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2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship

The 2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship was the top level of French club rugby in 2000–01. The competition was played by 21 teams. It was the last French season before the top level was reorganized into a 16-team league known as Top 16, now known as Top 14.

2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsToulouse (16th title)
Runners-upMontferrand
RelegatedAuch, Aurillac, Brive, Mont-de-Marsan, Périgueux e Grenoble

In the first phase, two pools (one of 10 teams, one of 11) were played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title.

The last two of the pool containing 10 teams, and the last three of the other, were relegated directly to the second division. The 8th team in each pool had a play-off to determine the sixth team relegated. Only one club was promoted from the second division in order to reduce the number of clubs for next session to 16.

Toulouse won their 15th title, beating Montferrand in the final

Preliminary phase edit

Pool 1 edit

Home \ Away AGE BEZ BOR BOU CAS MON PAU PRG PRP STF
Agen 36–19 25–12 32–13 34–16 20–13 29–15 33–8 43–6 25–25
Béziers 26–18 57–7 12–16 24–13 47–29 33–23 56–10 21–25 33–20
Bègles-Bordeaux 26–18 28–25 14–26 27–34 26–17 17–13 35–18 33–10 30–38
Bourgoin 19–16 34–35 56–20 22–19 24–16 34–15 74–8 20–21 22–42
Castres 70–17 25–9 49–22 18–8 21–9 31–18 86–15 28–16 29–0
Mont-de-Marsan 18–19 12–23 23–15 18–14 16–20 26–21 41–11 27–15 20–37
Pau 29–18 30–16 16–35 38–17 18–16 28–3 43–7 22–29 21–6
Périgueux 13–47 34–47 20–21 9–10 12–18 27–22 23–25 20–30 21–26
Perpignan 30–28 26–9 33–15 28–16 23–28 45–17 31–25 83–12 32–33
Stade Français 27–22 28–23 55–19 18–18 34–37 68–10 33–27 79–11 55–9
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Castres 18 14 0 4 558 324 +234 46 Quarters of final
2 Stade Français 18 12 2 4 624 409 +215 44
3 Perpignan 18 11 0 7 492 452 +40 40
4 Agen 18 10 1 7 480 385 +95 39
5 Béziers 18 10 0 8 515 414 +101 38
6 Bourgoin 18 9 1 8 443 379 +64 37
7 Bourdeaux-Begles[a] 18 8 0 10 402 533 −131 34
8 Pau 18 8 0 10 427 404 +23 34 Relegation play-off
9 Mont-de-Marsan 18 5 0 13 337 481 −144 28 Relegated to second division
10 Périgueux 18 1 0 17 279 776 −497 20
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Bourdeaux-Begles classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Pau

Pool 2 edit

Home \ Away AUC AUR BIA BRI COL DAX GRE ROC MON NAR TOU
Auch 30–11 23–46 21–23 18–36 22–19 11–21 9–24 6–18 9–22 13–56
Aurillac 19–20 18–23 40–34 16–23 22–33 26–25 18–13 33–28 22–28 28–39
Biarritz 50–25 33–18 31–29 48–6 49–10 41–8 37–3 35–35 26–25 23–20
Brive 27–16 18–20 18–43 23–16 28–20 22–12 20–16 9–37 35–39 19–32
Colomiers 22–13 28–30 35–23 12–14 45–27 31–22 38–20 30–10 27–19 20–32
Dax 17–16 45–17 23–12 34–19 21–17 19–16 20–10 9–8 9–21 15–10
Grenoble 27–18 33–19 15–6 29–16 31–23 41–14 17–15 18–24 43–6 15–28
La Rochelle 35–13 27–15 17–21 40–19 24–18 25–19 21–8 26–36 49–42 19–18
Montferrand 66–17 22–43 37–19 46–35 16–5 37–10 30–18 67–7 32–27 28–15
Narbonne 44–10 31–25 32–20 9–12 19–21 49–33 59–17 56–21 18–27 25–31
Toulouse 39–10 44–24 11–8 50–19 24–21 42–22 50–12 46–22 24–29 50–8
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Montferrand 20 15 1 4 633 404 +229 51 Quarters of final
2 Toulouse 20 15 0 5 661 380 +281 50
3 Biarritz 20 13 1 6 594 408 +186 47
4 Colomiers[a] 20 10 0 10 474 450 +24 40
5 Narbonne 20 10 0 10 579 519 +60 40
6 Dax 20 10 0 10 419 506 −87 40
7 La Rochelle[b] 20 9 0 11 434 537 −103 38
8 Grenoble 20 9 0 11 428 479 −51 38 Relegation play-off
9 Brive 20 8 0 12 439 563 −124 36 Relegated to second division
10 Aurillac 20 7 0 13 464 577 −113 34
11 Auch 20 3 0 17 320 615 −295 26
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Colomiers classified 4th for better score in the direct matches with Narbonne and Dax
  2. ^ La Rochelle classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Grenoble

Quarters of final edit

QUARTERS OF FINAL
25 May Castres - Colomiers 37–26
25 May Toulouse - Perpignan 20–15
25 May Stade Français - Biarritz 19–35
25 May Montferrand - Agen 33–21

Semifinals edit

SEMIFINALS
2 jun. Castres - Toulouse 21–32 Stadium, Toulouse
2 jun. Biarritz - Montferrand 9–16 Stade Gerland, Lyon

Final edit

9 June 2001
Toulouse34 – 22Montferrand
Try: Marfaing
Con: Marfaing
Pen: Michalak (4)
Marfaing (2)
Drop: Delaigue (3)		Try: Audebert
Con: Merceron
Pen: Merceron (5)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Gérard Borréani
FB 15   Nicolas Jeanjean
RW 14   Xavier Garbajosa
OC 13   Cédric Desbrosse   76'
IC 12   Clément Poitrenaud   80'
LW 11   Michel Marfaing
FH 10   Yann Delaigue
SH 9   Frédéric Michalak
N8 8   Fabien Pelous (c)
OF 7   Christian Labit   76'
BF 6   Jean Bouilhou
RL 5   David Gérard   73'
LL 4   Hugues Miorin   61'
TP 3   Franck Tournaire
HK 2   Yannick Bru
LP 1   Christian Califano   58'
Substitutions:
PR 16   Cédric Soulette   58'
LK 17   Franck Belot   73'
FL 18   Didier Lacroix   76'
N8 19   Sylvain Dispagne   61'
SH 20   Jérôme Cazalbou
FH 21   Alain Penaud   80'
FB 22   Stéphane Ougier   76'
Coach:
  Guy Novès
FB 15   Jimmy Marlu
RW 14   Aurélien Rougerie   80+6'
OC 13   Johnny Ngauamo   55'
IC 12   Nicolas Nadau
LW 11   David Bory
FH 10   Gérald Merceron
SH 9   Alessandro Troncon
N8 8   Selborne Boome
OF 7   Olivier Magne
BF 6   Alexandre Audebert
RL 5   Éric Lecomte (c)
LL 4   David Barrier   67'
TP 3   Alessio Galasso
HK 2   Yves Pedrosa   72'
LP 1   Abraham Tolofua   77'
Substitutions:
HK 16   Marco Caputo   72'
PR 17   Brendan Reidy   77'
FL 18   Jan Macháček   67'
FL 19   Christophe Dongieu
SH 20   Kevin Dalzell
FH 21   Éric Nicol   80+6'
FB 22   Sébastien Viars   55'
Coach:
  Christophe Mombet

Relegation play-off edit

25 May Pau - FC Grenoble 33 – 21 o.t.

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