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2002–03 Heineken Cup

European club rugby union tournament

Field	Value
name	2002–03 Heineken Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	11 October 2002 – 24 May 2003
teams	24
matches	79
attendance	704782
top point scorer	Stephen Jones (Llanelli)
(107 points)
top try scorer	Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
Garan Evans (Llanelli)
(7 tries)
venue	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
attendance2	28,600
champions	FRA Toulouse
count	2
runner-up	FRA Perpignan
website	https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year	2001–02
previous tournament	2001–02 Heineken Cup
next year	2003–04
next tournament	2003–04 Heineken Cup

France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales (107 points) Garan Evans (Llanelli) (7 tries) | runner-up = FRA Perpignan The 2002–03 Heineken Cup was the eighth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.

Teams

France	England	Wales	Scotland	Ireland	Italy

Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received

2 points for a win
1 points for a draw

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Leicester Tigers	6	5	1	0	31	6	25	232	71	161	11
WAL Neath	6	2	1	3	18	12	6	151	139	12	5
ITA L'Amatori & Calvisano	6	2	0	4	10	34	−24	105	236	−131	4
FRA Béziers	6	2	0	4	8	15	−7	109	151	−42	4

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Perpignan	6	4	2	23	16	7	176	156	20	8
Ireland Munster	6	4	2	27	14	13	206	107	99	8
ENG Gloucester	6	4	2	31	14	17	241	140	101	8
ITA Arix Viadana	6	0	6	15	52	−37	128	348	−220	0

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
WAL Llanelli	6	5	1	22	16	6	201	130	71	10
FRA Bourgoin	6	4	2	21	14	7	190	142	48	8
SCO Glasgow Rugby	6	2	4	9	23	−14	86	185	−99	4
ENG Sale Sharks	6	1	5	16	15	1	123	143	−20	2

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Ireland Leinster	6	6	0	22	7	15	188	93	95	12
ENG Bristol Shoguns	6	3	3	15	17	−2	149	144	5	6
FRA Montferrand	6	2	4	15	8	7	141	120	21	4
WAL Swansea	6	1	5	8	28	−20	109	230	−121	2

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Toulouse	6	5	1	29	9	20	241	118	123	10
ENG London Irish	6	3	3	12	13	−1	158	118	40	6
SCO Edinburgh Rugby	6	2	4	15	19	−4	125	188	−63	4
WAL Newport	6	2	4	11	26	−15	117	217	−100	4

Pool 6

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Northampton Saints	6	4	2	21	10	11	172	110	62	8
FRA Biarritz Olympique	6	4	2	14	5	9	138	73	65	8
Ireland Ulster	6	4	2	8	8	0	116	106	10	8
WAL Cardiff	6	0	6	6	26	−20	78	215	−137	0

Seeding

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	IRE Leinster	12	22	+95
2	ENG Leicester Tigers	11	31	+161
3	FRA Toulouse	10	29	+123
4	WAL Llanelli	10	22	+71
5	FRA Perpignan	8	31	+101
6	ENG Northampton Saints	8	21	+62
7	IRE Munster	8	27	+99
8	FRA Biarritz Olympique	8	14	+65
–	FRA Bourgoin	8	21	+48
–	ENG Bristol Shoguns	6	15	+5
–	ENG London Irish	6	12	+40
–	WAL Neath	5	18	+12

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

date = 12 April 2003 14:45 | home = Toulouse FRA | score = 32–16 | report = | away = ENG Northampton Saints | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Municipal | attendance = 36,500 | referee = }}

date = 12 April 2003 15:35 | home = Leinster Ireland | score = 18–13 | report = | away = FRA Biarritz | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Lansdowne Road | attendance = 46,000 | referee = }}

date = 13 April 2003 16:00 | home = Leicester Tigers ENG | score = 7–20 | report = Report | away = Ireland Munster | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Welford Road | attendance = 17,500 | referee = }}

date = 16 April 2003 19:30 | home = Llanelli WAL | score = 19–26 | report = | away = FRA Perpignan | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stradey Park | attendance = 10,800 | referee = }}

Semi-finals

date = 26 April 2003 15:35 | home = Toulouse FRA | score = 13–12 | report = Report | away = Ireland Munster | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Municipal | attendance = 36,500 | referee = }}

date = 27 April 2003 14:45 | home = Leinster Ireland | score = 14–21 | report = | away = FRA Perpignan | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Lansdowne Road | attendance = 37,000 | referee = }}

Final

Main article: 2003 Heineken Cup Final

Con: Delaigue Pen: Delaigue (5) 3', 18', 27', 40', 80+1' Pen: Edmonds (4) 44', 51', 57', 70' Tony Spreadbury (England) }}

Toulouse became the second team to win the competition more than once.

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