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Rugby Heineken Cup
History - Importan facts - Winners
Important Facts
Qualification
Positions in the Heineken Cup are allocated to the six competing nations on the following basis:
6 France (top 6 in Top 14)
6 England (top 5 in Guinness Premiership, plus winner of Anglo-Welsh Cup if English)
3 Ireland (top 3 Irish sides in Celtic League)
3 Wales (top 3 Welsh sides in Celtic League)
2 Scotland (top 2 Scottish sides in Celtic League)
2 Italy (2 finalists in Super 10)
The winners of the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup both qualify for the next year's Heineken Cup.
Records by nation
| Nation |
Winners |
Runners-up |
Winning clubs |
Runners-up |
| England |
6 |
2 |
Leicester Tigers (2), London Wasps (2), Bath, Northampton Saints |
Leicester Tigers (2) |
| France |
4 |
7 |
Toulose (3), Brive |
Stade Français (2), Biarritz, Brive, Colomiers, Perpignan, Toulouse |
| Ireland |
2 |
2 |
Munster, Ulster |
Munster (2) |
| Wales |
0 |
1 |
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Cardiff |
Records by club
| Team |
Winners |
Runners-up |
Years won |
Years losing finalist |
| Toulouse |
3 |
1 |
1995-96, 2002-03 2004-05 |
2003-04 |
| Leicester Tigers |
2 |
2 |
2000-01, 2001-02 |
1996-97, 2006-07 |
| London Wasps |
2 |
0 |
2003-04, 2006-07 |
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| Munster |
1 |
2 |
2005-06 |
1999-00, 2001-02 |
| Brive |
1 |
1 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
| Bath |
1 |
0 |
1997-98 |
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| Northampton Saints |
1 |
0 |
1999-00 |
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| Ulster |
1 |
0 |
1998-99 |
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| Stade Français |
0 |
2 |
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2000-01, 2004-05 |
| Biarritz |
0 |
1 |
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2005-06 |
| Cardiff |
0 |
1 |
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1995-96 |
| Colomiers |
0 |
1 |
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1998-99 |
| Perpignan |
0 |
1 |
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2002-03 |
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