The 1999–2000 Heineken Cup was the fifth edition of the Heineken Cup of rugby. Teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland were divided into six pools of four and played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knockout stages.

Pool stage[edit]

In the pool matches teams received

• 2 points for a win
• 1 points for a draw

Pool 1[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Stade Français	6	4	0	2	22	9	13	192	109	83	8
Leinster	6	4	0	2	12	17	−5	150	138	12	8
Glasgow Rugby	6	2	0	4	14	23	−9	130	179	−49	4
Leicester Tigers	6	2	0	4	12	11	1	127	173	−46	4

Pool 2[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	6	5	0	1	24	5	19	200	73	127	10
Bath	6	4	0	2	15	8	7	170	80	90	8
Swansea	6	3	0	3	14	13	1	126	137	−11	6
Petrarca Padova	6	0	0	6	11	38	−27	76	282	−206	0

Pool 3[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Llanelli	6	5	0	1	17	8	9	152	86	66	10
Wasps	6	5	0	1	16	9	7	163	99	64	10
Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	14	14	0	140	162	−22	4
Ulster	6	0	0	6	4	20	−16	71	179	−108	0

Pool 4[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Munster	6	5	0	1	19	14	5	188	132	56	10
Saracens	6	3	0	3	24	15	9	206	153	53	6
Colomiers	6	2	0	4	13	20	−7	144	194	−50	4
Pontypridd	6	2	0	4	13	20	−7	106	165	−59	4

Pool 5[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Cardiff	6	4	1	1	14	13	1	168	141	27	9
Montferrand	6	4	0	2	19	6	13	154	85	69	8
Benetton Treviso	6	2	0	4	6	16	−10	100	167	−67	4
Harlequins	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	120	149	−29	3

Pool 6[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Northampton	6	5	0	1	19	7	12	184	87	97	10
Grenoble	6	3	0	3	13	15	−2	110	140	−30	6
Edinburgh Reivers	6	3	0	3	13	19	−6	112	158	−46	6
Neath	6	1	0	5	13	17	−4	128	149	−21	2

Seeding[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]