The 2003 Churchill Cup was held between 14 June and 28 June 2003 in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was the inaugural year of the Churchill Cup

Churchill Cup

The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams from a wide array of countries....

. Three rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 teams took part in the men's competition: Canada

Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...

, England A

England Saxons

England Saxons is the current name of England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England A...

 and the USA

United States national rugby union team

USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...

.

A women's event

Women's Churchill Cup 2003

The fourth tournament, now rebranded the "Churchill Cup" and played at the same time as the men's event, took place at the Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. Only three countries took part - England joining the hosts and the USA....

 involving the same teams also formed part of the event. This article concerns the men's event.

Format

The teams played each other once in a round robin format, before the top two teams played in the Churchill Cup final.

Round Robin Results

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		2	2	0	0	79	17
4
2		2	1	0	1	26	47
2
3		2	0	0	2	18	59
0

2003 Churchill Cup Final

External links

• Churchill Cup official site