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2004-05 Heineken Cup

2004–05 Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup 2005.jpg
Official logo
Tournament details
Countries  England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date 22 October 2004 - 25 May 2005
Tournament statistics
Teams 24
Matches played 79
Attendance 918,039 (11,621 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Andy Goode (Leicester)
(114 points)
Top try scorer(s) Shane Horgan (Leinster)
(8 tries)
Final
Venue Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance 51,326
Champions France Toulouse (3rd title)
Runner-up France Stade Français
Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/
2003–04 (Previous) (Next) 2005–06

The 2004-5 Heineken Cup was the tenth edition of the Heineken Cup. 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.

In the pool matches teams received:

The teams that qualified for the knockout stage are indicated in bold type on a green background. Their seeds in the knockout stage are indicated next to the team name.

The French club Toulouse won a nail-biting final over fellow French side Stade Français by 18-12 after extra time. Toulouse became the first club to win the event three times.

Toulouse became the competition's first three-time champions.


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