2006–07 Heineken Cup pool stage
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.
All times are local to the game site.
Winner of each pool, plus two highest-ranked second-place teams, advance to quarter-finals. Seed # in parentheses |
Pool 1
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
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Pool 3
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Pool 4
Notes:- Leicester Tigers win the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head tries, 3–2.
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Pool 5
Notes:- Llanelli Scarlets become only the fifth team in the history of the Heineken Cup to win all their pool matches. 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
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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