The 1998-1999 Heineken Cup (the rugby club championship of Europe) is the fourth of the series. Competing teams, from France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales (Teams from England did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the RFU), were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners and runners-up of the pools qualified for the knock-out stages.

Pool Stages

In the pool matches teams received

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

Pool 1

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Llanelli	6	3	0	3	6 Q
Leinster	6	2	0	4	4
Bègles-Bordeaux	6	2	0	4	4

Pool 2

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Perpignan	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Munster	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Neath	6	1	0	5	2
Padova	6	1	0	5	2

Pool 3

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Ulster	6	4	1	1	9 Q
Toulouse	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Edinburgh Reivers	6	2	1	3	5
Ebbw Vale	6	1	0	5	2

Pool 4

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Colomiers	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Pontypridd	6	3	0	3	6 Q
Benetton Treviso	6	3	0	3	6
Glasgow Caledonians	6	2	0	4	4

Quarter Finals

Home teams listed first.

• Ulster 15 - 13 Toulouse
• Stade Français 71 - 14 Pontypridd
• Perpignan 43 - 17 Llanelli
• Colomiers 23 - 9 Munster

Semi Finals

Designated home teams listed first.

• Ulster 33 - 27 Stade Français
• Colomiers 10 - 6 Perpignan

Final

Played on 30 January 1999 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

• Ulster 21 - 6 Colomiers