1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1962-1963
Countries	France
Champions	Mont-de-Marsan (1st title)
Runners-up	Dax
← 1961-62 1963-64 →

The 1962-63 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.

The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

The Mont-de-Marsan won the Championship 1962-63 after beating l'Dax in the final. For the first time from 1934, the final opposes two teams of the same department (The Landes).

Context

The 1963 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France finiished second.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Agen that beat Brive par 11 - 0.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Pool 1

Agen
Dijon
Lannemezan
La Voulte
Marmande
Perpignan
Saint-Sever
SBUC

Pool 2

Angoulême
Béziers
Biarritz
Brive
Chalon
Limoges
Toulouse Olympique EC
Vichy

Pool 3

Pool 4

Aurillac
Dax
Espéraza (Espéraza)
Romans
Mont-de-Marsan
Narbonne
Touloun
Vienne

Pool 5

Stade Beaumontois
Castres
Chambéry
Lyon OU
Périgueux
Racing
Saint-Claude
La Rochelle

Pool 6

Auch
Cahors
Carmaux
Cognac
Le Creusot
Graulhet
Montferrand
Valence

Pool 7

Bègles
Figeac
Foix (Foix)
Grenoble
Pau
Saint-Girons
Stadoceste
Tulle

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Mont-de-Marsan	Vienne	17-11
Biarritz	Brive	8-3
Chalon	Agen	12-3
Vichy	Bègles	11-0
Lourdes	Mazamet	14-6
Stadoceste	Paris Université Club	8-0
Cahors	Castres	25-6
SBUC	Toulose	9-6
Dax	Aurillac	21-3
Touloun	Racing	21-14
Chambéry	Graulhet	17-9
La Voulte	Lyon OU	11-3
Grenoble	Lannemezan	10-6
Tulle	Périgueux	12-5
Béziers	Pau	6-3
Auch	Montferrand	12-6

Le SU Agen, champion sortant and winner du Challenge Yves du Manoir, was eliminateddès The "last 32" phases par Chalon.

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Mont-de-Marsan	Biarritz	14-6
Chalon	Vichy	6-0
Lourdes	Stadoceste	12-3
Cahors	SBUC	3-0
Dax	Toulon	8-3
Chambéry	La Voulte	6-5
Grenoble	Tulle	22-3
Béziers	Auch	11-6

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Mont-de-Marsan	Chalon	9-3
Lourdes	Cahors	3-0
Dax	Chambéry	6-5
Grenoble	Béziers	9-3

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Mont-de-Marsan	Lourdes	9-8
Dax	Grenoble	5-0

Final

Teams	Mont-de-Marsan - Dax
Score	9-6
Date	2 Juin 1963
Venue	Parc Municipal des Sports, Bordeaux
Referee	Albert Capelle
Line-up
Mont-de-Marsan	Pierre Cazals, Bernard Ces, Jean-Baptiste Amestoy, Paul Tignol, Guy Urbieta, Gilbert Hilcocq, Bernard Couralet, Fernand Martinez, Pierre Lestage, Alain Caillau, André Caillau, André Boniface, Guy Boniface, Christian Darrouy, Jacques Gourgues
Dax	André Bérilhe, Léon Berho, Christian Lasserre, Jean-Claude Labadie, Marcel Cassiède, Bernard Dutin, Gaston Dubois, Claude Contis, Jean-Claude Lasserre, Pierre Albaladejo, Raymond Albaladejo, Jacques Bénédé, Henri Willems, Claude Darbos, Pierre Barbe
Scorers
Mont-de-Marsan	1 penalty A.Boniface, 2 drops A.Boniface and Lestage
Dax	1 try J.C.Lasserre, 1 drop P.Albaladejo

Lestage score the decisive drop at minute 75th : It was the first and oinly victory of the "permet au Stade montois" and the third final lost by US Dax.

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