1998-99 European Challenge Cup
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The 1998–99 European Challenge Cup was the third year of the European Challenge Cup
, the second tier rugby union
cup competition below the Heineken Cup
. The tournament was held between September 1998 and February 1999
European Challenge Cup
The European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
, the second tier rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
cup competition below the Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
. The tournament was held between September 1998 and February 1999
Pool 1
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Narbonne RC Narbonne Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée is a French rugby union club that play in the second-level Rugby Pro D2, after finishing at the bottom of the 2006-07 Top 14 table.... |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 228 | 98 | 12 | ||
Caerphilly Caerphilly RFC Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1887. Their home ground is Virginia Park in Caerphilly and their nickname is The Cheesemen. Caerphilly RFC currently play in the WRU Division One East and are a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.Caerphilly RFC also run a... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 167 | 154 | 8 | |
Périgueux CA Périgueux Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the second division of French club rugby, the Pro D2 competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the early 2000s but were relegated from Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004-05 season... |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 168 | 119 | 6 | ||
Racing Club de France Racing Metro 92 Paris Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council... |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 127 | 184 | −57 | 6 |
Connacht Connacht Rugby Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup... |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 129 | 156 | −27 | 6 |
Newport | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 123 | 183 | −60 | 2 |
Rugby Rovigo Rugby Rovigo Rugby Rovigo Delta are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10.They are based in Rovigo in Veneto.... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 108 | 156 | −48 | 2 |
Pool 2
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Montferrand ASM Clermont Auvergne Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne are a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system, ASMCA are the were the 2010 France Top 14 Champions. It is the rugby section of the multi-sport club... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 303 | 86 | 10 | ||
Bourgoin CS Bourgoin-Jallieu CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system in the Pro D2. The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir competitions, and have won the Challenge Cup.Founded in 1906 as "Club... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 222 | 86 | 10 | ||
Dax US Dax Union Sportive Dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 163 | 124 | 10 | ||
Castres Castres Olympique Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906... |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 229 | 101 | 6 | ||
Rugby Roma Rugby Roma Olimpic Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Rugby Roma Olimpic are an Italian professional rugby union team.Based in Rome, the senior team competed in the Italian top tier competition, the Super 10.... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 117 | 213 | −96 | 4 |
Aberavon Aberavon RFC Aberavon RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, although the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 86 | 287 | −201 | 2 |
Spain XV | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 48 | −41 | 65 | 288 | −223 | 0 |
Pool 3
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Brive CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 241 | 102 | 10 | ||
Agen SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne is a French rugby union club based in Agen in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. They currently play in the top flight of French professional rugby, Top 14; they were most recently promoted after winning the 2010 title in the second-level Pro D2. Agen also... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 231 | 93 | 8 | ||
Pau Section Paloise Section Paloise is a French rugby union club from Pau in Pyrénées-Atlantiques currently competing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.-History:... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 211 | 87 | 8 | ||
Biarritz Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 187 | 124 | 8 | ||
Bridgend RFC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 158 | 206 | −48 | 4 |
Dinamo Bucureşti | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 131 | 246 | −115 | 4 |
Portugal XV | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 60 | −52 | 73 | 374 | −301 | 0 |
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
See also
- European Challenge CupEuropean Challenge CupThe European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
- 1998-99 Heineken Cup1998-99 Heineken CupThe 1998-1999 Heineken Cup was the fourth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, and Scotland, were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other...