The 2001–02 Heineken Cup was the seventh edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages. Leicester Tigers won the cup, securing back-to-back titles.
Teams France England Wales Scotland Ireland Italy Perpignan Stade Français Biarritz Castres Montferrand Toulouse Leicester Tigers London Wasps Bath Harlequins Northampton Newcastle Falcons Llanelli Swansea Bridgend Cardiff Newport Edinburgh Glasgow Ulster Munster Leinster Calvisano Treviso
Pool stage In the pool matches teams received 2 points for a win 1 points for a draw
Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Leicester Tigers650117314175888710 Llanelli64022281418799888 Perpignan630319118182136466 L'Amatori & Calvisano6006642−3658279−2210
Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Stade Français6501234192136414910 Ulster640217116196142548 Wasps6204990120186−664 Benetton Treviso6105227−25102239−1372
Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Bath6600162141615610512 Biarritz Olympique621311741049595 Swansea6204212−1092142−504 Edinburgh Reivers6114614−882146−643
Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Castres Olympique6501191271791255410 Munster650117611172878510 Harlequins62041420−6119187−684 Bridgend60061123−12116187−710
Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Montferrand641123716191100919 Cardiff63031615115415406 Glasgow Caledonians62131023−13126198−725 Northampton62041216−4132151−194
Pool 6 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Leinster6501151141391043510 Newport63031713415114656 Toulouse630316115158141176 Newcastle6105821−13117174−572
Seeding SeedPool WinnersPtsTF+/−1 Bath1216+1052 Stade Français1023+1493 Castres1019+544 Leicester Tigers1017+875 Leinster1015+356 Montferrand923+91SeedPool Runners-upPtsTF+/−7 Munster1017+858 Llanelli822+88 – Ulster817+54 – Newport617+5 – Cardiff6160 – Biarritz Olympique511+9
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
The Leicester Tigers became the first team to win the competition more than once.
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