The 1998–99 Heineken Cup was the fourth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from

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, and

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, were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. Cardiff and Swansea did not compete due to a dispute with their union, the Welsh Rugby Union, whereas teams from

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did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the Rugby Football Union. The pool winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.

Teams

Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Seeding

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Final

References

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