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.
The Third division had a controversy development during the 2002–03 season
The European federation decided to reset tournament and change from a "two-years" formula to a double "two-years formula".
2003, european, nations, third, division, 2002, 2004, european, nations, fourth, edition, newly, reformed, european, championship, tier, rugby, union, nations, this, second, year, cycled, championship, first, planned, from, start, third, division, controversy,. The 2002 2004 European Nations Cup was the fourth edition of the newly reformed European Championship for tier 2 amp 3 Rugby Union Nations This was the second two year cycled championship the first to be planned from the start The Third division had a controversy development during the 2002 03 seasonThe European federation decided to reset tournament and change from a two years formula to a double two years formula There were no relegation due the 2007 Rugby World Cup Europe qualification Contents 1 Pool A 1 1 Table 1 2 Results 2 Pool B 2 1 Table 2 2 Results 3 Pool C 3 1 Semifinals 3 2 Third place final 3 3 Final 4 See also 5 SourcesPool A editThe highest level was the Pool A with five teams nbsp Latvia nbsp Malta promoted from Pool B nbsp Moldova nbsp Serbia and Montenegro nbsp HungaryTable edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepointsplayed won drawn lost for against difference1 nbsp Moldova 4 4 0 0 129 57 72 122 nbsp Malta 4 3 0 1 73 75 2 103 nbsp Latvia 4 2 0 2 34 43 9 84 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 4 1 0 3 69 66 0 55 nbsp Hungary 4 0 0 4 54 118 64 4Results edit 11 October 2003 nbsp Hungary17 38Moldova nbsp Esztergom 25 October 2003 nbsp Hungary7 14Latvia nbsp Szekesfehervar 10 April 2004 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro31 3Hungary nbsp Subotica 17 April 2004 nbsp Moldova26 12Latvia nbsp Chisnau 17 April 2004 nbsp Malta20 18Serbia and Montenegro nbsp Marsa 25 April 2004 nbsp Latvia8 10Malta nbsp Riga 8 May 2004 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro20 43Moldova nbsp Beograd 22 May 2004 nbsp Latvia3 0Serbia and Montenegro nbsp withdraw 22 May 2004 nbsp Malta35 27Hungary nbsp Marsa 29 May 2004 nbsp Moldova22 8Malta nbsp ChisinauPool B editThe middle level was the Pool B with five teams nbsp Austria nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Bulgaria promoted from pool C nbsp Lithuania nbsp LuxembourgTable edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepointsplayed won drawn lost for against difference1 nbsp Luxembourg 4 4 0 0 98 39 59 122 nbsp Austria 4 3 0 1 92 61 31 103 nbsp Lithuania 4 2 0 2 89 32 57 84 nbsp Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 51 136 85 65 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 28 87 59 3Results edit 25 October 2003 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina8 31Luxembourg nbsp Sarajevo 8 November 2003 nbsp Luxembourg9 8Lithuania nbsp Cessange 15 November 2003 nbsp Bulgaria33 3Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Pernik 24 April 2004 nbsp Luxembourg39 5Bulgaria nbsp Cessange 8 May 2004 nbsp Austria18 19Luxembourg nbsp Wien 15 May 2004 nbsp Lithuania66 0Bulgaria nbsp Siauliai 22 May 2004 nbsp Lithuania3 0 Bosnia WithdrawBosnia and Herzegovina nbsp 22 May 2004 nbsp Bulgaria13 28Austria nbsp Kostinbrod 5 June 2004 nbsp Austria23 12Lithuania nbsp Wien 12 June 2004 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina17 23Austria nbsp Pool C editAt the lowest level of competition participated four team nbsp Armenia nbsp Finland nbsp Israel nbsp NorwaySemifinals edit 2 June 2004 nbsp Israel24 15Finland nbsp Beauvais 2 June 2004 nbsp Armenia36 6Norway nbsp Beauvais Third place final edit 5 June 2004 nbsp Norway54 7Finland nbsp Beauvais Final edit 5 June 2004 nbsp Armenia48 0Israel nbsp BeauvaisSee also edit2003 2004 European Nations Cup First Division 2002 2004 European Nations Cup Second Division 2002 2003 European Nations Cup Third DivisionSources editwww irb com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 04 European Nations Cup Third Division amp oldid 985791452, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
