2002–03 European Challenge Cup

2002-03 Parker Pen Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Romania  Spain  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	11 October 2002 - 25 May 2003
Tournament statistics
Top point scorer(s)	Olly Barkley (Bath) (118 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Tom Shanklin (Saracens) (8 tries)
Final
Champions	London Wasps (1st title)
Runner-up	Bath Rugby
Official website	http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
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The 2002–03 Parker Pen Challenge Cup was the seventh year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between October 2002 and May 2003. Unlike previous seasons, the structure of the competition was changed to a knockout format. 32 teams from 8 countries competed on a home and away basis over two rounds to determine qualification for the quarter finals.

Contents 1 Round 1 2 Round 2 3 Quarter finals 4 Semi finals 5 Final 6 See also

Round 1

11 October 2002 19:00	Gran Parma	3 – 40	Bath	Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 1,200

11 October 2002 19:15	Ebbw Vale	20 – 16	Montauban	Eugene Cross Park Attendance: 1,500

12 October 2002 14:30	Carephilly	20 – 73	NEC Harlequins	Virginia Park Attendance: 1,500

12 October 2002 14:30	Dinamo-Bucureşti	11 – 87	Saracens	Complexul Cultural Sportiv Attendance: 400

12 October 2002 14:30	Rugby Roma	18 – 60	Pontypridd	Stadio Tre Fontane Attendance: 400

12 October 2002 15:00	Benetton Treviso	22 – 9	Castres Olympique	Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,000

12 October 2002 15:00	L'Aquila	14 – 58	Colomiers	Stadio Tommaso Fattori Attendance: 500

12 October 2002 15:00	Petrarca Rugby	23 – 29	Leeds Tykes	Stadio Plebiscito Attendance: 2,000

12 October 2002 16:00	UC Madrid	22 – 73	Borders	Ciuadad Universitaria Attendance: 1,000

12 October 2002 18:00	La Moraleja Alcobendas	31 – 37	Bordeaux-Begles	Pol.Municipal de Alcobendas Attendance: 550

12 October 2002 19:00	Overmach Parma	24 – 40	London Wasps	Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 1,500

12 October 2002 19:30	Grenoble	12 – 19	Newcastle Falcons	Stade Lesdiguieres Attendance: 4,500

12 October 2002 19:30	Mont de Marsan	12 – 26	Connacht	Stade Guy Boniface Attendance: 1,204

12 October 2002 19:30	Pau	18 – 6	Bridgend RFC	Stade Municipal du Hameau Attendance: 5,000

13 October 2002 15:00	Rugby Rovigo	6 – 64	Stade Français	Stadio Mario Battaglini Attendance: 1,500

13 October 2002 15:00	Rugby Silea	23 – 34	Narbonne	Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 400

18 October 2002 19:30	Borders	77 – 15	UC Madrid	Netherdale Attendance: 7,840

19 October 2002 14:15	Bath	57 – 19	Gran Parma	The Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,840

19 October 2002 14:30	Pontypridd	83 – 8	Rugby Roma	Sardis Road Attendance: 2,000

19 October 2002 15:00	Connacht	47 – 29	Mont de Marsan	The Sports Ground Attendance: 1,000

19 October 2002 15:00	Harlequins	31 – 27	Carephilly	The Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,250

19 October 2002 17:30	Bridgend RFC	27 – 9	Pau	Brewery Field Attendance: 2,500

19 October 2002 18:00	Bordeaux-Begles	33 – 15	La Moraleja Alcobendas	Stade Andre Moga Attendance: 2,000

19 October 2002 18:00	Stade Français	81 – 20	Rugby Rovigo	Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 3,000

19 October 2002 19:30	Castres Olympique	17 – 33	Benetton Treviso	Stade Pierre Antoine

19 October 2002 19:30	Colomiers	75 – 5	L'Aquila	Stade Selery Attendance: 2,500

19 October 2002 19:30	Montauban	29 – 16	Ebbw Vale	Stade de Sapiac Attendance: 2,800

19 October 2002 19:30	Narbonne	41 – 14	Rugby Silea	Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Attendance: 2,300

20 October 2002 14:30	Leeds Tykes	52 – 13	Petrarca Rugby	Headingley Stadium Attendance: 2,665

20 October 2002 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	33 – 17	Grenoble	Kingston Park Stadium Attendance: 3,599

20 October 2002 15:00	London Wasps	42 – 0	Overmach Parma	Adams Park Attendance: 3,980

20 October 2002 15:00	Saracens	151 – 0	Dinamo-Bucureşti	Vicarage Road Attendance: 2,052

Round 2

6 December 2002 19:30	Bridgend RFC	28 – 26	Bath	Brewery Field Attendance: 3,500

7 December 2002 14:30	Benetton Treviso	27 – 8	Newcastle Falcons	Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,500

7 December 2002 15:00	Harlequins	0 – 26	Stade Français	The Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,323

7 December 2002 17:30	Pontypridd	37 – 23	Leeds Tykes	Sardis Road Attendance: 4,500

7 December 2002 19:30	Montauban	19 – 16	Borders	Stade de Sapiac Attendance: 3,000

7 December 2002 19:30	Narbonne	42 – 27	Connacht	Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Attendance: 2,000

8 December 2002 15:00	London Wasps	43 – 6	Bordeaux-Begles	Adams Park Attendance: 3,217

8 December 2002 15:00	Saracens	16 – 6	Colomiers	Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,561

13 December 2002 19:30	Borders	6 – 12	Montauban	Netherdale Attendance: 1,700

14 December 2002 14:15	Bath	38 – 10	Bridgend RFC	The Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,063

14 December 2002 14:30	Leeds Tykes	19 – 19	Pontypridd	Headingley Stadium Attendance: 2,062

14 December 2002 18:00	Bordeaux-Begles	23 – 29	London Wasps	Stade Andre Moga Attendance: 1,500

14 December 2002 18:00	Stade Français	29 – 12	Harlequins	Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 7,500

14 December 2002 19:30	Colomiers	19 – 30	Saracens	Stade Selery Attendance: 7,000

15 December 2002 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	35 – 5	Benetton Treviso	Kingston Park Stadium Attendance: 2,539

15 December 2002 15:00	Connacht	23 – 7	Narbonne	The Sports Ground Attendance: 2,000

Quarter finals

11 January 2003 17:30	Connacht	30 – 35	Pontypridd	Dubarry Park Attendance: 6,000

11 January 2003 19:30	Montauban	27 – 24	Bath	Stade de Sapiac Attendance: 6,000

12 January 2003 13:45	London Wasps	35 – 22	Stade Français	Adams Park Attendance: 5,269

12 January 2003 15:00	Sarecens	31 – 10	Newcastle Falcons	Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,857

18 January 2003 14:15	Bath	24 – 18	Montauban	The Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,200

18 January 2003 17:30	Pontypridd	12 – 9	Connacht	Sardis Road Attendance: 6,000

18 January 2003 18:00	Stade Français	12 – 27	London Wasps	Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 6,491

19 January 2003 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	31 – 29	Saracens	Kingston Park Stadium Attendance: 2,439

Semi finals

12 April 2003 17:30	London Wasps	34 – 19	Pontypridd	Adams Park Attendance: 7,776

13 April 2003 15:00	Saracens	38 – 30	Bath	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,482

25 April 2003 19:05	Pontypridd	17 – 27	London Wasps	Sardis Road Attendance: 6,500

26 April 2003 14:15	Bath	27 – 19	Saracens	The Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

Final

25 May 2003 15:45	Bath	30 – 48	London Wasps	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,074 Referee: Nigel Williams
	Tries: Balshaw Barkley Tindall Scaysbrook Con: Balshaw Barkley Pen: Barkley (2)	Report	Tries: Lewsey Waters Wood Greening Logan Leota Con: King (6) Pen: King (2)

See also

• European Challenge Cup

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