# 2003–04 European Nations Cup Third Division

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".
There were no relegation, due the 2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

## Pool A

The highest level was the Pool "A", with five teams:
* Latvia
* Malta promoted from "Pool B"
* Moldova
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Hungary

### Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Moldova | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 57 | +72 | 12 |
| 2 | Malta | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 75 | −2 | 10 |
| 3 | Latvia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 8 |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 66 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 118 | −64 | 4 |

### Results

* 11 October 2003
| Hungary | 17–38 | Moldova |
* Esztergom
* 25 October 2003
| Hungary | 7–14 | Latvia |
* Székesfehérvár
* 10 April 2004
| Serbia and Montenegro | 31–3 | Hungary |
* Subotica
* 17 April 2004
| Moldova | 26–12 | Latvia |
* Chișinău
* 17 April 2004
| Malta | 20–18 | Serbia and Montenegro |
* Marsa
* 25 April 2004
| Latvia | 8–10 | Malta |
* Riga
* 8 May 2004
| Serbia and Montenegro | 20–43 | Moldova |
* Beograd
* 22 May 2004
| Latvia | 3–0 | Serbia and Montenegro |
* withdraw
* 22 May 2004
| Malta | 35–27 | Hungary |
* Marsa
* 29 May 2004
| Moldova | 22–8 | Malta |
* Chișinău

## Pool B

The middle level was the Pool "B", with five teams:
* Austria
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria promoted from pool "C"
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg

### Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 39 | +59 | 12 |
| 2 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 61 | +31 | 10 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 32 | +57 | 8 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 136 | −85 | 6 |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 87 | −59 | 3 |

### Results

* 25 October 2003
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8–31 | Luxembourg |
* Sarajevo
* 8 November 2003
| Luxembourg | 9–8 | Lithuania |
* Cessange
* 15 November 2003
| Bulgaria | 33–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
* Pernik
* 24 April 2004
| Luxembourg | 39–5 | Bulgaria |
* Cessange
* 8 May 2004
| Austria | 18–19 | Luxembourg |
* Vienna
* 15 May 2004
| Lithuania | 66–0 | Bulgaria |
* Šiauliai
* 22 May 2004
| Lithuania | 3 – 0 Bosnia Withdraw | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
* 22 May 2004
| Bulgaria | 13–28 | Austria |
* Kostinbrod
* 5 June 2004
| Austria | 23–12 | Lithuania |
* Vienna
* 12 June 2004
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17–23 | Austria |

## Pool C

At the lowest level of competition, participated four team:
* Armenia
* Finland
* Israel
* Norway

### Semifinals

* 2 June 2004
| Israel | 24–15 | Finland |
* Beauvais
* 2 June 2004
| Armenia | 36–6 | Norway |
* Beauvais

### Third place final

* 5 June 2004
| Norway | 54–7 | Finland |
* Beauvais

### Final

* 5 June 2004
| Armenia | 48–0 | Israel |
* Beauvais