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 FranceEnglandWalesScotlandIrelandItaly Béziers Perpignan Bourgoin Montferrand Toulouse Biarritz Olympique Leicester Tigers Gloucester Sale Sharks Bristol London Irish Northampton Saints Neath Llanelli Swansea Newport Cardiff Glasgow Rugby Edinburgh Rugby Munster Leinster Ulster Calvisano Viadana
Pool stage
In the pool matches teams received 2 points for a win 1 points for a draw
Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Leicester Tigers 6510316252327116111 Neath621318126151139125 L'Amatori & Calvisano62041034−24105236−1314 Béziers6204815−7109151−424
Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Perpignan 640223167176156208 Munster6402271413206107998 Gloucester64023114172411401018 Arix Viadana60061552−37128348−2200
Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Llanelli 6501221662011307110 Bourgoin640221147190142488 Glasgow Rugby6204923−1486185−994 Sale Sharks610516151123143−202
Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Leinster 660022715188939512 Bristol Shoguns63031517−214914456 Montferrand62041587141120214 Swansea6105828−20109230−1212
Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Toulouse 65012992024111812310 London Irish63031213−1158118406 Edinburgh Rugby62041519−4125188−634 Newport62041126−15117217−1004
Pool 6 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts Northampton Saints 6402211011172110628 Biarritz Olympique6402145913873658 Ulster6402880116106108 Cardiff 6006626−2078215−1370
Seeding SeedPool WinnersPtsTF+/−1 Leinster 1222+952 Leicester Tigers1131+1613 Toulouse1029+1234 Llanelli1022+715 Perpignan831+1016 Northampton Saints821+62SeedPool Runners-upPtsTF+/−7 Munster827+998 Biarritz Olympique814+65 – Bourgoin821+48 – Bristol Shoguns615+5 – London Irish612+40 – Neath518+12
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Toulouse became the second team to win the competition more than once.
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