The pool stage of the 1997–98 European Challenge Cup.
Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Agen66002712+15219105+11412 Bristol62041622−6115180−654 Ebbw Vale62041217−5117155−384 La Rochelle62041115−4128139−114
Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Montferrand65012811+17203120+8310 Newport63032027−7172192−206 Sale Sharks630318135163117+466 Montpellier61051227−1590199−1092
Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Stade Français65014818+30337131+20610 London Irish640218144169133+368 Dax63031420−6139180−416 Farul Constanţa60061038−2894295−2010
Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Connacht65011113−214497+4710 Northampton Saints63031713+4161116+456 Bordeaux-Begles6303106+4112110+26 Nice61051420−694188−942
Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Colomiers66004013+27290121+16912 Richmond64022815+13196133+638 Bridgend RFC62041237−25130259−1294 Grenoble6006924−15112215−1030
Pool 6 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Gloucester65011912+7170101+6910 Toulon6312127+5136104+327 Béziers62131814+4150147+35 Petrarca Rugby60241329−16108212−1042
Pool 7 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Newcastle Falcons6501368+2826498+16610 Biarritz63031017−7123153−306 Perpignan62041213−198138−404 Edinburgh6204929−20109205−964
Pool 8 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Castres65012610+1620697+10910 Saracens6501231310197128+6910 Narbonne62041914+5168138+304 Neath60061041−3193301−2080
Qualifiers SeedPool WinnersPtsTF+/−1 Colomiers 1240+169 2 Agen1227+114 3 Stade Français1048+206 4 Newcastle Falcons1036+1665 Montferrand1028+83 6 Castres Olympique1026+109 7 Gloucester1019+69 8 Connacht1011+47
See also European Challenge Cup 1997–98 Heineken Cup
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