Bath coach Steve Meehan said he was satisfied with achieving his pre-tournament goal of topping pool 5 after a 3-3 draw with Toulouse at The Recreation Ground.
But there were mixed emotions at the West Country club at losing out on a possible home quarter-final draw.
At the end of the lowest-scoring match in the 971-game history of the Heineken Cup - the previous lowest score was the 6-6 draw between Edinburgh and Biarritz in 2001/02 - Bath are now faced with a trip to Leicester tigers in April.
"It's unfortunate to miss out on a home quarter final but in those conditions, and against a team as big as Toulouse, it was a good result," said Meehan.
"We came off the back of a difficult week and I asked the players for total commitment - and got it.
"We were a bit more composed in the second half. We were fortunate to be 3-3 at half time because that scoreline didn't do Toulouse justice. They had all the territory and possession in the first half.
"But the players earned their money today. They warmed up for 20 minutes in a hail storm and then spent 80 minutes in the sludge during the game."
Bath will have few fears about travelling to Leicester to meet the Tigers having shot them down at the same stage in 2006 at the Walkers Stadium.
"Leicester will bring out the best in Bath and vice versa," added Meehan. "We will have a few players back from injury by April and we will be better prepared.
"We had 60 very good minutes against Leicester at Welford Road recently. We need to perform at that level for the full 80.
"We haven't played at anywhere near the standard we hit in the first game in the pool at Toulouse but, if we can get back to that form, we can go much further."
