2006–07 Heineken Cup pool stage explained

See main article: 2006–07 Heineken Cup. The 2006–07 Heineken Cup pool stage was played from October 2006 through to January 2007. The top team in each group qualified for the quarter-finals automatically as seeds 1–6, while the two remaining spots in the quarter-finals were filled by the two runners-up with the greatest points totals.

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Key to colours
	Winner of each pool, plus two highest-ranked second-place teams, advance to quarter-finals. Seed # in parentheses

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
London Wasps (3)	6	5	1	23	5	+18	195	64	+131	2	1	23
Perpignan	6	4	2	19	9	+10	161	108	+53	2	0	18
Castres	6	3	3	17	13	+4	146	136	+10	2	2	16
Benetton Treviso	6	0	6	11	43	−32	83	277	−194	0	0	0

Notes:

London Wasps earned the third seed over Leicester Tigers on the first possible tiebreaker, scoring 23 tries in pool play to Leicester's 22.

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Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster (6)	6	4	2	21	10	+11	174	97	+77	3	2	21
Agen	6	4	2	12	14	−2	119	119	0	1	0	17
Gloucester	6	3	3	19	16	+3	152	144	+8	2	1	15
Edinburgh	6	1	5	10	22	−12	95	180	−85	0	1	5

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Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Stade Français (5)	6	4	1	1	20	5	+15	174	80	+94	3	1	22
Ospreys	6	4	1	1	19	8	+11	147	108	+39	2	0	20
Sale Sharks	6	3	0	3	16	10	+6	147	90	+57	2	1	15
Calvisano	6	0	0	6	6	38	−32	74	264	−190	0	0	0

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Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Leicester Tigers (4)	6	5	1	22	6	+16	172	60	+112	2	1	23
Munster (7)	6	5	1	16	11	+5	152	112	+40	2	1	23
Cardiff Blues	6	2	4	8	18	−10	87	138	−51	0	1	9
Bourgoin	6	0	6	13	24	−11	95	196	−101	2	2	4

Notes:

Leicester Tigers win the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head tries, 3–2.

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Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Llanelli Scarlets (2)	6	6	0	20	12	+8	169	120	+49	3	0	27
Toulouse	6	3	3	18	17	+1	147	145	+2	3	2	17
Ulster	6	2	4	10	15	−5	111	129	−18	1	1	10
London Irish	6	1	5	15	19	−4	124	157	−33	2	3	9

Notes:

Llanelli Scarlets become only the fifth team in the history of the Heineken Cup to win all their pool matches (after Wasps in 1997–98, Bath in 2000–01, and Leinster in both 2002–03 and 2004–05). They also set a record for most points earned in pool play since the competition adopted a bonus-point system in 2003–04. This record would be broken about two hours later by Biarritz.

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Pool 6

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	Pts
Biarritz (1)	6	6	0	29	5	+24	186	45	+141	5	29
Northampton Saints (8)	6	4	2	27	13	+14	188	92	+96	4	20
Border Reivers	6	1	5	15	23	−8	121	166	−45	2	6
Parma	6	1	5	9	39	−30	79	271	−192	1	5

Notes:

Biarritz failed in their effort to become the first club since the Heineken Cup adopted the bonus-point system in 2003–04 to score bonus-point wins in all their pool matches, but did become the sixth team to win all their pool matches.

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Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Biarritz	29	29	+141
2	Llanelli Scarlets	27	20	+49
3	London Wasps	23	23	+131
4	Leicester Tigers	23	22	+112
5	Stade Français	22	20	+94
6	Leinster	21	21	+77
Seed	Pool runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Munster	23	22	+112
8	Northampton Saints	20	27	+96
	Ospreys	20	19	+39
	Perpignan	18	19	+53
	Toulouse	17	18	−2
	Agen	17	12	0