Heineken Kemp
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The Heineken Kemp sponsored gin Heineken (kent as the H Cup in Fraunce acause o alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union kemp wi muckle club, regional an provincial coars fae the Sax Nations: Ingland, Fraunce, Scotland, Wales, Irland, and Italie. It is ane o the maist prestigious kemps in sport.
The tournament wis launched in the European summer o 1995 on the initiative o the auld Five Nations Committee tae mak a nou le'el o professional cross mairch competition. The current champions are Irish rugby coar, Munster, wha bat Biarritz in the final at Cardiff.
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[edit] Format
[edit] Qualification
Places in the Heineken Cup are allocated tae the sax competing nations on the foalyin basis:
6 Fraunce (tap 6 in Tap 14)
6 Ingland (tap 5 in Guinness Premiership, an winner of Anglo-Welsh Cup an aw if Inglish)
3 Irland (tap 3 Irish sides in Celtic League)
3 Wales (tap 3 Welsh sides in Celtic League)
2 Scotland (tap 2 Scottish sides in Celtic League)
2 Italie (tap 2 in Super 10)
The remaining twa places in the 24 coar tournament are allocated as foalyis:
Ane fae Fraunce, Ingland or Italie; the place is allocated tae the country whase coar progressed further in the previous saisonn's Kemp. Syne Toulouse wan the 2004-05 Kemp, thare waue sieven French coars in the 2005-06 competeetion. Similarly, thare will be sieven French coars in the 2006-07 competeetion, courtesy o Biarritz makkin it tae the Kemp final against Irish side Munster.
The other team is the winner o a playaff in Italie aquine
(a) the best-placed coar in the Celtic League wha has not syne qualified, an
(b) the coar finishing 3rd in the Italian Super 10.
In 2005-06, this coar wis Cardiff, wha bate Viadana in the playaff.
In 2006-07, this coar wis Overmach Parma, wha bate Newport Gwent Dragons in the playaff.
Each nation sets its ain criteria for qualification for the Heineken Kemp, but must gie places tae the Cup winners an the winners o the European Challenge Kemp. Coars that dae no qualify for the Heineken Kemp can enter the European Challenge Kemp.
Fae 2005 ane coar fae each nation will be seeded.
[edit] Rules
Sax pools o fower coars daff baith hame an away gemmes. Fower points are awarded for a win an twa points for a draw.
A bonus point is awarded for a loss by sieven points or fewer, or for scoring fower tries or mair.
[edit] Quarter-finals
The sax Pool winners (ranked 1-6 gin nummer o points scored) an twa best placed runners-up (ranked 7 an 8) qualify for the Quarter-Finals.
Teams ranked 1-4 hae hame advantage. The Quarter-Finals are: Team 1 v Team 8; Team 2 v Team 7; Team 3 v Team 6; Team 4 v Team 5.
[edit] Hauf-finals an final
Aw matches are daffit at nominally neutral venues. Each o the twa hauf final venues are in the country o the foremaist coar oot o the hat syne the draw is makkit. For example, in 2004, Munster v London Wasps wis played at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, yit Stade Toulousain v Biarritz Olympique was played in Bordeaux.
The hauf final venue mast meet the following additional criteria an aw:
- It mast be in the same country as the designated "hame" coar. However, the Board of ERC (European Rugby Cup), wha organis the competeetion, mey allou ecseptions. In 2005-06, Biarritz, located in a ceety less than 20 km fae the Spanish mairch, wis allouit tae haud a hauf final across the mairch at Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastián.
- The venue mast be able tae haud at least 20,000.
The final is held at a predetermined site, next tyde it's Twickenham
[edit] 2006/07 groups
Pool 1: Benetton Treviso, Perpignan, Wasps, Castres
Pool 2: Edinburgh, SU Agen, Gloucester Rugby, Leinster
Pool 3: Sale Sharks, Stade Français, Calvisano, Ospreys
Pool 4: Cardiff Blues, Bourgoin, Leicester Tigers, Munster
Pool 5: Ulster, Toulouse, London Irish, Llanelli Scarlets
Pool 6: Biarritz, Northampton Saints, Overmach Rugby Parma, Border Reivers
[edit] Winners
[edit] By year
For more details, see Heineken Cup finals.
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Crowd |
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1995/96 Details |
Toulouse | 21-18 | Cardiff | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 21,800 |
1996/97 Details |
Brive | 28-9 | Leicester Tigers | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 41,664 |
1997/98 Details |
Bath | 19-18 | Brive | Stade Lescure, Bordeaux | 36,500 |
1998/99 Details |
Ulster | 21-6 | Colomiers | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 49,000 |
1999/00 Details |
Northampton Saints | 9-8 | Munster | Twickenham, London | 68,441 |
2000/01 Details |
Leicester Tigers | 34-30 | Stade Français | Parc des Princes, Paris | 44,000 |
2001/02 Details |
Leicester Tigers | 15-9 | Munster | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 74,000 |
2002/03 Details |
Toulouse | 22-17 | Perpignan | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 28,600 |
2003/04 Details |
London Wasps | 27-20 | Toulouse | Twickenham, London | 73,057 |
2004/05 Details |
Toulouse | 18-12 | Stade Français | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 51,326 |
2005/06 Details |
Munster | 23-19 | Biarritz | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 74,534 |