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Since then, no team has qualified as a best runner up with less than 19 points although in 2003/04, Celtic Warriors, and in 2006/07, the Ospreys, both discovered that even 20 points was not sufficient to make the knock-out stages.
The clubs (with current names) who have qualified as best runners-up are:
CLUB - WINS - (BONUS PTS) - POINTS
1999/00
London Wasps 5 - 10
ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 - 8
2000/01
Swansea 4 - 8
Pau 4 - 8
2001/02
Munster Rugby 5 - 10
Scarlets 4 - 8
2002/03
Munster Rugby 4 - 8
Biarritz Olympique 4 - 8
2003/04 (Bonus Points introduced)
Gloucester Rugby 5 - 4 (T 4) - 24
Edinburgh Rugby 5 - 2 (T 2) - 22
2004/05
Northampton Saints 5 - 1 (T 1) - 21
Leicester Tigers 4 - 3 (T 2; L 1) - 19
2005/06
Sale Sharks 5 - 3 (T 3) - 23
Leinster Rugby 4 - 6 (T 4; L 2) - 22
2006/07
Munster Rugby 5 - 3 (T 2; L 1) - 23
Northampton Saints 4 - 4 (T 4) - 20
2007/08
Perpignan 5 - 2 (T 2) - 22
Ospreys 5 - 1 (T 1) - 21
2008/09
Toulouse 4 (+ 1 draw) - 2 (T 1; L 1) - 20
Ospreys 4 - 4 (T 2; L 2) - 20
2009/10
Ospreys 4 (+ 1 draw) - 2 (T 2) - 20
Northampton Saints 4 3 (T 2; L 1) - 19
2010/11
Ulster Rugby 5 - 2 (T 2) - 22
Leicester Tigers 4 (+ 1 draw) - 4 (T 3; L 1) - 22
(T = Try bonus, L = Losing bonus)
HOW THEY STAND
Here are some quarter-final qualification pointers since those changes came into place:
• No club has qualified as a Pool winner on less than four wins.
• Since bonus points were introduced no club has qualified as a Pool winner on less than 17 points. Toulon topped Pool 3 with 17 points in 2010/11.
• No club has qualified as one of the best runners-up on less than four wins.
• Since bonus points were introduced no club has qualified as one of the best runners-up on less than 19 points. Leicester Tigers in 2004/05 and Northampton Saints in 2009/10 qualified as one of the best runners-up on 19 points.
The maximum points and wins attainable by each club on current standings are:
POOL 1
Munster Rugby - 26 points / 6 wins
Scarlets - 21 points / 4 wins
Northampton Saints - 18 points / 3 wins
Castres Olympique - 16 points / 3 wins
POOL 2
Edinburgh Rugby - 23 points / 5 wins
Cardiff Blues - 23 points / 5 wins
London Irish - 18 points / 3 wins
Racing Metro 92 - 17 points / 3 wins
POOL 3
Leinster Rugby - 26 points / 5 wins (+ 1 draw)
Glasgow Warriors - 20 points / 4 wins (+ 1 draw)
Bath Rugby - 16 points / 3 wins
Montpellier - 16 points / 2 wins (+ 2 draws)
POOL 4
Ulster Rugby - 24 points / 5 wins
Leicester Tigers - 22 points / 5 wins
ASM Clermont Auvergne - 21 points / 4 wins
Aironi Rugby - 10 points / 2 wins
POOL 5
Saracens - 24 points / 5 wins
Biarritz Olympique - 22 points / 4 wins
Ospreys - 18 points / 3 wins (+ 1 draw)
Benetton Treviso - 16 points / 3 wins (+ 1 draw)
POOL 6
Toulouse - 23 points / 5 wins
Harlequins - 22 points / 5 wins
Gloucester Rugby - 19 points / 4 wins
Connacht Rugby - 12 points / 2 wins
