The 2002-3 Heineken Cup (the rugby club championship of Europe) is the eighth of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, qualified for the knock-out stage.

Pool Stages

In the pool matches teams received

• 2 points for a win
• 1 points for a draw

Pool 1

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Leicester Tigers	6	5	1	0	11 Q
Neath	6	2	1	3	5
L'Amatori & Calvisano	6	2	0	4	4
Beziers	6	2	0	4	4

Pool 2

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Perpignan	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Munster	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Gloucester	6	4	0	2	8
Arix Viadana	6	0	0	6	0

Pool 3

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Llanelli	6	5	0	1	10 Q
Bourgoin	6	4	0	2	8
Glasgow Rugby	6	2	0	4	4
Sale Sharks	6	1	0	5	2

Pool 4

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Leinster	6	6	0	0	12 Q
Bristol Shoguns	6	3	0	3	6
Montferrand	6	2	0	4	4
Swansea	6	1	0	5	2

Pool 5

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Toulouse	6	5	0	1	10 Q
London Irish	6	3	0	3	6
Edinburgh Rugby	6	2	0	4	4
Newport	6	2	0	4	4

Pool 6

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Northampton Saints	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Biarritz Olympique	6	4	0	2	8 Q
Ulster	6	4	0	2	8
Cardiff	6	0	0	6	0

Quarter Finals

Played on 12/13 April 2003. Home teams listed first.

• Leinster 18 - 13 Biarritz Olympique
• Llanelli 19 - 26 Perpignan
• Toulouse 32 - 16 Northampton Saints
• Leicester Tigers 7 - 20 Munster

Semi Finals

Played on 26/27 April 2003. Designated home teams listed first.

• Leinster 14 - 21 Perpignan
• Toulouse 13 - 12 Munster

Final

Played on 24 May 2003 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

• Perpignan 17 - 22 Toulouse