2003 �04 European Shield

2003-04 European Shield
2003-04 European Shield
Tournament details
Countries	England; France; Italy; Portugal; Spain
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	10 January 2004 - 21 May 2004
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	29
Attendance	27,489 (948 per match)
Tries scored	176 (6.07 per match)
Final
Venue	Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
Attendance	2,553
Champions	Montpellier (1st title)
Runners-up	Viadana
	← 2002–03 (Previous) (Next) 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 European Shield (known as the Parker Pen Shield for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 2nd season of the European Shield, Europe's third-tier club rugby union competition below the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup. A total of 16 teams participated, representing five different countries.

This competition was contested between 12 first round losers from the 2003–04 European Challenge Cup^[2] plus 4 other Clubs entering directly into the 1st Round. The structure of the competition was a purely knockout format; teams played each other on a home and away basis, with the aggregate points winner proceeding to the next round. The final was a single leg.

The competition began on 10 January 2004 and culminated in the final at the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella in Viadana on 21 May 2004. Montpellier secured a victory over Viadana in the final and picked up their first piece of European Club silverware.

Teams

This competition was contested between 12 first round losers from the 2003–04 European Challenge Cup, plus 4 other Clubs that joined directly at the 1st Round of the Shield.^[3]

England	France	Italy	Portugal	Spain
Rotherham	Montpellier	Gran Parma L'Aquila Leonessa Overmach Parma Petrarca Padova Rugby Roma Rovigo Viadana		El Salvador Valladolid RAC
			AA Coimbra Clube Rugby Lisboa	UC Madrid UE Santboiana

Matches

Round 1

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[4]

1st leg

10 January 2004
14:30

Clube Rugby Lisboa	25 – 13	Leonessa
	Report

Estádio Universitário de Lisboa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

10 January 2004
15:00

AA Coimbra	0 – 45	Petrarca Padova
	Report

Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)

10 January 2004
15:00

L'Aquila	36 – 22	UE Santboiana
	Report

Stadio Tommaso Fattori
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sean Davy (England)

10 January 2004
15:00

Rovigo	48 – 13	El Salvador
	Report

Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini
Attendance: 300
Referee: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

10 January 2004
16:00

UC Madrid	27 – 60	Viadana
	Report

Ciudad Universitaria
Attendance: 500
Referee: Andy Ireland (Scotland)

10 January 2004
19:30

Montpellier	46 – 10	Rugby Roma
	Report

Stade Sabathé
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

11 January 2004
12:30

Valladolid RAC	9 – 15	Overmach Parma
	Report

Estadio Pepe Rojo
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Neil Ballard (Wales)

11 January 2004
14:30

Gran Parma	41 – 33	Rotherham
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 300
Referee: Franck Maciello (France)

2nd leg

17 January 2004
14:30

Overmach Parma	27 – 10	Valladolid RAC
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 400
Referee: Franck Maciello (France)

17 January 2004
14:30

Viadana	43 – 3	UC Madrid
	Report

Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 500
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

17 January 2004
15:00

Petrarca Padova	83 – 3	AA Coimbra
	Report

Stadio Plebiscito
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sean Davy (England)

17 January 2004
17:00

Leonessa	42 – 18	Clube Rugby Lisboa
	Report

Campo Comunale di Rugby
Attendance: 800
Referee: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

18 January 2004
12:30

El Salvador	40 – 24	Rovigo
	Report

Estadio Pepe Rojo
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

18 January 2004
12:30

UE Santboiana	26 – 8	L'Aquila
	Report

Estadi Baldiri Aleu
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Andy Ireland (Scotland)

18 January 2004
13:00

Rotherham	42 – 17	Gran Parma
	Report

Millmoor
Attendance: 1,183
Referee: Phil Fear (Wales)

18 January 2004
14:30

Rugby Roma	10 – 22	Montpellier
	Report

Stadio Tre Fontane
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Rose (England)

Aggregate Results

Proceed to Quarter-final	Match points	Aggregate score	Points margin	Eliminated from competition
Petrarca Padova	4 – 2	128 – 3	125	AA Coimbra
Viadana	4 – 2	103 – 30	73	UC Madrid
Montpellier	4 – 2	68 – 20	48	Rugby Roma
Overmach Parma	4 – 2	42 – 19	23	Valladolid RAC
Rovigo	2 – 2	72 – 53	19	El Salvador
Rotherham	2 – 2	75 – 58	17	Gran Parma
Leonessa	2 – 2	55 – 43	12	Clube Rugby Lisboa
UE Santboiana	2 – 2	48 – 44	4	L'Aquila

Quarter-finals

1st leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[5]

24 January 2004
14:30

Overmach Parma	29 – 10	Rovigo
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Franck Maciello (France)

24 January 2004
14:30

Viadana	32 – 30	Rotherham
	Report

Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: R McDowell (Ireland)

24 January 2004
15:00

UE Santboiana	19 – 27	Leonessa
	Report

Estadi Baldiri Aleu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jean Matheu (France)

24 January 2004
19:30

Montpellier	34 – 6	Petrarca Padova
	Report

Stade Sabathé
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)

2nd leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[6]

31 January 2004
15:00

Petrarca Padova	18 – 9	Montpellier
	Report

Stadio Plebiscito
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

31 January 2004
15:00

Rotherham	22 – 21	Viadana
	Report

Millmoor
Attendance: 1,153
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

31 January 2004
15:00

Rovigo	24 – 20	Overmach Parma
	Report

Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini
Attendance: 800
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

31 January 2004
17:00

Leonessa	28 – 10	UE Santboiana
	Report

Campo Comunale di Rugby
Attendance: 800
Referee: David Keane (Ireland)

Aggregate Results

Proceed to Semifinal	Match points	Aggregate score	Points margin	Eliminated from competition
Leonessa	4 – 2	55 – 29	26	UE Santboiana
Montpellier	2 – 2	43 – 24	19	Petrarca Padova
Overmach Parma	2 – 2	49 – 34	15	Rovigo
Viadana	2 – 2	53 – 52	1	Rotherham

Semifinals

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[7]

1st leg

9 April 2004
19:30

Montpellier	45 – 12	Leonessa
	Report

Stade Sabathé
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sean Davey (England)

10 April 2004
15:00

Overmach Parma	32 – 42	Viadana
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

2nd leg

24 April 2004
15:00

Leonessa	23 – 26	Montpellier
	Report

Campo Comunale di Rugby
Attendance: 500
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)

25 April 2004
15:05

Viadana	33 – 27	Overmach Parma
	Report

Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

Aggregate Results

Proceed to Final	Match points	Aggregate score	Points margin	Eliminated from competition
Montpellier	4 – 2	71 – 35	36	Leonessa
Viadana	4 – 2	75 – 59	16	Overmach Parma

Final

21 May 2004
21:00

Montpellier	25 – 19	Viadana
Try: Buada Arbo Daniell Con: Bortolussi (1) Jouve (1) Pen: Jouve (2)	Report	Try: Steyn (1) Con: Steyn (1) Pen: Steyn (4)

Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
Attendance: 2,553
Referee: Dave Pearson ( England)

External links

BBC Parker Pen Cup & Shield 2003/4 results summary

References

^ "European Shield History". ERC. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Challenge Cup European Champions". ERC. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Parker Pen Shield News". ERC. 14 December 2003. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Parker Pen Shield Round 1 Fixtures". ERC. 23 December 2003. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Parker Pen Shield Lineups". ERC. 23 January 2004. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Parker Pen Shield Lineups". ERC. 29 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Parker Pen Shield Final To Be Played In Italy". ERC. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[1] "European Shield History". ERC. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[2] "Challenge Cup European Champions". ERC. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[3] "Parker Pen Shield News". ERC. 14 December 2003. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[4] "Parker Pen Shield Round 1 Fixtures". ERC. 23 December 2003. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[5] "Parker Pen Shield Lineups". ERC. 23 January 2004. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[6] "Parker Pen Shield Lineups". ERC. 29 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[7] "Parker Pen Shield Final To Be Played In Italy". ERC. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

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2003-04 European Shield
Tournament details
Countries	England France Italy Portugal Spain
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	10 January 2004 - 21 May 2004
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	29
Attendance	27,489 (948 per match)
Tries scored	176 (6.07 per match)
Final
Venue	Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
Attendance	2,553
Champions	Montpellier (1st title)
Runners-up	Viadana
← 2002–03 (Previous) (Next) 2004–05 →

Teams

Matches

Round 1

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Semifinals

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Final

See also

External links

References