Heineken Cup

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club rugby competition rugby union competition

The Heineken Cup was Europe's premier club rugby union competition, featuring top teams from leading European rugby nations before being replaced by the European Rugby Champions Cup.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Heineken Cup 1999–2000 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf club rugby competition ⓘ
rugby union competition ⓘ
abbreviation H Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Heineken European Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcastIn France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitionFormat pool stage and knockout stage ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
dissolved 2014 ⓘ
endedDueTo governance disputes between unions and clubs ⓘ
finalVenueVariedBySeason true ⓘ
firstSeason 1995–96 Heineken Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Heineken Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody European Rugby Cup Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1995 ⓘ
lastSeason 2013–14 Heineken Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier European club competition ⓘ
mostSuccessfulClub Toulouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
mostSuccessfulClubTitles 4 ⓘ
notableFinalVenue Millennium Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murrayfield Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stade de France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Twickenham Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfTeamsVariedBetween 20 and 24 ⓘ
officialBallSport rugby union ball ⓘ
organiser European Rugby Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatingCountries England NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
qualificationBasis domestic cup performance ⓘ
domestic league performance ⓘ
region European club rugby ⓘ
replacedBy European Rugby Champions Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedCompetitionStructure previous ad hoc European club tournaments ⓘ
scheduling primarily October to May ⓘ
secondaryCompetitionRelated European Challenge Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsoredBy Heineken NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport rugby union ⓘ
successorCompetition European Rugby Champions Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
trophy Heineken Cup trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
websiteStatus defunct as standalone competition site ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Kelly (rugby union) → competitionParticipated → Heineken Cup ⓘ
Simon Zebo → competitionParticipatedIn → Heineken Cup ⓘ
London Irish R.F.C. → competitionParticipation → Heineken Cup ⓘ
Guy Novès → leagueCoachedIn → Heineken Cup ⓘ
Donncha O'Callaghan → leagueParticipatedIn → Heineken Cup ⓘ
Leicester Tigers → previousEuropeanCompetition → Heineken Cup ⓘ
Leicester Tigers → wonCompetition → Heineken Cup ⓘ
Northampton Saints → wonEuropeanTitle → Heineken Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heineken Cup 1999–2000