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1997–98 Heineken Cup

1997–1998 Heineken Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date October 1997 to 31 January 1998
Tournament statistics
Teams 20
Matches played 70
Attendance 462,958 (6,614 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Lee Jarvis (Cardiff)
(134 points)
Top try scorer(s) Kenny Logan (Wasps)
(7 tries)
Final
Venue Stade Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance 36,500
Champions England Bath (1st title)
Runner-up France Brive
Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/
1996–97 (Previous) (Next) 1998–99

The 1997–98 Heineken Cup was the third edition of the Heineken Cup European rugby union club competition. Competing professional club teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into five pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners automatically qualified for the knock-out stages. The five runners-up and the best third placed team entered the play-offs, where they competed for the remaining three quarter final positions.

In the pool matches teams received

Brive advance to final on try count (two tries to one)


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