Heineken Cup Rugby Fixtures

ROUND 1

Friday, 9 October, 2009
Pool 2 Gloucester v Newport Gwent Dragons 20.00 S4C* / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Bath Rugby 19.30
Pool 6 Leinster v London Irish 20.00 Sky Sports

Saturday, 10 October, 2009
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Perpignan 14.30 Sky Italia
Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Munster 18.00 Sky Sports
Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Biarritz Olympique 15.45 Sky Sports / France 2
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Viadana 16.00
Pool 4 Stade Francais Paris v Edinburgh 14.35 Canal+ / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Harlequins 13.35 Sky Sports / S4C*
Pool 6 Scarlets v Brive 15.00

Sunday, 11 October 2009
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Ospreys 12.45 Sky Sports / S4C*
Pool 5 Toulouse v Sale Sharks 16.00 France 2 / Sky Sports

ROUND 2

Friday, 16 October, 2009
Pool 1 Perpignan v Northampton Saints 21.00 Canal+ / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Glasgow Warriors 19.30
Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Cardiff Blues 20.00 Sky Sports / S4C*

Saturday, 17 October, 2009
Pool 1 Munster v Benetton Treviso 13.35 Sky Sports
Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Gloucester Rugby 14.35 Canal+ / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 3 Viadana v Leicester Tigers 14.30 Sky Italia / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 4 Edinburgh v Ulster Rugby 15.45 Sky Sports (i)
Pool 5 Harlequins v Toulouse 18.00 Sky Sports
Pool 6 London Irish v Scarlets 15.00
Pool 6 Brive v Leinster 16.45 France 2 / Sky Sports

Sunday, 18 October, 2009
Pool 3 Ospreys v ASM Clermont Auvergne 12.45 S4C* / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Stade Français Paris 15.00 Sky Sports / France 2

ROUND 3

Friday, 11 December, 2009
Pool 1 Munster v Perpignan 20.00 Sky Sports
Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Gloucester Rugby 19.30

Saturday, 12 December, 2009
Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Benetton Treviso 15.00
Pool 3 Viadana v Ospreys 14.30 Sky Italia/S4C*/Sky Sports (i)
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Stade Français Paris 13.35 Sky Sports
Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Toulouse 15.45 S4C* / Sky Sports / France 2
Pool 6 Scarlets v Leinster 18.00 Sky Sports / S4C*
Pool 6 Brive v London Irish 19.00 Canal+ / Sky Sports (i)

Sunday, 13 December, 2009
Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Newport Gwent Dragons 13.45 Canal+ / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leicester Tigers 16.00 France 2 / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Edinburgh 15.00 Sky Sports (i)
Pool 5 Harlequins v Sale Sharks 12.45 Sky Sports

ROUND 4

Friday, 18 December, 2009
Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Biarritz Olympique 20.00 Sky Sports / S4C*

Saturday, 19 December, 2009
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Northampton Saints 14.30 Sky Italia / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 3 Ospreys v Viadana 14.30
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v ASM Clermont Auvergne 18.00 Sky Sports
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Ulster Rugby 16.45 France 2 / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 4 Edinburgh v Bath Rugby 13.35 Sky Sports
Pool 5 Toulouse v Cardiff Blues 14.35 Canal+ / Sky Sports (i)
Pool 6 Leinster v Scarlets 15.45 Sky Sports
Pool 6 London Irish v Brive 15.00

Sunday, 20 December, 2009
Pool 1 Perpignan v Munster 16.00 France 2 / Sky Sports
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Glasgow Warriors 12.45 Sky Sports
Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Harlequins 15.00

Round 5

Friday 15 January, 2010
Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Newport Gwent Dragons 19.30
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Edinburgh 20.00

Saturday 16 January, 2010
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Munster 14.35 Sky Italia/
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Biarritz Olympique 15.00
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Viadana 14.00
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Ospreys 16.45
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Bath Rugby 14.35
Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Sale Sharks 15.45
Pool 6 Leinster v Brive 18.00

Sunday 17 January, 2010
Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Perpignan 15.00
Pool 5 Toulouse v Harlequins 16.00
Pool 6 Scarlets v London Irish 12.45

Round 6

Friday 22 January, 2010
Pool 1 Munster v Northampton Saints 20.00
Pool 1 Perpignan v Benetton Treviso 21.00

Saturday 23 January, 2010
Pool 3 Viadana v ASM Clermont Auvergne 14.35
Pool 3 Ospreys v Leicester Tigers 13.35
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Ulster Rugby 15.45
Pool 4 Edinburgh v Stade Français Paris 15.45)
Pool 6 Brive v Scarlets 19.00
Pool 6 London Irish v Leinster 18.00

Sunday 24 January, 2010
Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Glasgow Warriors 13.45
Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Gloucester Rugby 12.45
Pool 5 Harlequins v Cardiff Blues 15.00
Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Toulouse 15.00

 

QUARTER-FINALS

9 / 10 / 11 April, 2010

 

SEMI-FINALS

1 / 2 May, 2010

 

15th HEINEKEN CUP FINAL

Saturday, 22 May, 2010 – Stade de France

Heineken Cup

The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from six International Rugby Board (IRB) nations in Europe: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

Romania competed in the first year of the competition only.

The competition is organised by the European Rugby Cup, who are also responsible for the secondary championship, the European Challenge Cup.

It is one of the most prestigious trophies in the sport. The tournament was launched in the European summer of 1995 on the initiative of the then Five Nations committee to provide a new level of professional cross-border competition.

It is sponsored by Dutch brewing company Heineken International (it is known as H-Cup in France because of alcohol advertising restrictions).

Each European nation has a different qualifying system, though in total, 24 teams contest the pool stages in six pools of four.

According to performances, the number of clubs from each nation changes. The tournament is held from October to May, with various stages scheduled around domestic club competitions.

The 2007-08 tournament was won by Ireland's Munster, who beat Toulouse of France 16–13 in the final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Toulouse have been the most successful team, winning the competition three times. Leicester Tigers have won the tournament twice and are the only team to have won the tournament two years in succession.

Past Winners

2008/09: Leinster
2007/08: Munster
2007/08: Munster
2006/07: Wasps
2005/06: Munster
2004/05: Toulouse
2003/04: Wasps
2002/03: Toulouse
2001/02: Leicester
2000/01: Leicester
1999/00: Northampton
1998/99: Ulster
1997/98: Bath
1996/97: Brive
1995/96: Toulouse

Source - Wikipedia