2001–02 Heineken Cup

Tournament details

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament format(s)

Round-robin and Knockout

Date

22 October 2001 - 25 May 2002

Tournament statistics

Teams

Matches played

Attendance

656,382 (8,309 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
(129 points)

Top try scorer(s)

Ugo Mola (Castres)
(7 tries)

Final

Venue

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance

74,600

Champions

Leicester Tigers (2nd title)

Runner-up

Munster

Official website

http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/

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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.

Teams

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

In the pool matches teams received

2 points for a win
1 points for a draw

For more details on this topic, see 2001-02 Heineken Cup pool stage.

Pool 1

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

Pool 2

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

Pool 3

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

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

Pool 5

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

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

Seeding

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

Quarter-finals

26 January 2002
14:45

Castres	22 – 21	Montferrand

Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 9,500

26 January 2002
15:00

Bath	10 – 27	Llanelli

Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200

26 January 2002
16:15

Stade Francais	14 – 16	Munster

Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 12,000

27 January 2002
15:00

Leicester Tigers	29 – 18	Leinster

Welford Road
Attendance: 16,249

Semi-finals

27 April 2002
15:00

Castres	17 – 25	Munster

Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 20,400

28 April 2002
15:00

Leicester Tigers	13 – 12	Llanelli

City Ground
Attendance: 29,849

Final

Main article: 2002 Heineken Cup Final

25 May 2002
15:00

Leicester Tigers	15 – 9	Munster
Tries: Murphy 26' m Healey 59' c Con: Stimpson Pen: Stimpson 70'	Report	Pen: 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.

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