QUARTER-FINAL QUALIFIERS AND RANKINGS ...

No 1 - Pool 2 Winners - Leinster 26 points (33 tries)

No 2 - Pool 3 Winners - Toulouse 24 points (21 tries)

No 3 - Pool 6 Winners - Stade Francais Paris 23 points (20 tries)

No 4 - Pool 1 Winners - Biarritz Olympique 22 points (20 tries)

No 5 - Pool 4 Winners - Munster 22 points (12 tries)

No 6 - Pool 5 Winners - Newcastle Falcons 21 points (10 tries)

No 7 - Best runner-up - Northampton Saints 21 points (11 tries)

No 8 - Second best runner-up - Leicester Tigers 19 points (24 tries)

... AND HEAD-TO-HEAD IN THE HEINEKEN CUP

LEINSTER v LEICESTER TIGERS

Played 6 Leinster 3 Leicester Tigers 3

1996 - 97 Leinster 10 Leicester Tigers 27

1997 - 98 Leinster 16 Leicester Tigers 9

Leicester Tigers 47 Leinster 22

1999 - 00 Leinster 27 Leicester Tigers 20

Leicester Tigers 10 Leinster 32

2001 - 02 Leicester Tigers 29 Leinster 18 (quarter-finals)

Leinster in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

1995 - 96 Semi-finals lost 23-14 to Cardiff (h)

2001 - 02 Quarter-finals lost 29-18 to Leicester Tigers (a)

2002 - 03 Semi-finals lost 21-14 to Perpignan (Dublin)

Leicester Tigers in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

1996 - 97 Finalists lost 28-9 to Brive (Cardiff)

1997 - 98 Quarter-finals lost 35-18 to Pau (a)

2000 - 01 Winners - beat Stade Francais Paris 34-30 (Paris)

2001 - 02 Winners - beat Munster 15-9 (Cardiff)

2002 - 03 Quarter-finals lost 20-7 to Munster (h)

STADE FRANCAIS PARIS v NEWCASTLE FALCONS

No previous meetings

Stade Français Paris in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

1998 - 99 Semi-finals lost 33-27 to Ulster (a)

1999 - 00 Quarter-finals lost 27-10 to Munster (a)

2000 - 01 Finalists lost 34-30 to Leicester Tigers (Paris)

2001 - 02 Quarter-finals lost 16-14 to Munster (h)

2003 - 04 Quarter-finals lost 37-32 to Munster (a)

Newcastle Falcons in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

First time to qualify

TOULOUSE v NORTHAMPTON SAINTS

Played 3 Toulouse 2 Northampton Saints 1

2002 - 03 Toulouse 32 Northampton Saints 16 (quarter-finals)

2004 - 05 N Saints 23 Toulouse 21

Toulouse 25 Saints 12

Toulouse in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

1995 - 96 Winners - beat Cardiff 21-18 aet (Cardiff)

1996 - 97 Semi-finals lost 37-11 to Leicester (a)

1997 - 98 Semi-finals lost on 2-1 try count (22-22) to Brive (h)

1998 - 99 Quarter-finals lost 15-13 to Ulster (a)

1999 - 00 Semi-finals lost 31-25 to Munster (Bordeaux)

2002 - 03 Winners - beat Perpignan 22-17 (Dublin)

2003 - 04 Finalists lost 27-20 to London Wasps (Twickenham)

Northampton Saints in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

1999 - 00 Winners - beat Munster 9-8 (Twickenham)

2002 - 03 Quarter-finals lost 32-16 to Toulouse (a)

BIARRITZ OLYMPIQUE v MUNSTER

Played 1 Munster 1 Biarritz Olympique 0

2000 - 01 Munster 38 Biarritz Olympique 29 (quarter-finals)

Biarritz Olympique in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

2000 - 01 Quarter-finals lost 38-29 to Munster (a)

2002 - 03 Quarter-finals lost 18-13 to Leinster (a)

2003 - 04 Semi-finals lost 19-11 to Toulouse (Bordeaux)

Munster in the Heineken Cup knock-out stages:

1998 - 99 Quarter-finals lost 23-9 to Colomiers (a)

1999 - 00 Finalists - lost 9-8 to Northampton Saints (Twickenham)

2000 - 01 Semi-finals lost 16-15 to Stade Francais Paris (Lille)

2001 - 02 Finalists - lost to Leicester 15-9 (Cardiff)

2002 - 03 Semi-finals lost 13-12 to Toulouse (a)

2003 - 04 Semi-finals lost 32-27 to London Wasps (Dublin)