The 2000-2001 Heineken Cup (the rugby club championship of Europe) is the sixth of the series. 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.

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
Biarritz Olympique	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Leinster	6	3	1	2	7
Edinburgh Reivers	6	3	1	2	7
Northampton	6	1	0	5	1

Pool 2

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Swansea	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Wasps	6	3	0	3	6
L'Aquila	6	0	0	6	0

Pool 3

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Cardiff	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Saracens	6	4	0	2	8
Toulouse	6	2	1	3	5
Ulster	6	1	1	4	3

Pool 4

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Munster	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Bath	6	4	0	2	8
Newport	6	2	0	4	4
Castres	6	1	0	5	1+

+ Castre - 1pt deducted (ineligible player)

Pool 5

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Gloucester	6	4	1	1	9 Q
Llanelli	6	4	0	2	8
Colomiers	6	3	1	2	7
Roma	6	0	0	6	0

Pool 6

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Leicester	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Pau	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Pontypridd	6	2	0	4	4
Glasgow Caledonians	6	1	0	5	2

Quarter Finals

Played on 27/28 January 2001. Home teams listed first.

• Leicester 41 - 10 Swansea
• Gloucester 21 - 15 Cardiff
• Stade Français 36 - 19 Pau
• Munster 38 - 29 Biarritz Olympique

Semi Finals

Played on 21 April 2001. Designated home teams listed first.

• Leicester 19 - 15 Gloucester
• Stade Français 15 - 15 Munster

Final

Played on 19 May 2001 at Parc des Princes, Paris

• Leicester Tigers 34 - 30 Stade Français