# 2002–2004 European Nations Cup Second 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.
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:
* Netherlands relegated from first division at the end of previous edition.
* Poland runner-up of the second round of qualification RWC 2003 valid also ad Second Division tournament.
* Ukraine second in pool A of the same tournament.
* Germany second in pool B of the same tournament.
* Sweden third in his pool of the same tournament and with better ranking respect the third of other group.

### Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Ukraine | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 74 | +126 | 23 |
| 2 | Germany | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 90 | +102 | 19 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 132 | 131 | +1 | 17 |
| 4 | Poland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 130 | 164 | −34 | 13 |
| 5 | Sweden | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 247 | −195 | 8 |
* Ukraine promoted to 2004–2006 European Nations Cup First Division

## Results
### First Season (2002–3)

* 5 October 2002
| Sweden | 7–14 | Poland |
* Lund
* 19 October 2002
| Ukraine | 20–11 | Poland |
* Kyiv
* 24 November 2002
| Germany | 26–26 | Ukraine |
* Heidelberg
* 9 March 2003
| Germany | 15–3 | Netherlands |
* Hanover
* 29 March 2003
| Poland | 15–37 | Germany |
* Gdynia
* 27 April 2003
| Netherlands | 18–24 | Ukraine |
* Gdynia
* 27 April 2003
| Sweden | 16–24 | Germany |
* Trelleborg
* 3 May 2003
| Netherlands | 39–26 | Sweden |
* Amsterdam
* 10 May 2003
| Poland | 13–13 | Netherlands |
* Gdynia
* 24 May 2003
| Ukraine | 37–0 | Sweden |
* Kyiv

### Second Season (2003–2004)

* 11 October 2003
| Poland | 36–0 | Sweden |
* Gdynia
* 12 October 2003
| Ukraine | 6–3 | Germany |
* Kyiv
* 25 October 2003
| Poland | 13–24 | Ukraine |
* Łódź
* 10 April 2004
| Netherlands | 14–13 | Germany |
* Amsterdam
* 25 April 2004
| Germany | 40–0 | Sweden |
* Hannover
* 25 April 2004
| Netherlands | 29–18 | Poland |
* Amsterdam
* 1 May 2004
| Sweden | 3–41 | Ukraine |
* Vänersborg
* 8 May 2004
| Sweden | 0–16 | Netherlands |
* Stockholm
* 16 May 2004
| Ukraine | 22–0 | Netherlands |
* Kyiv
* 16 May 2004
| Germany | 34–10 | Poland |
* Hannover

## Pool B

The lowest Level was the Pool "B", with five teams:
* Croatia third in their pool of the second round of qualification RWC 2003
* Switzerland fourth in pool A of the same tournament.
* Denmark fourth in pool B of the same tournament.
* Belgium fifth in his pool of the same tournament and with better ranking respect the fifth of other group.
* Slovenia winner of the 2001–02 Third division

### Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Switzerland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 95 | +50 | 21 |
| 2 | Denmark | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 88 | +14 | 18 |
| 3 | Croatia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 114 | 95 | +19 | 15 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 112 | 150 | −38 | 13 |
| 5 | Belgium | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 99 | 144 | −45 | 13 |

### First Season (2002–03)

* 19 October 2002
| Croatia | 13–0 | Slovenia |
* Zagreb
* 26 October 2002
| Denmark | 13–13 | Switzerland |
* Copenhagen
* 2 November 2002
| Slovenia | 10–13 | Denmark |
* Ljubljana
* 2 November 2002
| Croatia | 33–12 | Belgium |
* Zagreb
* 9 November 2002
| Switzerland | 24–15 | Croatia |
* Geneva
* 8 March 2003
| Switzerland | 9–6 | Belgium |
* Basel
* 5 April 2003
| Belgium | 24–33 | Slovenia |
* Liege
* 26 April 2003
| Belgium | 6–6 | Denmark |
* Brussels
* 3 May 2003
| Denmark | 8–8 | Croatia |
* Copenhagen
* 10 May 2003
| Slovenia | 23–23 | Switzerland |
* Ljubljana

### Second Season (2003–04)

* 11 October 2003
| Slovenia | 22–20 | Croatia |
* Ljubljana
* 11 October 2003
| Switzerland | 12–12 | Denmark |
* Geneva
* 25 October 2003
| Denmark | 21–3 | Slovenia |
* Odense
* 25 October 2003
| Croatia | 5–11 | Switzerland |
* Split
* 8 November 2003
| Slovenia | 3–15 | Belgium |
* Ljubljana
* 27 March 2004
| Belgium | 3–32 | Switzerland |
* Brussels
* 10 April 2004
| Denmark | 25–19 | Belgium |
* Odense
* 17 April 2004
| Croatia | 17–4 | Denmark |
* Zagreb
* 17 April 2004
| Switzerland | 21–18 | Slovenia |
* Geneva
* 24 April 2004
| Belgium | 14–3 | Croatia |
* Bruges