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{{Infobox European Cup Rugby season
| name = 1998–1999 Heineken Cup
| image = 
| imagesize = 100px
| caption = Official logo
| countries = {{flag|France}}<br/>{{flag|Ireland|rugby union}}<br/>{{flag|Italy}}<br/>{{flag|Scotland}}<br/>{{flag|Wales}}
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| date = 18 September 1998 to 30 January 1999
| teams = 16
| matches = 55
| attendance = 322340
| tries =
| top point scorer = 
| top try scorer = 
| venue = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
| attendance2 = 49,000
| champions =  {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]]
| count = 1
| runner-up = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[US Colomiers|Colomiers]]
| website = http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
| previous year = 1997–98
| previous tournament = 1997–98 Heineken Cup
| next year = 1999–2000
| next tournament = 1999–2000 Heineken Cup
}}

The '''1998-1999 Heineken Cup''' was the fourth edition of the [[Heineken Cup]]. Competing teams from [[France]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Wales]], and [[Scotland]], were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. Cardiff and Swansea did not compete due to a dispute with their union, the [[Welsh Rugby Union]], whereas teams from [[England]] did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the [[Rugby Football Union]]. The pool winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages. 









==Teams==
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!France
!Wales
!Scotland
!Ireland
!Italy
|- valign=top
|
*{{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Français
*{{flagicon|FRA}} Bègles-Bordeaux
*{{flagicon|FRA}} Perpignan
*{{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse
*{{flagicon|FRA}} Colomiers
|
*{{flagicon|WAL}} Llanelli
*{{flagicon|WAL}} Neath
*{{flagicon|WAL}} Ebbw Vale
*{{flagicon|WAL}} Pontypridd
|
*{{flagicon|SCO}} Edinburgh
*{{flagicon|SCO}} Glasgow
|
*{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Leinster
*{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Munster
*{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Ulster
|
*{{flagicon|ITA}} Petrarca
*{{flagicon|ITA}} Treviso
|}

==Pool Stages==
In the pool matches teams received 
*2 points for a win 
*1 points for a draw
{{details|1998-99 Heineken Cup pool stage}}

===Pool 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|Tries for
!width="20"|Tries against
!width="30"|Try diff
!width="20"|Points for
!width="20"|Points against
!width="25"|Points diff
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}}  '''[[Stade Français]]'''
|6||5||0||1||27||10||17||219||117||102||'''10'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Llanelli RFC|Llanelli]]'''
|6||3||0||3||12||22||&minus;10||113||180||&minus;67||'''6'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]]
|6||2||0||4||17||12||5||141||124||17||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}}  [[Bègles-Bordeaux]]
|6||2||0||4||11||23||&minus;12||127||179||&minus;52||'''4'''
|}

===Pool 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|Tries for
!width="20"|Tries against
!width="30"|Try diff
!width="20"|Points for
!width="20"|Points against
!width="25"|Points diff
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}}  '''[[USA Perpignan|Perpignan]]'''
|6||5||0||1||35||13||22||238||108||130||'''10'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} '''[[Munster Rugby|Munster]]'''
|6||4||1||1||17||13||4||144||108||36||'''9'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Neath RFC|Neath]]
|6||1||1||4||14||27||&minus;13||118||194||&minus;76||'''3'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}}  [[Petrarca Padova|Safilo Petraca Rugby Padova]]
|6||1||0||5||8||21||&minus;13||79||169||&minus;90||'''2'''
|}

===Pool 3===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|Tries for
!width="20"|Tries against
!width="30"|Try diff
!width="20"|Points for
!width="20"|Points against
!width="25"|Points diff
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}}  '''[[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]]'''
|6||4||1||1||23||20||3||197||168||29||'''9'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Stade Toulousain|Toulouse]]''' 
|6||4||0||2||31||11||20||234||103||131||'''8'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh Reivers]]
|6||2||1||3||21||14||7||179||146||33||'''5'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}}  [[Ebbw Vale RFC|Ebbw Vale]] 
|6||1||0||5||11||41||&minus;30||114||307||&minus;193||'''2'''
|}

===Pool 4===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|Tries for
!width="20"|Tries against
!width="30"|Try diff
!width="20"|Points for
!width="20"|Points against
!width="25"|Points diff
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}}  '''[[US Colomiers|Colomiers]]'''
|6||4||0||2||22||10||12||176||121||55||'''8'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Pontypridd RFC|Pontypridd]]''' 
|6||3||0||3||13||16||&minus;3||160||141||19||'''6'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Benetton Rugby Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]
|6||3||0||3||13||13||0||142||150||&minus;8||'''6'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SCO}}  [[Glasgow Rugby|Glasgow Caledonians]] 
|6||2||0||4||10||19||&minus;9||121||187||&minus;66||'''4'''
|}

==Seeding==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Seed
!Pool Winners
!Pts
!TF
!+/&minus;
|-
|'''1'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[USA Perpignan|Perpignan]]
|10||35||+130 
|-
|'''2'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Français]]
|10||27||+102  
|-
|'''3'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]]
|9||23||+29  
|-
|'''4'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[US Colomiers|Colomiers]]
|8||22||+55  
|-
!Seed
!Pool Runners-up
!Pts
!TF
!+/&minus;
|-
|'''5'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Munster Rugby|Munster]]
|9||17||+36  
|-
|'''6'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Toulousain|Toulouse]] 
|8||31||+131  
|-
|'''7'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Pontypridd RFC|Pontypridd]]
|6||13||+19 
|-
|'''8'''
|align=left| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Llanelli RFC|Llanelli]]
|6||12||&minus;67 
|-
|}

==Knockout stage==
===Quarter-finals===
{{Rugbybox |
date = 11 December 1998<br />19:15 |
home = Ulster {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} | 
score = 15 &ndash; 13 |
report =  |
away = {{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse  |  
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Ravenhill Stadium|Ravenhill]] |
attendance = 11,500 |
referee =  }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 12 December 1998<br />15:00 |
home = Perpignan {{flagicon|FRA}} | 
score = 34 &ndash; 17 |
report =  |
away = {{flagicon|WAL}} Llanelli  |  
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Stade Aime Giral]] |
attendance = 10,000 |
referee =  }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 12 December 1998<br />15:30 |
home = Stade Francais {{flagicon|FRA}} | 
score = 71 &ndash; 14 |
report =  |
away = {{flagicon|WAL}} Pontypridd  |  
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Stade Jean-Bouin]] |
attendance = 5,000 |
referee =  }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 13 December 1998<br />15:00 |
home = Colomiers {{flagicon|FRA}} | 
score = 23 &ndash; 9 |
report =  |
away = {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} Munster  |  
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Stade Selery]] |
attendance = 8,000 |
referee =  }}

===Semi-finals===
{{Rugbybox |
date = 9 January 1999<br />13:00 |
home = Ulster {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} | 
score = 33 &ndash; 27 |
report =  |
away = {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Francais  |  
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Ravenhill Stadium|Ravenhill]] |
attendance = 20,000 |
referee =  }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 9 January 1999<br />14:45 |
home = Colomiers {{flagicon|FRA}} | 
score = 10 &ndash; 6 |
report =  |
away = {{flagicon|FRA}} Perpignan  |  
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Stade Municipal]] |
attendance = 30,000 |
referee =  }}

===Final===
{{rugbybox
|date=30 January 1999
|time=14:45 
|home=[[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]] {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}}
|score=21 &ndash; 6
|report=[http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/82_629.php Report]
|away={{flagicon|FRA}} [[US Colomiers|Colomiers]]
|homescore='''Pen:''' [[Simon Mason (rugby player)|Mason]] (6)<br />'''Drop:''' [[David Humphreys (rugby player)|Humphreys]]
|awayscore='''Pen:''' [[Laurent Labit|Labit]]<br />[[Mickael Carre]]
|stadium=[[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance=49,000
|referee=[[Clayton Thomas]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]]) }}

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