2001–02 Heineken Cup

Template:Short description Template:Infobox European Cup Rugby season 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

Template:Flagicon France	Template:Flagicon England	Template:Flagicon Wales	Template:Flagicon Scotland	Template:Flagicon Ireland	Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers	6	5	0	1	17	3	14	175	88	87	10
Template:Flagicon Llanelli	6	4	0	2	22	8	14	187	99	88	8
Template:Flagicon Perpignan	6	3	0	3	19	11	8	182	136	46	6
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Stade Français	6	5	0	1	23	4	19	213	64	149	10
Template:Flagicon Ulster	6	4	0	2	17	11	6	196	142	54	8
Template:Flagicon Wasps	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	120	186	−66	4
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Bath	6	6	0	0	16	2	14	161	56	105	12
Template:Flagicon Biarritz Olympique	6	2	1	3	11	7	4	104	95	9	5
Template:Flagicon Swansea	6	2	0	4	2	12	−10	92	142	−50	4
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Castres Olympique	6	5	0	1	19	12	7	179	125	54	10
Template:Flagicon Munster	6	5	0	1	17	6	11	172	87	85	10
Template:Flagicon Harlequins	6	2	0	4	14	20	−6	119	187	−68	4
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Montferrand	6	4	1	1	23	7	16	191	100	91	9
Template:Flagicon Cardiff	6	3	0	3	16	15	1	154	154	0	6
Template:Flagicon Glasgow Caledonians	6	2	1	3	10	23	−13	126	198	−72	5
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Leinster	6	5	0	1	15	11	4	139	104	35	10
Template:Flagicon Newport	6	3	0	3	17	13	4	151	146	5	6
Template:Flagicon Toulouse	6	3	0	3	16	11	5	158	141	17	6
Template:Flagicon Newcastle	6	1	0	5	8	21	−13	117	174	−57	2

Seeding

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

Knockout stage

Final

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