The 1998–99 Heineken Cup was the fourth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, and Scotland, were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. Cardiff and Swansea did not compete due to a dispute with their union, the Welsh Rugby Union, whereas teams from England did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the Rugby Football Union. The pool winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.
Teams France Wales Scotland Ireland ItalyStade Français Bègles-Bordeaux Perpignan Toulouse ColomiersLlanelli Neath Ebbw Vale PontypriddEdinburgh GlasgowLeinster Munster UlsterPetrarca Treviso
Pool stage
In the pool matches teams received 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat.
Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Stade Français650127101721911710210 Llanelli63031222−10113180−676 Leinster620417125141124174 Bègles-Bordeaux62041123−12127179−524
Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Perpignan650135132223810813010 Munster641117134144108369 Neath61141427−13118194−763 Petrarca Padova6105821−1379169−902
Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Ulster641123203197168299 Toulouse 64023111202341031318 Edinburgh Reivers621321147179146335 Ebbw Vale 61051141−30114307−1932
Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Colomiers6402221012176121558 Pontypridd 63031316−3160141196 Benetton Treviso630313130142150−86 Glasgow Caledonians 62041019−9121187−664
Seeding SeedPool winnersPtsTF+/−1 Perpignan1035+130 2 Stade Français1027+1023 Ulster923+294 Colomiers822+55SeedPool runners-upPtsTF+/−5 Munster917+366 Toulouse 831+1317 Pontypridd613+19 8 Llanelli612−67
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References