2001–02 Heineken Cup

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.

2001–02 Heineken Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Date22 October 2001 – 25 May 2002
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played79
Attendance656,382 (8,309 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
(129 points)
Top try scorer(s)Ugo Mola (Castres)
(7 tries)
Final
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance74,600
ChampionsEngland Leicester Tigers (2nd title)
Runners-upIreland Munster
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Teams

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  France   England   Wales   Scotland   Ireland   Italy
  • Perpignan
  • Stade Français
  • Biarritz
  • Castres
  • Montferrand
  • Toulouse
  • Leicester Tigers
  • London Wasps
  • Bath
  • Harlequins
  • Northampton
  • Newcastle Falcons
  • Llanelli
  • Swansea
  • Bridgend
  • Cardiff
  • Newport
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Ulster
  • Munster
  • Leinster
  • Calvisano
  • Treviso

Pool stage

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In the pool matches teams received

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

Pool 1

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

Pool 2

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

Pool 3

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

Pool 4

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

Pool 5

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

Pool 6

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Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
  Leinster 6 5 0 1 15 11 4 139 104 35 10
  Newport 6 3 0 3 17 13 4 151 146 5 6
  Toulouse 6 3 0 3 16 11 5 158 141 17 6
  Newcastle 6 1 0 5 8 21 −13 117 174 −57 2

Seeding

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

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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26 January 2002
14:45
Castres  22–21  Montferrand
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 9,500
26 January 2002
15:00
Bath  10–27  Llanelli
Report
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200
26 January 2002
16:15
Stade Francais  14–16  Munster
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 12,000
27 January 2002
15:00
Leicester Tigers  29–18  Leinster
Report
Welford Road
Attendance: 16,249

Semi-finals

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27 April 2002
15:00
Castres  17–25  Munster
Report
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 20,400
28 April 2002
15:00
Leicester Tigers  13–12  Llanelli
Report
City Ground
Attendance: 29,849

Final

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25 May 2002
15:00
Leicester Tigers  15–9  Munster
Tries: Murphy 26' m
Healey 59' c
Con: Stimpson
Pen: Stimpson 70'
ReportPen: O'Gara (3) 7', 20', 49'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,600
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

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

References

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