gisbergen (2) Pen: Gisbergen (2) 28', 50' |
[edit] Final
| 2007-05-20 1430 |
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| Leicester Tigers |
9 – 25 | London Wasps |
Twickenham, London Attendance: 81,076 Referee: Alan Lewis |
| Pen: Goode (3) 7', 15', 38' | (Report) | Tries: Reddan 13' m Ibanez 34' m Pen: King (4) 4', 42', 49', 73' Drop: King 54' |
[edit] Notes and 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.
- ^ It's Stradey!. Llanelli Scarlets (22 January 2007).
- ^ Hackett, Fiona (31 January 2007). Tickets now on sale for Heineken Cup Quarter Final. London Wasps.
- ^ Biarritz-Northampton à Anoeta le 1er avril (Biarritz-Northampton at Anoeta on 1 April) (French). Biarritz Olympique (22 January 2007).
- ^ Sherrard, Gary (25 January 2007). Tigers to face Stade on Sunday April 1. Leicester Tigers.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Heineken Cup 2005-06 |
Heineken Cup 2006-07 |
Succeeded by Heineken Cup 2007-08 |
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