2002–03 Heineken Cup | |||
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Tournament details | |||
Countries |
England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout | ||
Date | 11 October 2002 - 24 May 2003 | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Teams | 24 | ||
Matches played | 79 | ||
Attendance | 704,782 (8,921 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) |
Stephen Jones (Llanelli) (107 points) |
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Top try scorer(s) |
Vincent Clerc (Toulouse) Garan Evans (Llanelli) (7 tries) |
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Final | |||
Venue | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | ||
Attendance | 28,600 | ||
Champions | Toulouse (2nd title) | ||
Runner-up | Perpignan | ||
Official website | https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/ | ||
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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.
In the pool matches teams received
Toulouse became the second team to win the competition more than once.