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2003–04 Heineken Cup
France England Wales Ireland Scotland Italy
• Stade • Leicester • Newport Gwent • • Border • Benetton
Français Tigers Dragons Ulster Reivers Treviso
• Toulouse • Leeds • Neath-Swansea • • • Calvisano
• Biarritz Carnegie Ospreys Munster Edinburgh
Olympique • Sale Sharks • Cardiff Blues •
• Agen • • Llanelli Scarlets Leinster
• Bourgoin Northampton • Celtic Warriors
• Perpignan Saints
• Gloucester
• London
Wasps
2003–04 Heineken Cup
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Tournament details
Countries England The 2003-4 Heineken Cup was the ninth season for which
France European teams competed for the Heineken Cup. Com-
Ireland peting teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scot-
Italy
land and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in
which teams played home and away matches against
Scotland
each other. The winners of the pools, together with the
Wales
two best runners-up, qualified for the knock-out stage.
Tournament Round-robin and Knockout This was the first competition in the series to employ
format(s) the bonus point system for classifying teams. In prior
Date 22 October 2003 - 23 May 2004 competitions, teams earned 2 points for a win and 1 for
a draw. Starting with the 2003-04 competition, teams
Tournament statistics
earned points in the pool matches under the following
Teams 24 scenarios:
• 4 points for a win
Matches played 79
• 2 points for a draw
Attendance 817,833 (10,352 per match) • 1 bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries, regardless
of the final score
Top point scorer(s) Henry Paul (Gloucester)
(100 points) • 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points or less
Top try scorer(s) Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz)
James Simpson-Daniel Teams
(Gloucester)
(6 tries)
Final
Pool stage
For more details on this topic, see 2003-04 Heineken Cup
Venue Twickenham Stadium, London
pool stage.
Attendance 73,057
Champions London Wasps (1st title)
Runner-up Toulouse
Official website http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Stade Français 6 4 0 2 11 8 3 134 80 54 1 1 18
Leicester Tigers 6 3 0 3 17 10 7 137 115 22 3 0 15
Ulster 6 3 0 3 10 9 1 109 106 3 1 1 14
Newport Gwent Dragons 6 2 0 4 5 16 −11 67 146 −79 0 1 9
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Toulouse 6 5 0 1 18 7 11 157 65 92 4 1 25
Edinburgh 6 5 0 1 14 7 7 130 89 41 2 0 22
Leeds Tykes 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 66 122 −56 0 1 5
Neath-Swansea Ospreys 6 1 0 5 6 18 −12 78 155 −77 0 0 4
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Biarritz Olympique 6 4 0 2 18 12 6 139 97 42 3 1 20
Leinster 6 4 0 2 13 11 2 142 113 29 1 1 18
Cardiff Blues 6 2 0 4 13 13 0 123 132 −9 0 3 11
Sale Sharks 6 2 0 4 6 14 −8 75 137 −62 0 1 9
Pool 1 2004 Attendance:
17:00 13,000
Pool 2 11 London 34 – 3 Adams Park
April Wasps Gloucester Attendance:
Pool 3 2004 10,000
15:00
Pool 4
Semifinals
Pool 5 24 Toulouse 39 – Biar- Stade Cha-
April 11 ritz ban Delmas
Pool 6 2004 Olympique Attendance:
16:00 34,000
Seeding and runners-up 25 Munster 32 – Lon- Lansdowne
April 37 don Wasps Road
2004 Attendance:
Knockout stage 15:00 49,000
Quarter-finals Final
4 April Llanelli 10 – Biar- Stradey Main article: 2004 Heineken Cup Final
2004 Scarlets 27 ritz Park 23 London 27 – 20 Twickenham
19:45 Olympique Attendance: May Wasps Toulouse Stadium,
10,800 2004 Tries: Ab- Report Try: De- London
10 Toulouse 36 – Edin- Stade Mu- 15:00 bott 19’ c laigue 38’ Attendance:
April 10 burgh nicipal Van Gis- m 73,057
2004 Attendance: bergen 43’ Pen: De- Referee:
16:00 36,500 c laigue (2) Alain Rol-
10 Munster 37 – Thomond Howley 79’ 6’, 12’ land (Ire-
Stade
April 32 Français Park c Élissalde land)
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Llanelli Scarlets 6 5 0 1 17 5 12 160 72 88 2 1 23
Northampton Saints 6 4 0 2 13 4 9 121 54 67 1 1 18
Agen 6 2 0 4 8 7 1 83 94 −11 1 2 11
The Borders 6 1 0 5 4 26 −22 39 183 −144 0 0 4
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Munster Rugby 6 5 0 1 22 5 17 172 76 96 4 0 24
Gloucester 6 5 0 1 22 11 11 197 100 97 4 0 24
Bourgoin 6 1 0 5 13 22 −9 119 191 −72 2 1 7
Benetton Treviso 6 1 0 5 13 32 −19 104 225 −121 1 0 5
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
London Wasps 6 5 0 1 22 8 14 186 85 101 3 1 24
Celtic Warriors 6 4 0 2 11 10 1 123 118 5 2 2 20
Perpignan 6 3 0 3 13 11 2 119 115 4 2 1 15
Ghial Rugby Calvisano 6 0 0 6 13 30 −17 115 225 −110 1 2 3
Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/-
1 Toulouse 25 18 +92
2 London Wasps 24 22 +101
3 Munster 24 22 +97
4 Llanelli Scarlets 23 17 +88
5 Biarritz Olympique 20 18 +42
6 Stade Français 18 11 +54
Seed Pool Runners-up Pts TF +/-
7 Gloucester 24 22 +96
8 Edinburgh 22 14 +41
- Celtic Warriors 20 11 +5
- Northampton Saints 18 13 +67
- Leinster Rugby 18 13 +29
- Leicester Tigers 15 17 +22
Con: Van (3) 57’, 72’, Pen: Van
Gisbergen 77’ Gisbergen
(3) (2) 15’, 31’
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