1997–98 European Challenge Cup

1997–1998 European Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Colomiers (1st title)
Runners-up	Agen
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The 1997–98 European Challenge Cup was the second year of the

. The tournament was held between September 1997 and February 1998

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Agen	6	6	0	0	27	12	+15	219	105	+114	12
Bristol	6	2	0	4	16	22	−6	115	180	−65	4
Ebbw Vale	6	2	0	4	12	17	−5	117	155	−38	4
La Rochelle	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	128	139	−11	4

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
AS Montferrand	6	5	0	1	28	11	+17	203	120	+83	10
Newport	6	3	0	3	20	27	−7	172	192	−20	6
Sale Sharks	6	3	0	3	18	13	5	163	117	+46	6
Montpellier	6	1	0	5	12	27	−15	90	199	−109	2

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	48	18	+30	337	131	+206	10
London Irish	6	4	0	2	18	14	4	169	133	+36	8
Dax	6	3	0	3	14	20	−6	139	180	−41	6
Farul Constanţa	6	0	0	6	10	38	−28	94	295	−201	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Connacht	6	5	0	1	11	13	−2	144	97	+47	10
Northampton Saints	6	3	0	3	17	13	+4	161	116	+45	6
Bordeaux-Begles	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	112	110	+2	6
Nice	6	1	0	5	14	20	−6	94	188	−94	2

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Colomiers	6	6	0	0	40	13	+27	290	121	+169	12
Richmond	6	4	0	2	28	15	+13	196	133	+63	8
Bridgend RFC	6	2	0	4	12	37	−25	130	259	−129	4
Grenoble	6	0	0	6	9	24	−15	112	215	−103	0

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Gloucester	6	5	0	1	19	12	+7	170	101	+69	10
Toulon	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	136	104	+32	7
Béziers	6	2	1	3	18	14	+4	150	147	+3	5
Petrarca Rugby	6	0	2	4	13	29	−16	108	212	−104	2

Pool 7

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Newcastle Falcons	6	5	0	1	36	8	+28	264	98	+166	10
Biarritz Olympique	6	3	0	3	10	17	−7	123	153	−30	6
Perpignan	6	2	0	4	12	13	−1	98	138	−40	4
Edinburgh	6	2	0	4	9	29	−20	109	205	−96	4

Pool 8

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Castres Olympique	6	5	0	1	26	10	+16	206	97	+109	10
Saracens	6	5	0	1	23	13	10	197	128	+69	10
Narbonne	6	2	0	4	19	14	+5	168	138	+30	4
Neath	6	0	0	6	10	41	−31	93	301	−208	0

Qualifiers

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Colomiers	12	40	+169
2	Agen	12	27	+114
3	Stade Français	10	48	+206
4	Newcastle Falcons	10	36	+166
5	Montferrand	10	28	+83
6	Castres Olympique	10	26	+109
7	Gloucester	10	19	+69
8	Connacht	10	11	+47

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 1997-98 Heineken Cup