2004–05 Heineken Cup

{{Infobox European Cup Rugby season

| name = 2004–05 Heineken Cup

| image = Heineken Cup 2005.jpg

| imagesize = 100px

| caption = Official logo

| countries = {{flag|England}}
{{flag|France}}
{{flag|Ireland|rugby union}}
{{flag|Italy}}
{{flag|Scotland}}
{{flag|Wales}}

| tournament format = Round-robin and Knockout

| date = 22 October 2004 – 25 May 2005

| teams = 24

| matches = 79

| attendance = 918039

| tries =

| top point scorer = Andy Goode (Leicester)
(114 points)

| top try scorer = Shane Horgan (Leinster)
(8 tries)

| venue = Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

| attendance2 = 51,326

| champions = {{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse

| count = 3

| runner-up = {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Français

| website = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/

| previous year = 2003–04

| previous tournament = 2003–04 Heineken Cup

| next year = 2005–06

| next tournament = 2005–06 Heineken Cup

}}

The 2004–05 Heineken Cup was the tenth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, qualified for the knock-out stage. The French club Toulouse won a nail-biting final over fellow French side Stade Français by 18–12 after extra time. Toulouse became the first club to win the event three times.

Format

In the pool matches teams received:

four points for a win
two points for a draw
a bonus point for scoring four or more tries
a bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points

The teams that qualified for the knockout stage are indicated in bold type on a green background. Their seeds in the knockout stage are indicated next to the team name.

Teams

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France !England !Wales !Ireland !Scotland !Italy
valign=top \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Stade Français {{flagicon\|FRA}} Toulouse {{flagicon\|FRA}} Biarritz Olympique {{flagicon\|FRA}} Castres {{flagicon\|FRA}} Bourgoin {{flagicon\|FRA}} Perpignan \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Leicester Tigers {{flagicon\|ENG}} London Wasps {{flagicon\|ENG}} Bath {{flagicon\|ENG}} Northampton Saints {{flagicon\|ENG}} Harlequins {{flagicon\|ENG}} Newcastle Falcons {{flagicon\|ENG}} Gloucester \| {{flagicon\|WAL}} Llanelli Scarlets {{flagicon\|WAL}} Neath-Swansea Ospreys {{flagicon\|WAL}} Newport Gwent Dragons {{flagicon\|WAL}} Cardiff Blues \| {{flagicon\|Ireland\|rugby union}} Leinster {{flagicon\|Ireland\|rugby union}} Munster {{flagicon\|Ireland\|rugby union}} Ulster \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} Glasgow {{flagicon\|SCO}} Edinburgh \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Calvisano {{flagicon\|ITA}} Benetton Treviso

class="wikitable" width=100%

France

!England

!Wales

!Ireland

!Scotland

!Italy

valign=top

{{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Français
{{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse
{{flagicon|FRA}} Biarritz Olympique
{{flagicon|FRA}} Castres
{{flagicon|FRA}} Bourgoin
{{flagicon|FRA}} Perpignan

{{flagicon|ENG}} Leicester Tigers
{{flagicon|ENG}} London Wasps
{{flagicon|ENG}} Bath
{{flagicon|ENG}} Northampton Saints
{{flagicon|ENG}} Harlequins
{{flagicon|ENG}} Newcastle Falcons
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gloucester

{{flagicon|WAL}} Llanelli Scarlets
{{flagicon|WAL}} Neath-Swansea Ospreys
{{flagicon|WAL}} Newport Gwent Dragons
{{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff Blues

{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Leinster
{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Munster
{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Ulster

{{flagicon|SCO}} Glasgow
{{flagicon|SCO}} Edinburgh

{{flagicon|ITA}} Calvisano
{{flagicon|ITA}} Benetton Treviso

Pool stage

=Pool 1=

width="200"\|Team !width="20"\|P !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|Tries for !width="20"\|Tries against !width="20"\|Try diff !width="20"\|Points for !width="20"\|Points against !width="25"\|Points diff !width="20"\|TB !width="20"\|LB !width="20"\|Pts
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bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Biarritz Olympique (4) \|6	5	0	1	20	9	11	163	92	71	2	0	22
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Leicester Tigers (8) \|6	4	0	2	24	9	15	196	118	78	2	1	19
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} London Wasps \|6	3	0	3	21	14	7	174	138	36	2	2	16
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Ghial Rugby Calvisano \|6	0	0	6	10	43	−33	79	264	−185	0	0	0

=Pool 2=

width="200"\|Team !width="20"\|P !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|Tries for !width="20"\|Tries against !width="20"\|Try diff !width="20"\|Points for !width="20"\|Points against !width="25"\|Points diff !width="20"\|TB !width="20"\|LB !width="20"\|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Ireland\|rugby union}} Leinster (1) \|6	6	0	0	33	10	23	257	100	157	2	0	26
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Bath \|6	3	0	3	15	11	4	149	122	27	1	2	15
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Benetton Treviso \|6	3	0	3	14	21	−7	136	181	−45	2	0	14
align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Bourgoin \|6	0	0	6	9	29	−20	98	237	−139	0	2	2

=Pool 3=

width="200"\|Team !width="20"\|P !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|Tries for !width="20"\|Tries against !width="20"\|Try diff !width="20"\|Points for !width="20"\|Points against !width="25"\|Points diff !width="20"\|TB !width="20"\|LB !width="20"\|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Toulouse (2) \|6	5	0	1	21	9	12	181	104	77	3	1	24
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Northampton Saints (7) \|6	5	0	1	11	7	4	128	101	27	1	0	21
align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Llanelli Scarlets \|6	2	0	4	15	17	−2	132	157	−25	3	2	13
align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Glasgow \|6	0	0	6	11	25	−14	107	186	−79	0	2	2

=Pool 4=

width="200"\|Team !width="20"\|P !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|Tries for !width="20"\|Tries against !width="20"\|Try diff !width="20"\|Points for !width="20"\|Points against !width="25"\|Points diff !width="20"\|TB !width="20"\|LB !width="20"\|Pts
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bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Ireland\|rugby union}} Munster (5) \|6	5	0	1	12	4	8	121	74	47	1	1	22
align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Castres \|6	3	1	2	16	13	3	157	121	36	2	0	16
align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Neath-Swansea Ospreys \|6	3	0	3	11	10	1	135	115	20	1	1	14
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} NEC Harlequins \|6	0	1	5	7	19	−12	81	184	−103	0	1	3

=Pool 5=

width="200"\|Team !width="20"\|P !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|Tries for !width="20"\|Tries against !width="20"\|Try diff !width="20"\|Points for !width="20"\|Points against !width="25"\|Points diff !width="20"\|TB !width="20"\|LB !width="20"\|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Newcastle Falcons (6) \|6	5	0	1	10	11	−1	113	104	9	1	0	21
align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Perpignan \|6	3	0	3	15	10	5	133	107	26	2	1	15
align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Newport Gwent Dragons \|6	3	0	3	17	12	5	124	99	25	2	1	15
align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Edinburgh \|6	1	0	5	10	19	−9	92	152	−60	1	2	7

=Pool 6=

width="200"\|Team !width="20"\|P !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|Tries for !width="20"\|Tries against !width="20"\|Try diff !width="20"\|Points for !width="20"\|Points against !width="25"\|Points diff !width="20"\|TB !width="20"\|LB !width="20"\|Pts
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bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Stade Français (3) \|6	5	0	1	20	9	11	179	90	89	3	0	23
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gloucester \|6	3	0	3	14	12	2	144	128	16	1	1	14
align=left\|{{flagicon\|Ireland\|rugby union}} Ulster \|6	3	0	3	5	13	−8	88	139	−51	0	1	13
align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Cardiff Blues \|6	1	0	5	8	13	−5	98	152	−54	0	3	7

Seeding and runners-up

Seed !Pool winners !Pts !TF !+/−
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1 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|IRE\|rugby union}} Leinster \|26	33	+157
2 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Toulouse \|24	21	+77
3 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Stade Français \|23	20	+89
4 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Biarritz Olympique \|22	20	+71
5 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|IRE\|rugby union}} Munster \|22	12	+47
6 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Newcastle Falcons \|21	10	+9
Seed !Pool runners-up !Pts !TF !+/−
7 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Northampton Saints \|21	11	+27
8 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Leicester Tigers \|19	24	+78
— \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Castres Olympique \|16	16	+36
— \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Bath \|15	15	+27
— \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Perpignan \|15	15	+26
— \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gloucester \|14	14	+16

Knockout stage

=Quarter-finals=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2005

|time = 20:30 HAEC

|home = Toulouse {{flagicon|FRA}}

|score = 37–9

|report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/17252.php Report]

|away = {{flagicon|ENG}} Northampton Saints

|try1 = Michalak 21' c
Heymans 32' c
Clerc 49' c
Labit 68' c

|con1 = Élissalde (4/4)

|pen1 = Michalak 43', 56'

|drop1 = Michalak 41'

|pen2 = Drahm (3) 23', 37', 46'

|stadium = Stade Municipal, Toulouse

|attendance = 37,000

|referee = Nigel Williams (Wales)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 2 April 2005

|time = 16:00 HAEC

|home = Stade Français {{flagicon|FRA}}

|score = 48–8

|report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16769.php Report]

|away = {{flagicon|ENG}} Newcastle Falcons

|try1 = Blin (2) 9' m, 18' c
Sarraméa (3) 30' c, 78' c, 79' m
Poulain 63' c
Arias 68' c

|con1 = Skrela (3)
Liebenberg (2)

|pen1 = Skrela (1) 2'

|try2 = Burke 72' m

|pen2 = Burke 14'

|stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance = 45,000

|referee = Alain Rolland (Ireland)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 2 April 2005

|time = 17:15 IST

|home = Leinster {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}}

|score = 13–29

|report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/17133.php Report]

|away = {{flagicon|ENG}} Leicester Tigers

|try1 = Horgan 73' c

|con1 = Holwell (1)

|pen1 = Holwell (2) 17', 55'

|try2 = Smith 32' c
Gibson 56' c

|con2 = Goode (2/2)

|pen2 = Goode (4) 11', 30', 40', 64'

|drop2 = Goode (1) 67'

|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin

|attendance = 48,500

|referee = Joël Jutge (France)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 3 April 2005

|time = 16:00 CEST

|home = Biarritz Olympique {{flagicon|FRA}}

|score = 19–10

|report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16755.php Report]

|away = {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Munster

|try1 = Gaitán 15' c

|con1 = Yachvili (1/1)

|pen1 = Yachvili (4) 12', 30', 40', 59'

|try2 = Wallace 45' c

|con2 = Burke (1/1)

|pen2 = Burke (1) 67'

|stadium = Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastián

|attendance = 32,000

|referee = Chris White (England)

}}

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=Semi-finals=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 23 April 2005

|time = 16:00 HAEC

|home = Stade Français {{flagicon|FRA}}

|score = 20–17

|report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/17325.php Report]

|away = {{flagicon|FRA}} Biarritz Olympique

|try1 = Fillol 72' c
Dominici 80+5' c

|con1 = Fillol (2/2)

|pen1 = Fillol (2) 27', 50'

|try2 = Traille 64' m

|pen2 = Yachvili (4) 7', 17', 24', 53'

|stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance = 41,000

|referee = Tony Spreadbury (England)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 24 April 2005

|time = 15:30 BST

|home = Leicester Tigers {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 19–27

|report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16701.php Report]

|away = {{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse

|try1 = Varndell 80+4' c

|con1 = Goode (1/1)

|pen1 = Goode (4) 10', 26', 33', 59'

|try2 = Maka 2' c
Élissalde 49' c
Michalak 73' c

|con2 = Élissalde (3/3)

|pen2 = Élissalde (2) 15', 64'

|stadium = Walkers Stadium, Leicester

|attendance = 31,883

|referee = Alain Rolland (Ireland)

}}

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=Final=

{{rugbybox

|date=22 May 2005

|time=15:00 BST

|home=Stade Français {{flagicon|FRA}}

|score=12–18

|aet=yes

|report=[http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/17279.php Report]

|away={{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse

|pen1=Skrela (4) 9', 13', 27', 40'

|pen2=Élissalde (3) 23', 34', 48'
Michalak (2) 80+6', 81'

|drop2=Michalak 91'

|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|attendance=51,326

|referee=Chris White (England)

}}

Toulouse became the competition's first three-time champions.{{cite web | title=Stade Francais 12-18 Toulouse | website=BBC SPORT | date=22 May 2005 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/european/4559935.stm | access-date=14 April 2025}}

References

Category:Heineken Cup seasons

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