The 2002-03 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2002-03.The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament.
Bordeaux-Begles was relegated o the Pro D2 for 2003-04 by DNACG (nationale d'aide et de contrôle de gestion federal commission for finance control of the professional clubs due to financial irregularities.
Bordeaux was one of the four teams that always played in the first division of French championship after the First World War, with Toulouse, Agen and Montferrand. So Béziers was saved to relegation.
Top 8
Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup
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The 2002 03 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2002 03 The competition was played by 16 team In the first phase two pool of 8 was Played The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the top 8 the tournament for the title the other to a relegation tournament 2002 03 Top 16 seasonCountries FranceChampionsStade Francais 11th title Runners upSU AgenRelegatedStade Montois and Bordeaux Begles 2001 022003 04 Contents 1 First round 1 1 Pool A 1 2 Pool B 2 Pool Relegation 3 Top 8 4 Semifinals 5 Final 6 External linksFirst round Edit 3 point for victories 2 point for drawn 1 point for losses Pool A Edit Clubs BIA BOR BOU CAS GRE MTB MFR STFBiarritz 41 13 30 16 34 27 30 27 30 12 24 16 22 5Bordeaux Begles 15 22 36 21 30 20 26 10 31 10 20 20 15 6Bourgoin 39 13 31 26 26 26 21 15 19 6 37 10 38 28Castres 18 39 24 21 27 22 47 19 15 15 24 21 15 34Grenoble 22 14 40 0 17 5 36 28 38 9 21 22 3 9Montauban 25 13 22 15 15 16 18 17 16 27 24 17 22 22Montferrand 16 20 20 6 21 11 22 0 14 17 55 7 22 12Stade Francais 22 15 30 19 20 12 35 15 25 13 43 27 15 3 Home victory Tie Home lossTeam Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 Biarritz 14 10 0 4 347 273 74 342 Stade Francais 14 9 1 4 306 241 65 333 Bourgoin 14 7 1 6 314 290 24 294 Grenoble 14 7 0 7 305 266 39 285 Montferrand 14 6 1 7 279 238 41 276 Bordeaux Begles 14 5 1 8 273 317 44 257 Castres 14 4 2 8 303 372 69 248 Montauban 14 4 2 8 228 358 130 24 Pool B Edit Clubs AGE BEZ COL MDM NAR PAU PER TOUAgen 35 12 19 12 34 8 30 6 58 13 18 6 27 19Beziers 26 30 32 9 29 7 31 24 15 15 9 34 15 18Colomiers 9 35 23 16 33 28 29 12 12 6 14 9 18 38Mont de Marsan 6 16 32 20 32 24 15 15 17 25 22 23 6 42Narbonne 22 10 32 26 34 7 26 5 28 22 18 13 16 31Pau 16 18 31 25 40 28 34 13 40 25 17 6 20 20USA Perpignan 16 23 22 6 32 3 50 6 39 0 24 12 32 17Toulouse 27 6 39 19 12 6 36 11 32 24 28 16 43 20 Home Victory Tie Home loss Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 Agen 14 12 0 2 359 198 161 382 Toulouse 14 11 1 2 402 236 166 373 Perpignan 14 8 0 6 326 208 118 304 Pau 14 6 2 6 307 317 10 285 Narbonne 14 6 1 7 282 330 48 276 Colomiers 14 5 0 9 227 345 118 247 Beziers 14 3 1 10 281 351 70 218 Mont de Marsan 14 2 1 11 208 407 199 19Pool Relegation EditThe teams sum to the point obtained in the first round the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group hone and away Clubs BEZ BOR CAS COL MDM MTB MFR NARBeziers 27 12 26 22 36 24 20 24Begles Bordeaux 40 48 44 19 24 12 42 10Castres 29 13 44 25 54 20 42 34Colomiers 22 18 39 20 32 21 15 15Mont de Marsan 26 25 28 16 16 11 33 33Montauban 27 13 28 18 47 26 25 18Montferrand 45 7 38 7 33 24 22 25Narbonne 41 38 22 15 27 29 35 32 Home Victory Tie Home lossTeam Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 Montferrand 22 10 3 9 521 404 117 452 Narbonne 22 10 1 11 494 575 81 433 Montauban 22 9 2 11 440 544 104 424 Castres 22 8 2 12 545 579 34 405 Begles Bordeaux 22 8 1 13 518 528 10 396 Colomiers 22 8 1 13 404 573 169 397 Beziers 22 7 1 14 471 574 103 378 Mont de Marsan 22 5 2 15 393 650 257 34 Bordeaux Begles was relegated o the Pro D2 for 2003 04 by DNACG nationale d aide et de controle de gestion federal commission for finance control of the professional clubs due to financial irregularities Bordeaux was one of the four teams that always played in the first division of French championship after the First World War with Toulouse Agen and Montferrand So Beziers was saved to relegation Top 8 EditTwo Pool of 4 teams The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals Them and the third also qualified for 2004 05 Heineken Cup Poule A15 mar Grenoble Stade Francais 7 2815 mar Agen Perpignan 18 124 apr Perpignan Grenoble 38 145 apr Stade Francais Agen 28 1618 apr Perpignan Stade Francais 12 1319 apr Agen Grenoble 25 163 may Grenoble Agen 28 313 may Stade Francais Perpignan 24 1910 may Stade Francais Grenoble 53 2710 may Perpignan Agen 26 2217 may Agen Stade Francais 30 1117 may Grenoble Perpignan 35 12 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 Stade Francais 6 5 0 1 167 111 56 162 Agen 6 4 0 2 142 121 21 143 Perpignan 6 2 0 4 119 136 17 104 Grenoble 6 1 0 5 127 187 60 8 Poule B15 mar Biarritz Toulouse 22 1515 mar Bourgoin Pau 49 234 apr Toulouse Bourgoin 37 195 apr Pau Biarritz 30 3918 apr Pau Toulouse 33 5519 apr Bourgoin Biarritz 14 63 may Biarritz Bourgoin 39 163 may Toulouse Pau 58 2310 may Toulouse Biarritz 34 2010 may Pau Bourgoin 15 1517 may Bourgoin Toulouse 82 1917 may Biarritz Pau 31 23 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 Toulouse 6 4 0 2 218 199 19 142 Biarritz 6 4 0 2 157 132 25 143 Bourgoin 6 3 0 3 195 141 54 124 Pau 6 1 0 5 149 247 98 8Semifinals Edit31 May 2003Toulouse22 16AgenTry Y JauzionCon Y DelaiguePen Y Delaigue 5Try C StoltzCon GelezPen Gelez 3Stade de la Mosson Clermont Ferrand 31 May 2003Stade Francais32 9BiarritzTry Blin R MartinCon D Dominguez 2Pen D Dominguez 5Drop D DominguezPen Dimitri Yachvili 3Stade Chaban Delmas BordeauxFinal Edit7 June 2003Stade Francais32 18ToulouseTry Galthie CorletoCon Dominguez 2Pen Dominguez 5 Liebenberg 1Pen Michalak 5 DelaigueStade de 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