The 1997-1998 Heineken Cup (the rugby club championship of Europe) is the third of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into five pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools qualified for the quarter finals of the knock-out stages, whereas the five runners-up and the best third place team would face one another in play-offs for the last three quarter final positions.
Pool Stages
In the pool matches teams received
- 2 points for a win
- 1 points for a draw
Pool 1
Pool 2
| Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points |
| Wasps |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
12 Q |
| Glasgow |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 PO |
| Swansea |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| Ulster |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
Pool 3
Pool 4
| Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points |
| Harlequins |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 Q |
| Cardiff |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 PO |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| Munster |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
Pool 5
| Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points |
| Pau |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 Q |
| Llanelli |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 PO |
| Benetton Treviso |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| Caledonia |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
Quarter Finals Play-Offs
Home teams listed first.
- Brive 25 - 20 Pontypridd
- Leicester 90 - 19 Glasgow
- Cardiff 24 - 20 Llanelli
Quarter Finals
Home teams listed first.
- Toulouse 51 - 10 Harlequins
- Bath 32 - 21 Cardiff
- Pau 35 - 18 Leicester
- Wasps 18 - 25 Brive
Semi Finals
Designated home teams listed first.
- Bath 20 - 14 Pau
- Toulouse 22 - 22 Brive (AET - Brive go through 2-1 on try count)
Final
Played on 31 January 1998 at Stade Lescure , Bordeaux, France
