2004–05 Heineken Cup | |
Countries: | France Ireland Italy |
Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
Date: | 22 October 2004 – 25 May 2005 |
Teams: | 24 |
Matches: | 79 |
Attendance: | 918039 |
Top Point Scorer: | Andy Goode (Leicester) (114 points) |
Top Try Scorer: | Shane Horgan (Leinster) (8 tries) |
Venue: | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh |
Attendance2: | 51,326 |
Champions: | Toulouse |
Count: | 3 |
Runner-Up: | Stade Français |
Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ |
Previous Year: | 2003–04 |
Previous Tournament: | 2003–04 Heineken Cup |
Next Year: | 2005–06 |
Next Tournament: | 2005–06 Heineken Cup |
The 2004–05 Heineken Cup was the tenth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, 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. The French club Toulouse won a nail-biting final over fellow French side Stade Français by 18–12 after extra time. Toulouse became the first club to win the event three times.
In the pool matches teams received:
The teams that qualified for the knockout stage are indicated in bold type on a green background. Their seeds in the knockout stage are indicated next to the team name.
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Biarritz Olympique (4) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 163 | 92 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 22 | |
Leicester Tigers (8) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 196 | 118 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
London Wasps | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 174 | 138 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
Ghial Rugby Calvisano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 43 | −33 | 79 | 264 | −185 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leinster (1) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 257 | 100 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 26 | |
Bath | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 149 | 122 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
Benetton Treviso | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 136 | 181 | −45 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
Bourgoin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 98 | 237 | −139 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toulouse (2) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 181 | 104 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |
Northampton Saints (7) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 128 | 101 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
Llanelli Scarlets | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 132 | 157 | −25 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
Glasgow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 107 | 186 | −79 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Munster (5) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 121 | 74 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 22 | |
Castres | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 157 | 121 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
Neath-Swansea Ospreys | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 135 | 115 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
NEC Harlequins | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 81 | 184 | −103 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newcastle Falcons (6) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 113 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
Perpignan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 133 | 107 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 124 | 99 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
Edinburgh | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 92 | 152 | −60 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stade Français (3) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 179 | 90 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |
Gloucester | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 144 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
Ulster | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 88 | 139 | −51 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
Cardiff Blues | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 98 | 152 | −54 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Seed | Pool winners | Pts | TF | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leinster | 26 | 33 | +157 | |
2 | Toulouse | 24 | 21 | +77 | |
3 | Stade Français | 23 | 20 | +89 | |
4 | Biarritz Olympique | 22 | 20 | +71 | |
5 | Munster | 22 | 12 | +47 | |
6 | Newcastle Falcons | 21 | 10 | +9 | |
Seed | Pool runners-up | Pts | TF | +/− | |
7 | Northampton Saints | 21 | 11 | +27 | |
8 | Leicester Tigers | 19 | 24 | +78 | |
— | Castres Olympique | 16 | 16 | +36 | |
— | Bath | 15 | 15 | +27 | |
— | Perpignan | 15 | 15 | +26 | |
— | Gloucester | 14 | 14 | +16 |
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See main article: 2005 Heineken Cup Final.
Toulouse became the competition's first three-time champions.