2001–02 Heineken Cup

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 and a third straight victory for the club.

2001–02 Heineken Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Date	22 October 2001 – 25 May 2002
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Matches played	79
Attendance	656,382 (8,309 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ronan O'Gara (Munster) (129 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Ugo Mola (Castres) (7 tries)
Final
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance	74,600
Champions	Leicester Tigers (2nd title)
Runners-up	Munster

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

Further information: 2001-02 Heineken Cup pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Leicester Tigers	6	5	0	1	17	3	14	175	88	87	10
Llanelli	6	4	0	2	22	8	14	187	99	88	8
Perpignan	6	3	0	3	19	11	8	182	136	46	6
L'Amatori & Calvisano	6	0	0	6	6	42	−36	58	279	−221	0

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	23	4	19	213	64	149	10
Ulster	6	4	0	2	17	11	6	196	142	54	8
Wasps	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	120	186	−66	4
Benetton Treviso	6	1	0	5	2	27	−25	102	239	−137	2

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Bath	6	6	0	0	16	2	14	161	56	105	12
Biarritz Olympique	6	2	1	3	11	7	4	104	95	9	5
Swansea	6	2	0	4	2	12	−10	92	142	−50	4
Edinburgh Reivers	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	82	146	−64	3

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Castres Olympique	6	5	0	1	19	12	7	179	125	54	10
Munster	6	5	0	1	17	6	11	172	87	85	10
Harlequins	6	2	0	4	14	20	−6	119	187	−68	4
Bridgend	6	0	0	6	11	23	−12	116	187	−71	0

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Montferrand	6	4	1	1	23	7	16	191	100	91	9
Cardiff	6	3	0	3	16	15	1	154	154	0	6
Glasgow Caledonians	6	2	1	3	10	23	−13	126	198	−72	5
Northampton	6	2	0	4	12	16	−4	132	151	−19	4

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Leinster	6	5	0	1	15	11	4	139	104	35	10
Newport	6	3	0	3	17	13	4	151	146	5	6
Toulouse	6	3	0	3	16	11	5	158	141	17	6
Newcastle	6	1	0	5	8	21	−13	117	174	−57	2

Seeding

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Bath	12	16	+105
2	Stade Français	10	23	+149
3	Castres	10	19	+54
4	Leicester Tigers	10	17	+87
5	Leinster	10	15	+35
6	Montferrand	9	23	+91
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Munster	10	17	+85
8	Llanelli	8	22	+88
–	Ulster	8	17	+54
–	Newport	6	17	+5
–	Cardiff	6	16	0
–	Biarritz Olympique	5	11	+9

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

26 January 2002 14:45

Castres	22–21	Montferrand
	Report

Stade Pierre-Antoine Attendance: 9,500

26 January 2002 15:00

Bath	10–27	Llanelli
	Report

Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

26 January 2002 16:15

Stade Francais	14–16	Munster
	Report

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 12,000

27 January 2002 15:00

Leicester Tigers	29–18	Leinster
	Report

Welford Road Attendance: 16,249

Semi-finals

27 April 2002 15:00

Castres	17–25	Munster
	Report

Stade de la Méditerranée Attendance: 20,400

28 April 2002 15:00

Leicester Tigers	13–12	Llanelli
	Report

City Ground Attendance: 29,849

Final

Main article: 2002 Heineken Cup Final

25 May 2002 15:00

Leicester Tigers	15–9	Munster
Tries: Murphy 26' m Healey 59' c Con: Stimpson Pen: Stimpson 70'	Report	Pen: O'Gara (3) 7', 20', 49'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,600 Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

The Leicester Tigers became the first team to win the competition more than once.