Fédérale 2

The Fédérale 2 (short for Championnat de France de deuxième division fédérale ) is the fourth highest division of men in French rugby union and at the same time the second highest division in their amateur area. The competition is organized by the French rugby federation Fédération Française de Rugby and replaced the former division Nationale 2 in 2000. 80 teams take part in eight groups. Fédérale 3 still exists below Fédérale 2 . At the end of each season, eight teams are promoted to Fédérale 1 , while 16 teams are relegated to Fédérale 3.

format

The 80 participating teams are divided into four regions. Each of these regions has two groups, making a total of eight groups with ten teams each. The four best-placed teams in each group (32 in total) qualify for the round of 32 of the competition. The last two clubs in each group are relegated to Fédérale 3.

The 32 remaining teams carry out a knockout phase . All sixteenth and round of 16 encounters are played in a home and away game. The remaining games take place on neutral ground. The eight teams that reach the quarter-finals will be promoted to Fédérale 1. The final winner is declared the Fédérale 2 champion.

Teams

The following 80 teams will play in Fédérale 2 in the 2013/14 season:

Group 1

RC Arras
RC auxerre
CS Beaune
RC Compiègne
Stade Dormontois RC
RC Drancy
CSM Gennevillois
Paris Université Club
Stade Rouennais
RC Strasbourg

Group 2

Soyaux Angoulême XV
MLSGP Rugby Yvelines
Stade Nantais
Stade Niortais
CA Orsay
Stade Poitevin
Rennes Etudiants Club Rugby
RC Suresnes
US Tours
SA Vierzon

Group 3

US Beaurepaire
CO Creusot Bourgogne
US Montmélian
CA Pontarlier Rugby
FCS Rumilly
Saint-Savin Sportif
RC Seyssins
RC Vichy
CS Villefranche rugby
AS Villeurbanne EL

Group 4

AS Bédarrides
RC Carqueiranne-Hyères
RC Châteaurenard
CA Saint Raphaël / Fréjus
Stade Olympique Givors rugby
Rugby Olympique Grasse
AS Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil / L'Isle d'Abeau
ES Monteux
RC tricastin
RC Royonnais

Group 5

Rugby Olympique Agathois
ES Catalane
US Avignon
Céret Sportif
SC Leucate-Roquefort
SC Mazamet
SO Millau
RC Nîmes
US Quillan
FC Villefranche

Group 6

Stade Belves
US Bergerac
CA Castelsarrasin
SC Decazeville
GS Figeac
Jeunesse Athlétique Isle
UA Libourne
RC Montauban
AS Saint-Junien
CA Sarladais Black Perigord

Group 7

Entente Aramits ASASP
Boucau Tarnos Stade
AS Fleurance
UA Gaillac
SC Graulhet
US L'Isle-Jourdain
US Marmande
US Morlaàs rugby
US Nafarroa
UA Saverdun

Group 8

Avenir Aturine
Anglet Olympique RC
US Argelès-Gazost
Lombez Samatan Club
US Orthez Rugby
Saint Médard RC
US Saint-Sulpice
US Salles
RC Bassin d'Arcachon
Tournefeuille Rugby XV

master

National 2

1996-1997: US Tours
1998-1999: US Bressane
1999-2000: CS Lons Jura
2000-2001: Blagnac SCR

Fédérale 2

2001/02: AC Bobigny
2002/03: Cahors Rugby
2003/04: Paris Université Club
2004/05: GSM Gennevilliers
2005/06: US Nafarroa
2006/07: Avenir Valencien (Valence-d'Agen)
2007/08: US Carcassonne
2008/09: Avenir Castanéen (Castanet-Tolosan)
2009/10: Blagnac SCR
2010/11: Stade Phocéen (Marseille-Vitrolles)
2011/12: CS Vienne
2012/13: SO Chambéry
2013/14: Soyaux Angoulême XV
2014/15: RC Strasbourg
2015/16: Saint-Jean-de-Luz olympique rugby
2016/17: Rugby club Hyères-Carqueiranne-La Crau
2017/18: AS Bédarrides Châteauneuf-du-Pape
2018/19: US Issoire

Web links

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