2002–03 Heineken Cup

Template:Short description Template:Infobox European Cup Rugby season 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
Template:Flagicon Béziers Template:Flagicon Perpignan Template:Flagicon Bourgoin Template:Flagicon Montferrand Template:Flagicon Toulouse Template:Flagicon Biarritz Olympique	Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers Template:Flagicon Gloucester Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks Template:Flagicon Bristol Template:Flagicon London Irish Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints	Template:Flagicon Neath Template:Flagicon Llanelli Template:Flagicon Swansea Template:Flagicon Newport Template:Flagicon Cardiff	Template:Flagicon Glasgow Rugby Template:Flagicon Edinburgh Rugby	Template:Flagicon Munster Template:Flagicon Leinster Template:Flagicon Ulster	Template:Flagicon Calvisano Template:Flagicon Viadana

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
Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers	6	5	1	0	31	6	25	232	71	161	11
Template:Flagicon Neath	6	2	1	3	18	12	6	151	139	12	5
Template:Flagicon L'Amatori & Calvisano	6	2	0	4	10	34	−24	105	236	−131	4
Template:Flagicon Béziers	6	2	0	4	8	15	−7	109	151	−42	4

Pool 2

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

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Template:Flagicon Llanelli	6	5	0	1	22	16	6	201	130	71	10
Template:Flagicon Bourgoin	6	4	0	2	21	14	7	190	142	48	8
Template:Flagicon Glasgow Rugby	6	2	0	4	9	23	−14	86	185	−99	4
Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks	6	1	0	5	16	15	1	123	143	−20	2

Pool 4

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

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Template:Flagicon Toulouse	6	5	0	1	29	9	20	241	118	123	10
Template:Flagicon London Irish	6	3	0	3	12	13	−1	158	118	40	6
Template:Flagicon Edinburgh Rugby	6	2	0	4	15	19	−4	125	188	−63	4
Template:Flagicon Newport	6	2	0	4	11	26	−15	117	217	−100	4

Pool 6

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

Seeding

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

Knockout stage

Final

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