The 2003-4 Heineken Cup (the rugby club championship of Europe) is the ninth of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, are divided into six pools of four, in which teams play home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, will qualify for the knock-out stage.

In the pool matches teams will receive

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • a bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries
  • a bonus point for losing by 7 or fewer points
Dates of remaining pool matches
Round 416-18 January 2004
Round 523-25 January 2004
Round 630 January - 1 February 2004

Positions after each team had played 3 of their 6 matches in the pool stage:

Pool 1

WonDrawnLostBonusPoints
Ulster20119
Newport Gwent Dragons20108
Stade Français10215
Leicester Tigers10215

Pool 2

WonDrawnLostBonusPoints
Edinburgh Rugby300113
Toulouse201210
Leeds Tykes10204
Neath-Swansea Ospreys00300

Pool 3

WonDrawnLostBonusPoints
Leinster Lions201210
Biarritz Olympique201210
Sale Sharks20108
Cardiff Blues00322

Pool 4

WonDrawnLostBonusPoints
Llanelli Scarlets300113
Northampton Saints20119
Agen10226
The Borders00300

Pool 5

WonDrawnLostBonusPoints
Gloucester300214
Munster20119
Benetton Treviso10215
Bourgoin00322

Pool 6

WonDrawnLostBonusPoints
Celtic Warriors201210
London Wasps201210
Perpignan201210
Calvisano00311

See also

Heineken Cup