Brewery giant Heineken is once again the sponsor of the European Cup. Congratulations to London Wasps who won the cup for the first time.
Planet Rugby have a special web site dedicated to the competition as do Scrum.com
The Official Site of European Rugby can be found at http://www.scrum.com/eurocups/0304/home.asp
The Pools
Pool 1
Stade Francais
Gwent Dragons
Ulster
Leicester
Pool 2
Edinburgh
Toulouse
Leeds
Neath-Swansea Ospreys
Pool 3
Leinster
Sale
Biarritz
Cardiff Blues
Pool 4
Agen
Northampton
Llanelli Scarlets
Borders
Pool 5
Gloucester
Munster
Bourgoin
Treviso
Pool 6
Wasps
Ghial Amatori & Calvisano
Perpignan
Celtic Warriors
Results
01 Feb 2004 Perpignan vs Wasps 6-34 Perpignan
01 Feb 2004 Amatori Calvisano vs Celtic Warriors 26-28 Calvisano
01 Feb 2004 Scottish Borders vs Agen 8-3 Galashiels
01 Feb 2004 Northampton vs Llanelli Scarlets 9-18 Northampton
31 Jan 2004 Neath-Swansea Ospreys vs Leeds Tykes 10-3 Swansea
31 Jan 2004 Cardiff Blues vs Sale 22-7 Cardiff (Arms Park)
31 Jan 2004 Toulouse vs Edinburgh 33-0 Toulouse (Ernest Wallon)
31 Jan 2004 Biarritz vs Leinster 32-21 Biarritz
31 Jan 2004 Gloucester vs Treviso 42-11 Gloucester
31 Jan 2004 Munster vs Bourgoin 26-3 Limerick (Thomond Park)
30 Jan 2004 Leicester vs Stade Francais/CASG 13-26 Leicester
30 Jan 2004 Ulster vs Gwent Dragons 22-0 Belfast (Ravenhill)
25 Jan 2004 Leeds Tykes vs Toulouse 22-31 Leeds (Headingley)
25 Jan 2004 Sale vs Biarritz 0-15 Stockport
25 Jan 2004 Wasps vs Amatori Calvisano 46-13 High Wycombe
24 Jan 2004 Treviso vs Munster 20-31 Treviso
24 Jan 2004 Stade Francais/CASG vs Ulster 13-10 Paris (Stade Jean Bouin)
24 Jan 2004 Gwent Dragons vs Leicester 20-26 Newport
24 Jan 2004 Bourgoin vs Gloucester 18-37 Bourgoin
23 Jan 2004 Celtic Warriors vs Perpignan 16-15 Bridgend
23 Jan 2004 Edinburgh vs Neath-Swansea Ospreys 33-15 Edinburgh (Meadowbank)
23 Jan 2004 Llanelli Scarlets vs Scottish Borders 53-7 Llanelli
23 Jan 2004 Leinster vs Cardiff Blues 20-17 Dublin (Lansdowne Rd)
23 Jan 2004 Agen vs Northampton 6-19 Agen
18 Jan 2004 Leeds Tykes vs Edinburgh 0-23 Leeds (Headingley)
18 Jan 2004 Stade Francais/CASG vs Gwent Dragons 37-0 Paris (Stade
Jean Bouin)
18 Jan 2004 Sale vs Leinster 16-23 Stockport
18 Jan 2004 Bourgoin vs Treviso 35-19 Bourgoin
17 Jan 2004 Cardiff Blues vs Biarritz 21-20 Cardiff (Arms Park)
17 Jan 2004 Amatori Calvisano vs Perpignan 11-17 Calvisano
17 Jan 2004 Leicester vs Ulster 49-7 Leicester
17 Jan 2004 Agen vs Llanelli Scarlets 22-15 Agen
17 Jan 2004 Munster vs Gloucester 35-14 Limerick (Thomond Park)
16 Jan 2004 Celtic Warriors vs Wasps 12-17 Bridgend
16 Jan 2004 Scottish Borders vs Northampton 3-39 Galashiels
16 Jan 2004 Neath-Swansea Ospreys vs Toulouse 11-29 Neath
11 Jan 2004 Ulster vs Leicester 33-0 Belfast (Ravenhill)
11 Jan 2004 Wasps vs Celtic Warriors 9-14 High Wycombe
10 Jan 2004 Gwent Dragons vs Stade Francais/CASG 20-12 Newport
10 Jan 2004 Treviso vs Bourgoin 42-33 Treviso
10 Jan 2004 Northampton vs Scottish Borders 20-3 Northampton
10 Jan 2004 Toulouse vs Neath-Swansea Ospreys 29-6 Toulouse (Ernest
Wallon)
10 Jan 2004 Gloucester vs Munster 22-11 Gloucester
10 Jan 2004 Biarritz vs Cardiff Blues 35-20 Biarritz
10 Jan 2004 Perpignan vs Amatori Calvisano 48-7 Perpignan
09 Jan 2004 Edinburgh vs Leeds Tykes 19-9 Edinburgh (Meadowbank)
09 Jan 2004 Llanelli Scarlets vs Agen 19-15 Llanelli
09 Jan 2004 Leinster vs Sale 22-23 Dublin (Lansdowne Rd)
14 Dec 2003 Scottish Borders vs Llanelli Scarlets 10-41 Galashiels
14 Dec 2003 Leicester vs Gwent Dragons 34-3 Leicester
13 Dec 2003 Amatori Calvisano vs Wasps 33-52 Calvisano
13 Dec 2003 Northampton vs Agen 25-10 Northampton
13 Dec 2003 Gloucester vs Bourgoin 49-13 Gloucester
13 Dec 2003 Perpignan vs Celtic Warriors 26-19 Perpignan
13 Dec 2003 Munster vs Treviso 51-0 Limerick (Thomond Park)
13 Dec 2003 Biarritz vs Sale 31-3 Biarritz
12 Dec 2003 Ulster vs Stade Francais/CASG 22-20 Belfast (Ravenhill)
12 Dec 2003 Neath-Swansea Ospreys vs Edinburgh 16-32 Swansea
12 Dec 2003 Toulouse vs Leeds Tykes 19-3 Toulouse (Ernest Wallon)
12 Dec 2003 Cardiff Blues vs Leinster 19-24 Cardiff (Arms Park)
07 Dec 2003 Edinburgh vs Toulouse 23-16 Edinburgh (Meadowbank)
07 Dec 2003 Gwent Dragons vs Ulster 24-15 Newport
07 Dec 2003 Leeds Tykes vs Neath-Swansea Ospreys 29-20 Leeds (Headingley)
07 Dec 2003 Wasps vs Perpignan 28-7 High Wycombe
06 Dec 2003 Treviso vs Gloucester 12-33 Treviso
06 Dec 2003 Leinster vs Biarritz 32-6 Dublin (Lansdowne Rd)
06 Dec 2003 Stade Francais/CASG vs Leicester 26-15 Paris (Stade Jean
Bouin)
06 Dec 2003 Sale vs Cardiff Blues 26-24 Stockport
06 Dec 2003 Bourgoin vs Munster 17-18 Bourgoin
06 Dec 2003 Agen vs Scottish Borders 27-8 Agen
05 Dec 2003 Celtic Warriors vs Amatori Calvisano 34-25 Bridgend
05 Dec 2003 Llanelli Scarlets vs Northampton 14-9 Llanelli
QUARTER-FINALS:
FRIDAY, APRIL 9:
Llanelli Scarlets 10 Biarritz Olympique 27
SATURDAY, APRIL 10:
Toulouse 36 Edinburgh Rugby 10
Munster 37 Stade Français 32
SUNDAY, APRIL 11:
London Wasps 34 Gloucester 3
SEMI-FINALS:
SATURDAY, APRIL 24:
Toulouse 19 Biarritz Olympique 11
SUNDAY, APRIL 25:
Munster 32 London Wasps 37
FINAL:
SUNDAY, MAY 23:
London Wasps 27 Toulouse 20
For details of the previous European Cup competitions See below:
European Cup 2003
European Cup 2002
European Cup 2001
European Cup 2000
HEINEKEN CUP 2004 / 2005
ENGLAND – 7 teams (London Wasps, Bath Rugby, Northampton Saints, NEC
Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons, Gloucester, Leicester Tigers)
FRANCE - 6 teams (Perpigan / Stade Français Paris, Castres
Olympique, Toulouse, Bourgoin, Biarritz Olympique)
WALES – 4 teams (Llanelli Scarlets, Newport Gwent Dragons, Neath-Swansea
Ospreys, Cardiff Blues)
IRELAND – 3 teams (Munster, Leinster, Ulster)
SCOTLAND – 2 teams (Edinburgh Rugby, Glasgow Rugby)
ITALY – 2 teams (Benetton Treviso, Rugby Calvisano)