The tournament was divided into a preliminary round and a final round. The eight participating teams first played a simple round-robin tournament . The first four played for the title in Poule Haute , the last four in Poule Basse against relegation. The total of the team points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a defeat), then the number of board points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a one loss, 0 points for one loss without a fight). For the final placement, both the points from the preliminary round and the points from the final round were taken into account.
Game dates
The competitions were held on October 20th, November 17th, December 1st and 15th, 2002, January 5th and 19th, February 2nd and 9th, March 9th and 23rd, 2003.
While the relegation of Perlé was already determined ahead of time, the question of the second relegated was only decided in the last round. If Differdange's second team had defeated Belvaux in the last round, Belvaux, Schëffleng and Differdange would have landed tied with 8 points each, and the points on the board would have decided whether they were relegated. In fact, Differdange's second team didn't get past a draw and was relegated.
