2003-4 Heineken Cup

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 4	16-18 January 2004
Round 5	23-25 January 2004
Round 6	30 January - 1 February 2004

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

Pool 1

	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
Ulster	2	0	1	1	9
Newport Gwent Dragons	2	0	1	0	8
Stade Français	1	0	2	1	5
Leicester Tigers	1	0	2	1	5

Pool 2

	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
Edinburgh Rugby	3	0	0	1	13
Toulouse	2	0	1	2	10
Leeds Tykes	1	0	2	0	4
Neath-Swansea Ospreys	0	0	3	0	0

Pool 3

	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
Leinster Lions	2	0	1	2	10
Biarritz Olympique	2	0	1	2	10
Sale Sharks	2	0	1	0	8
Cardiff Blues	0	0	3	2	2

Pool 4

	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
Llanelli Scarlets	3	0	0	1	13
Northampton Saints	2	0	1	1	9
Agen	1	0	2	2	6
The Borders	0	0	3	0	0

Pool 5

	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
Gloucester	3	0	0	2	14
Munster	2	0	1	1	9
Benetton Treviso	1	0	2	1	5
Bourgoin	0	0	3	2	2

Pool 6

	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
Celtic Warriors	2	0	1	2	10
London Wasps	2	0	1	2	10
Perpignan	2	0	1	2	10
Calvisano	0	0	3	1	1