Heineken Cup 2002/03

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Heineken Cup 2002/03
master FranceFrance Stade Toulousain (2nd title)
Teams 24
countries EnglandEngland England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
FranceFrance 
IrelandIreland 
ItalyItaly 
ScotlandScotland 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
Games 79  (of which 79 played)
spectator 704,782  (ø 8,921 per game)
Most of the points WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Stephen Jones , Llanelli (107)
Most attempts FranceFrance Vincent Clerc , Toulouse Garan Evans , Llanelli (7 each)
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
← Heineken Cup 2001/02

The Heineken Cup 2002/03 was the eighth edition of the Heineken Cup , the most important European cup competition in rugby union . 24 teams from six countries took part. The final took place on May 24, 2003 at Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin . The French team Stade Toulousain , who beat USA Perpignan in the final, won the cup for the second time .

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The participants were divided into six groups of four teams each. Each team played a home and an away game against the three group opponents. The six group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals.

The points were distributed as follows:

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 point for a tie

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals
  • Two best runners-up, qualified for quarter-finals

    • In brackets: rank in the quarter-final seeding list

    Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Leicester Tigers (2) 6th 5 1 0 232: 71 + 161 11
    2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Neath RFC 6th 2 1 3 151: 139 + 12 5
    3. ItalyItaly L'Amatori & Calvisano 6th 2 0 4th 105: 236 - 131 4th
    4th FranceFrance AS Béziers 6th 2 0 4th 109: 151 - 42 4th
    date encounter Result
    October 11, 2002 Neath - Leicester 16:16
    October 12, 2002 Calvisano - Béziers 16:32
    October 19, 2002 Leicester - Calvisano 63: 0
    October 19, 2002 Beziers - Neath 21:16
    December 7, 2002 Calvisano - Neath 38:29
    December 8, 2002 Béziers - Leicester 12:24
    date encounter Result
    December 14, 2002 Neath - Calvisano 56:10
    December 14, 2002 Leicester - Beziers 53:10
    January 11, 2003 Calvisano - Leicester 22:40
    January 13, 2003 Neath - Beziers 23:18
    January 18, 2003 Leicester - Neath 36:11
    January 18, 2003 Béziers - Calvisano 16:19

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance USA Perpignan (5) 6th 4th 0 2 176: 156 + 20 8th
    2. Ireland Munster Rugby (7) 6th 4th 0 2 206: 107 + 99 8th
    3. EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC 6th 4th 0 2 241: 140 + 101 8th
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Viadana 6th 0 0 6th 128: 348 - 220 0
    date encounter Result
    October 12, 2002 Gloucester - Munster 35:16
    October 12, 2002 Perpignan - Viadana 46:27
    October 18, 2002 Viadana - Gloucester 28:80
    October 19, 2002 Munster - Perpignan 30:21
    December 6, 2002 Munster - Viadana 64: 0
    December 8, 2002 Gloucester - Perpignan 33:16
    date encounter Result
    December 14, 2002 Perpignan - Gloucester 31:23
    December 14, 2002 Viadana - Munster 22:25
    January 11, 2003 Gloucester - Viadana 64:16
    January 11, 2003 Perpignan - Munster 23: 8
    January 18, 2003 Munster - Gloucester 33: 6
    January 18, 2003 Viadana - Perpignan 35:39

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    1. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Llanelli RFC (4) 6th 5 0 1 201: 130 + 71 10
    2. FranceFrance CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 6th 4th 0 2 190: 142 + 48 8th
    3. ScotlandScotland Glasgow rugby 6th 2 0 4th 86: 185 - 99 4th
    4th EnglandEngland Sale Sharks 6th 1 0 5 123: 143 - 20 2
    date encounter Result
    October 11, 2002 Sale - Bourgoin 18:24
    October 12, 2002 Llanelli - Glasgow 45:15
    October 18, 2002 Bourgoin - Llanelli 54:38
    October 18, 2002 Glasgow - Sale 26:14
    December 6, 2002 Sale - Llanelli 7:30 p.m.
    December 8, 2002 Bourgoin - Glasgow 35:21
    date encounter Result
    December 13, 2002 Glasgow - Bourgoin 13:12
    December 13, 2002 Llanelli - Sale 17:12
    January 10, 2003 Llanelli - Bourgoin 37:22
    January 10, 2003 Sale - Glasgow 45: 3
    January 17, 2003 Glasgow - Llanelli 8:34
    January 18, 2003 Bourgoin - Sale 43:15

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    1. Ireland Leinster Rugby (1) 6th 6th 0 0 188: 93 + 95 12
    2. EnglandEngland Bristol Shoguns 6th 3 0 3 149: 144 + 5 6th
    3. FranceFrance AS Montferrandaise 6th 2 0 4th 141: 120 + 21 4th
    4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea RFC 6th 1 0 5 109: 230 - 121 2
    date encounter Result
    October 11, 2002 Leinster - Bristol 29:23
    October 12, 2002 Montferrand - Swansea 47:12
    October 19, 2002 Bristol - Montferrand 24:19
    October 19, 2002 Swansea - Leinster 10:51
    December 7, 2002 Swansea - Bristol 26:19
    December 7, 2002 Montferrand - Leinster 20:23
    date encounter Result
    December 13, 2002 Leinster - Montferrand 12: 9
    December 15, 2002 Bristol - Swansea 41:23
    January 10, 2003 Leinster - Swansea 48:19
    January 12, 2003 Montferrand - Bristol 22:30
    January 18, 2003 Swansea - Montferrand 19:24
    January 19, 2003 Bristol - Leinster 12:25

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Stade Toulousain (3) 6th 5 0 1 241: 118 + 123 10
    2. EnglandEngland London Irish 6th 3 0 3 158: 118 + 40 6th
    3. ScotlandScotland Edinburgh rugby 6th 2 0 4th 125: 188 - 63 4th
    4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport RFC 6th 2 0 4th 117: 217 - 100 4th
    date encounter Result
    October 11, 2002 Edinburgh - Newport 27:17
    October 12, 2002 Toulouse - Irish 28:23
    October 18, 2002 Newport - Toulouse 19:34
    October 20, 2002 Irish - Edinburgh 24: 8
    December 6, 2002 Edinburgh - Toulouse 9:30
    December 7, 2002 Newport - Irish 16:12
    date encounter Result
    December 14, 2002 Toulouse - Edinburgh 50:17
    December 15, 2002 Irish - Newport 42: 5
    January 10, 2003 Edinburgh - Irish 32:25
    January 11, 2003 Toulouse - Newport 70:18
    January 18, 2003 Newport - Edinburgh 42:32
    January 19, 2003 Irish - Toulouse 32:29

    Group 6

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Northampton Saints (6) 6th 4th 0 2 172: 110 + 62 8th
    2. FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique (8) 6th 4th 0 2 138: 73 + 65 8th
    3. Ireland Ulster rugby 6th 4th 0 2 116: 106 + 10 4th
    4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff RFC 6th 0 0 6th 78: 215 - 137 0
    date encounter Result
    October 12, 2002 Cardiff - Biarritz 15:26
    October 13, 2002 Northampton - Ulster 32: 9
    October 18, 2002 Ulster - Cardiff 25: 6
    October 19, 2002 Biarritz - Northampton 23:20
    December 6, 2002 Ulster - Biarritz 13: 9
    December 7, 2002 Northampton - Cardiff 25:11
    date encounter Result
    December 14, 2002 Biarritz - Ulster 25:20
    December 15, 2002 Cardiff - Northampton 0:31
    January 11, 2003 Cardiff - Ulster 21:33
    January 11, 2003 Northampton - Biarritz 17:14
    January 18, 2003 Ulster - Northampton 16:13
    January 19, 2003 Biarritz - Cardiff 75:25

    Quarter finals

    April 12, 2003
    2:45 p.m.     		FranceFrance Stade Toulousain 32:16 EnglandEngland Northampton Saints Stadium Municipal , Toulouse
    Spectators: 36,500
    Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Heymans , Labit
    Elevations: Delaigue (2)
    Penalty kicks: Delaigue (4), Michalak (2)
    		 report Attempts: Sleightholme Rises
    : Grayson (1)
    Penalty Kicks: Grayson (3)
    April 12, 2003
    3:35 pm     		Ireland Leinster rugby 18: 13 FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique Lansdowne Road , Dublin
    Spectators: 46,000
    Referee: Steve Lander ( England )
    Attempts: Costello , Gleeson
    Elevations: O'Meara (1)
    Penalty Kicks: O'Meara (2)
    		 report Attempts: Lièvremont
    Elevations: Yachvili (1)
    Penalty kicks : Yachvili (2)
    April 13, 2003
    4:00 p.m.     		EnglandEngland Leicester Tigers 7:20 Ireland Munster rugby Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 17,500
    Referee: Nigel Williams ( Wales )
    Tries: Booth
    Raises: Stimpson (1)
    		 report Attempts: O'Gara , Stringer
    Raises: O'Gara (2)
    Penalty Kicks: O'Gara (2)
    April 13, 2003
    4:00 p.m.     		WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Llanelli RFC 19:26 FranceFrance USA Perpignan Stradey Park , Llanelli
    Spectators: 10,800
    Referee: Tony Spreadbury ( England )
    Attempts: Madden
    Raids: Jones (1)
    Penalty Kicks: Jones (4)
    		 report Attempts: Murphy , Penalty attempt
    Increases: Edmonds (2)
    Penalty kicks: Edmonds (2)
    Dropgoals: Edmonds (2)

    Semifinals

    April 26, 2003
    3:00 p.m.     		FranceFrance Stade Toulousain 13:12 Ireland Munster rugby Stadium Municipal , Toulouse
    Spectators: 36,500
    Referee: Chris White ( England )
    Attempts: Michalak
    Elevations: Élissalde (1)
    Penalty kicks: Delaigue (1), Élissalde (1)
    		 report Penalty Kicks: O'Gara (2)
    Dropgoals: O'Gara (2)
    April 27, 2003
    2:45 p.m.     		Ireland Leinster rugby 14: 21 FranceFrance USA Perpignan Lansdowne Road , Dublin
    Spectators: 37,000
    Referee: Nigel Williams ( Wales )
    Attempts: D'Arcy
    Penalty Kicks: O'Meara (2), Spooner (1)
    		 report Attempts: Bomati , Dal Maso
    Elevations: Edmonds (1)
    Penalty kicks : Edmonds (1) Dropgoals
    : Cermeno (1), Edmonds (1)

    final

    May 24, 2003
    3:00 p.m.     		FranceFrance Stade Toulousain 22:17 FranceFrance USA Perpignan Lansdowne Road , Dublin
    Spectators: 28,600
    Referee: Chris White ( England )
    Attempts: Clerc 33rd
    increments: Delaigue
    Penalty kicks: Delaigue (5) 3rd, 18th, 27th, 40th, 80th +
    		 (19: 0)
    report     		Attempts: Bomati 80th + received
    penalties: Edmonds (4) 44th, 51st, 57th, 70th

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