2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship

2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries  France
Champions Toulouse (15th title)
Runners-up Montferrand
Relegated Auch, Aurillac, Brive, Mont-de-Marsan, Périgueux e Grenoble

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.

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

Pool 1

Clubs 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
Victory at home Tie Loss at home


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Castres18140455832423446
2Stade Français18122462440921544
3Perpignan1811074924524040
4Agen1810174803859539
5Béziers18100851541410138
6Bourgoin189184433796437
7Bourdeaux-Begles (*) 188010402533−13134
8Pau1880104274042334
9Mont-de-Marsan185013337481−14428
10Périgueux181017279776−49720

Bourdeaux-Begles classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Pau

To Quarter of finals To barrage for relegation relegated to second division

Pool 2

Clubs 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
Victory at home Tie Loss at home


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Montferrand20151463340422951
2Toulouse20150566138028150
3Biarritz20131659440818647
4Colomiers(**)20100104744502440
5Narbonne20100105795196040
6Dax2010010419506−8740
7La Rochelle(***)209011434537−10338
8Grenoble209011428479−5138
9Brive208012439563−12436
10Aurillac207013464577−11334
11Auch203017320615−29526

(**) Colomiers classified 4th for better score in the direct matches with Narbonne and Dax

(***)La Rochelle classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Grenoble

To Quarter of finals To barrage for relegation relegated to second division

Quarters of final

QUARTERS OF FINAL
25 mayCastres-Colomiers37–26
25 mayToulouse-Perpignan20–15
25 mayStade Français-Biarritz19–35
25 mayMontferrand-Agen33–21

Semifinals

SEMIFINALS
2 jun.Castres-Toulouse21–32Stadium, Toulouse
2 jun.Biarritz-Montferrand9–16Stade Gerland, Lyon

Final

09 June 2001
Toulouse 34 – 22 Montferrand
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 15France Nicolas Jeanjean
RW 14France Xavier Garbajosa
OC 13France Cédric Desbrosse  76'
IC 12France Clément Poitrenaud  80'
LW 11France Michel Marfaing
FH 10France Yann Delaigue
SH 9 France Frédéric Michalak
N8 8 France Fabien Pelous (c)
OF 7 France Christian Labit  76'
BF 6 France Jean Bouilhou
RL 5 France David Gérard  73'
LL 4 France Hugues Miorin  61'
TP 3 France Franck Tournaire
HK 2 France Yannick Bru
LP 1 France Christian Califano  58'
Substitutions:
PR 16France Cédric Soulette  58'
LK 17France Franck Belot  73'
FL 18France Didier Lacroix  76'
N8 19France Sylvain Dispagne  61'
SH 20France Jérôme Cazalbou
FH 21France Alain Penaud  80'
FB 22France Stéphane Ougier  76'
Coach:
France Guy Novès
FB 15France Jimmy Marlu
RW 14France Aurélien Rougerie  80+6'
OC 13Tonga Johnny Ngauamo  55'
IC 12France Nicolas Nadau
LW 11France David Bory
FH 10France Gérald Merceron
SH 9 Italy Alessandro Troncon
N8 8 South Africa Selborne Boome
OF 7 France Olivier Magne
BF 6 France Alexandre Audebert
RL 5 France Éric Lecomte (c)
LL 4 France David Barrier  67'
TP 3 France Alessio Galasso
HK 2 France Yves Pedrosa  72'
LP 1 France Abraham Tolofua  77'
Substitutions:
HK 16Australia Marco Caputo  72'
PR 17Samoa Brendan Reidy  77'
FL 18Czech Republic Jan Macháček  67'
FL 19France Christophe Dongieu
SH 20United States Kevin Dalzell
FH 21France Éric Nicol  80+6'
FB 22France Sébastien Viars  55'
Coach:
France Christophe Mombet

Relegation Play-off

25 mayPau-FC Grenoble33 – 21 o.t.

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