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2002–03 European Challenge Cup

7th Season of international club rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	2002-03 European Challenge Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Romania
Scotland
Spain
Wales
tournament format	Knockout
date	11 October 2002 - 25 May 2003
teams	32
matches	61
attendance	{{#expr:
tries	{{#expr:
top point scorer	Olly Barkley (Bath)
(118 points)
top try scorer	Tom Shanklin (Saracens)
(8 tries)
venue	Madejski Stadium, Reading
attendance2	18,074
champions	ENG London Wasps
count	1
runner-up	ENG Bath Rugby
website	https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year	2001–02
previous tournament	2001–02 European Challenge Cup
next year	2003–04
next tournament	2003–04 European Challenge Cup

France Ireland Italy Romania Scotland Spain Wales

1200 + 1500 + 1500 + 400 + 400 + 3000 + 500 + 2000 + 1000 + 550 + 1500 + 4500 + 1204 + 5000 + 1500 + 400
7840 + 7840 + 2000 + 1000 + 4250 + 2500 + 2000 + 3000 + 0 + 2500 + 2800 + 2300 + 2665 + 3599 + 3980 + 2052
3500 + 3500 + 5323 + 4500 + 3000 + 2000 + 3217 + 3561
1700 + 7063 + 2062 + 1500 + 7500 + 7000 + 2539 + 2000
6000 + 6000 + 5269 + 3857 + 6200 + 6000 + 6491 + 2439
7776 + 6482 + 6500 + 8200
18074
6 + 3 + 13 + 13 + 10 + 1 + 11 + 6 + 12 + 8 + 7 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 10 + 5
13 + 12 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 0 + 5 + 14 + 5 + 12 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 5 + 7 + 23
5 + 4 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 8 + 6 + 1
0 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 3
7 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 8
5 + 7 + 5 + 4
10 (118 points) (8 tries) | runner-up = ENG Bath Rugby The 2002–03 European Challenge Cup (known as the Parker Pen Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition below the Heineken Cup. A total of 32 teams participated, representing eight countries.

The competition began with Gran Parma hosting Bath and Ebbw Vale hosting Montauban on 11 October 2002. It culminated with the final at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on 25 May 2003.

Unlike previous seasons, the structure of the competition was changed to a purely knockout format. Teams played each other on a home and away basis, with the aggregate points winner proceeding to the next round. The final was a single leg. For that first time, a third tier tournament was created - the European Shield. This was contested between the first-round losers from the European Challenge Cup.

The defending champions, England's Sale Sharks, did not have a chance to defend their crown because they qualified to play in the Heineken Cup. London Wasps claimed a victory over Bath in the final and picked up their first piece of European Club silverware.

Teams

The allocation of teams was as follows: :England: 6 teams – all teams from the Zurich Premiership that did not qualify for the 2002–03 Heineken Cup :France: 9 teams – all teams from the Top 16 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup, and Agen who were banned by ERC :Ireland: 1 team – the Irish team from the Celtic League that did not play in the Heineken Cup :Italy: 8 teams – all the teams from the Super 10 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup :Romania: 1 team specially created for the competition :Scotland: 1 team – the Scottish team from the Celtic League that did not play in the Heineken Cup :Spain: 2 teams – drawn from the División de Honor de Rugby :Wales: 4 teams – all the teams from the Celtic League that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup

ENG England	FRA France	Ireland Ireland	ITA Italy	ROM Romania	SCO Scotland	ESP Spain	WAL Wales

Matches

All kickoff times are local to the match location.

Round 1

First leg

Second leg

Round 2

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Barkley Tindall Scaysbrook Barkley (1) Waters Wood Greening Logan Leota

References

(May 2020). "Amlin Challenge Cup: Points Scorers".
(May 2020). "Amlin Challenge Cup: Try Scorers".
"Challenge Cup European Champions". [[European Rugby Cup.
"Agen banned from Euro comps for two years". [[ESPN]].
"Challenge Cup Fixtures". [[European Rugby Cup.
(26 April 2003). "Bath late show stuns Sarries". [[BBC]].

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