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 FranceEnglandWalesIrelandScotlandItaly Stade Français Toulouse Biarritz Olympique Castres Bourgoin Perpignan Leicester Tigers London Wasps Bath Northampton Saints Harlequins Newcastle Falcons Gloucester Llanelli Scarlets Neath-Swansea Ospreys Newport Gwent Dragons Cardiff Blues Leinster Munster Ulster Glasgow Edinburgh Calvisano Benetton Treviso
Pool stage
Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Biarritz Olympique (4)65012091116392712022 Leicester Tigers (8)640224915196118782119 London Wasps630321147174138362216 Ghial Rugby Calvisano60061043−3379264−185000
Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Leinster (1)66003310232571001572026 Bath630315114149122271215 Benetton Treviso63031421−7136181−452014 Bourgoin6006929−2098237−139022
Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Toulouse (2)650121912181104773124 Northampton Saints (7)65011174128101271021 Llanelli Scarlets62041517−2132157−253213 Glasgow60061125−14107186−79022
Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Munster (5)6501124812174471122 Castres631216133157121362016 Neath-Swansea Ospreys630311101135115201114 NEC Harlequins6015719−1281184−103013
Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Newcastle Falcons (6)65011011−111310491021 Perpignan630315105133107262115 Newport Gwent Dragons63031712512499252115 Edinburgh61051019−992152−60127
Pool 6 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Stade Français (3)65012091117990893023 Gloucester630314122144128161114 Ulster6303513−888139−510113 Cardiff Blues6105813−598152−54037
Seeding and runners-up SeedPool winnersPtsTF+/−1 Leinster2633+1572 Toulouse2421+773 Stade Français2320+894 Biarritz Olympique2220+715 Munster2212+476 Newcastle Falcons2110+9SeedPool runners-upPtsTF+/−7 Northampton Saints2111+278 Leicester Tigers1924+78 — Castres Olympique1616+36 — Bath1515+27 — Perpignan1515+26 — Gloucester1414+16
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Toulouse became the competition's first three-time champions.
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