2002–2004 European Nations Cup Second Division

European rugby championship The 2002–2004 European Nations Cup was the fourth edition of the newly reformed European Championship for tier 2 & 3 Rugby Union Nations. This was the second two-year cycled championship, the first to be planned from the start. For the second division. the team was divided in two Pool . The winner of Pool "A" gain the promotion to 2004–2006 European Nations Cup First Division. There were no relegation, due the 2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification Pool A The highest level was the Pool "A", with five teams: NED relegated from first division at the end of previous edition. POL runner-up of the second round of qualification RWC 2003 valid also ad Second Division tournament. UKR second in pool A of the same tournament. DEU second in pool B of the same tournament. SWE third in his pool of the same tournament and with better ranking respect the third of other group. Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1UKR 8 7 1 0 200 74 +126 232DEU 8 5 1 2 192 90 +102 193NLD 8 4 1 3 132 131 +1 174POL 8 2 1 5 130 164 −34 135SWE 8 0 0 8 52 247 −195 8 UKR promoted to 2004–2006 European Nations Cup First Division Results First Season (2002–3) 5 October 2002 SWE 7–14 POL Lund 19 October 2002 UKR 20–11 POL Kyiv 24 November 2002 DEU 26–26 UKR Heidelberg 9 March 2003 DEU 15–3 NLD Hanover 29 March 2003 POL 15–37 DEU Gdynia 27 April 2003 NLD 18–24 UKR Gdynia 27 April 2003 SWE 16–24 DEU Trelleborg 3 May 2003 NLD 39–26 SWE Amsterdam 10 May 2003 POL 13–13 NLD Gdynia 24 May 2003 UKR 37–0 SWE Kyiv Second Season (2003–2004) 11 October 2003 POL 36–0 SWE Gdynia 12 October 2003 UKR 6–3 DEU Kyiv 25 October 2003 POL 13–24 UKR Łódź 10 April 2004 NLD 14–13 DEU Amsterdam 25 April 2004 DEU 40–0 SWE Hannover 25 April 2004 NLD 29–18 POL Amsterdam 1 May 2004 SWE 3–41 UKR Vänersborg 8 May 2004 SWE 0–16 NLD Stockholm 16 May 2004 UKR 22–0 NLD Kyiv 16 May 2004 DEU 34–10 POL Hannover Pool B The lowest Level was the Pool "B", with five teams: HRV third in their pool of the second round of qualification RWC 2003 CHE fourth in pool A of the same tournament. DNK fourth in pool B of the same tournament. BEL fifth in his pool of the same tournament and with better ranking respect the fifth of other group. SVN winner of the 2001–02 Third division Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1CHE 8 5 3 0 145 95 +50 212DNK 8 3 4 1 102 88 +14 183HRV 8 3 1 4 114 95 +19 154SVN 8 2 1 5 112 150 −38 135BEL 8 2 1 5 99 144 −45 13 First Season (2002–03) 19 October 2002 HRV 13–0 SVN Zagreb 26 October 2002 DNK 13–13 CHE Copenhagen 2 November 2002 SVN 10–13 DNK Ljubljana 2 November 2002 HRV 33–12 BEL Zagreb 9 November 2002 CHE 24–15 HRV Geneva 8 March 2003 CHE 9–6 BEL Basel 5 April 2003 BEL 24–33 SVN Liege 26 April 2003 BEL 6–6 DNK Brussels 3 May 2003 DNK 8–8 HRV Copenhagen 10 May 2003 SVN 23–23 CHE Ljubljana Second Season (2003–04) 11 October 2003 SVN 22–20 HRV Ljubljana 11 October 2003 CHE 12–12 DNK Geneva 25 October 2003 DNK 21–3 SVN Odense 25 October 2003 HRV 5–11 CHE Split 8 November 2003 SVN 3–15 BEL Ljubljana 27 March 2004 BEL 3–32 CHE Brussels 10 April 2004 DNK 25–19 BEL Odense 17 April 2004 HRV 17–4 DNK Zagreb 17 April 2004 CHE 21–18 SVN Geneva 24 April 2004 BEL 14–3 HRV Bruges See also 2003–2004 European Nations Cup First Division 2002–2003 European Nations Cup Third Division 2003-2004 European Nations Cup Third Division Sources www.irb.com 2002–04 Category:2002–03 in European rugby union Category:2003–04 in European rugby union Category:Germany at the European Nations Cup