# 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.

## 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

| 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

* 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.