Home › Entities › season_of_the_european_rugby_champions_cup › 1996–97 Heineken Cup

1996–97 Heineken Cup

2nd rugby union clubs’ European cup
Event season_of_the_european_rugby_champions_cup Q1596008
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

1996–97 Heineken Cup

Summary

1996–97 Heineken Cup is a season of the European Rugby Champions Cup[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (season_of_the_european_rugby_champions_cup category, ranking #23 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup won the CA Brive[3].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's instance of is recorded as season of the European Rugby Champions Cup[4].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's edition number is recorded as 2[5].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup began on October 12, 1996[6].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup ended on January 25, 1997[7].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's sport is recorded as rugby union[8].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's organizer is recorded as European Rugby Cup[9].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's official website is recorded as https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/history/#1997[10].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1996–97 Heineken Cup[11].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's attendance is recorded as {'amount': '+317987'}[12].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup involved {'amount': '+20'} participants[13].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's number of matches played/races/starts is recorded as {'amount': '+47'}[14].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '1996-97 Heineken Cup'}[15].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'H Cup 1996-97'}[16].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup dates from the 1996-1997 one-year-period[17].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's sports season of league or competition is recorded as European Rugby Champions Cup[18].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's final event is recorded as 1997 Heineken Cup Final[19].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's tournament format is recorded as pool play[20].
  • 1996–97 Heineken Cup's tournament format is recorded as playoffs[21].

Body

When and Where

1996–97 Heineken Cup began on October 12, 1996[6]. It ended on January 25, 1997[7].

Context

1996–97 Heineken Cup's instance of is recorded as season of the European Rugby Champions Cup[4].

Participants

1996–97 Heineken Cup involved {'amount': '+20'} participants[13].

Why It Matters

1996–97 Heineken Cup draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (season_of_the_european_rugby_champions_cup category, ranking #23 of 31).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did 1996–97 Heineken Cup receive?

Honors received include CA Brive[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . epcrugby.com. epcrugby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . epcrugby.com. epcrugby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . epcrugby.com. epcrugby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 1996–97 Heineken Cup. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/1996-97-heineken-cup
MLA “1996–97 Heineken Cup.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/1996-97-heineken-cup.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_1996-97-heineken-cup_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{1996–97 Heineken Cup}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/1996-97-heineken-cup}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): 1996–97 Heineken Cup — https://4ort.xyz/entity/1996-97-heineken-cup (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/1996-97-heineken-cup · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/history/#1997
    Sport → rugby union
    Start time → +1996-10-12T00:00:00Z
    End time → +1997-01-25T00:00:00Z
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/history/#1997, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×1). See [[Wikidata:Requests_for_perm"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.