French Rugby Union Championship 1980/81

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The 1980/81 season was the 82nd edition of the French Rugby Union Championship. It comprised 40 teams in the top division (today's top 14 ).

The championship was divided into two phases. It began with the group stage, in which ten teams played against each other in four groups. The eight best placed in each group advanced to the knockout round. Sixteenth, eighth, quarter and semi-finals followed. In the final, which took place on May 28, 1981 in the Parc des Princes in Paris , the two semi-final winners met and played for the Bouclier de Brennus . Here, the set AS Béziers against Stade Bagnérais through and won for the ninth time the championship.

Group stage

  • Qualification for 1/16 finals
    • Group 1
    team
    01. Aviron Bayonnais
    02. Section Paloise
    03. Valence Sportif
    04th AS Béziers
    05. FC Oloron
    06th RC Nîmes
    07th US Thuir
    08th. Stade Aurillacois
    09. SC Mazamet
    10. Saint-Jean-de-Luz OR
    Group 2
    team
    01. US Romans
    02. SU Agen
    03. Stade Toulousain
    04th US Dax
    05. US Carcassonne
    06th RC Narbonne
    07th SC Albi
    08th. RRC Nice
    09. CA Périgueux
    10. FC too
    Group 3
    team
    01. RC Toulon
    02. USA Perpignan
    03. AS Montferrand
    04th SC Tulle
    05. SC Angoulême
    06th Biarritz Olympique
    07th Stadoceste Tarbais
    08th. Castres Olympique
    09. ES Avignon Saint-Saturnin
    10. Stade Montchaninois
    Group 4
    team
    01. FC Grenoble
    02. Lourdes FC
    03. SC Graulhet
    04th Boucau Tarnos Stade
    05. CA Brive
    06th CA Bègles
    07th Stade Bagnérais
    08th. US Bressane
    09. Stade Rochelais
    10. SO Chambery

    1/16 finals

    encounter Result
    USA Perpignan - RC Nîmes 25: 06
    Valence Sportif - US Thuir 13:10
    AS Béziers - US Carcassonne 29: 06
    FC Grenoble - Stade Aurillacois 06:12
    Aviron Bayonnais - Castres Olympique 14:12
    SC Graulhet - Stadoceste Tarbais 09:21
    Lourdes FC - Biarritz Olympique 23: 09
    Section Paloise - SC Tulle 22: 03
    RC Toulon - RRC Nice 06:15
    AS Montferrand - CA Bègles 09: 04
    Boucau Tarnos Stade - CA Brive 12:15
    Stade Toulousain - RC Narbonne 12: 06
    SU Agen - SC Albi 21:10
    SC Angoulême - Stade Bagnérais 12:24
    US Dax - FC Oloron 42:21
    US Romans - US Bressane 21: 09

    Round of 16

    encounter Result
    USA Perpignan - Valence Sportif 28: 07
    AS Béziers - Stade Aurillacois 22:10
    Aviron Bayonnais - Stadoceste Tarbais 12:18
    Lourdes FC - Section Paloise 25: 09
    RRC Nice - AS Montferrand 09:15
    CA Brive - Stade Toulousain 24:23
    SU Agen - Stade Bagnérais 06:23
    US Dax - US Romans 19: 09

    Quarter finals

    encounter Result
    USA Perpignan - AS Béziers 12:13
    Stadoceste Tarbais - Lourdes FC 07: 09
    AS Montferrand - CA Brive 06: 03
    Stade Bagnérais - US Dax 16: 09

    Semifinals

    encounter Result
    AS Béziers - Lourdes FC 15: 04
    AS Montferrand - Stade Bagnérais 03: 06

    final

    May 28, 1981
    		 AS Béziers 22: 13 Stade Bagnérais Parc des Princes , Paris
    Spectators: 41,195
    Referee: Christian Garino
    Attempts: Andrieu (1)
    Fabre (1)
    Elevations: Fort (1)
    Penalty kicks : Fort (2) Dropgoals
    : Pesteil     		(15: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Gourdon (2)
    Elevations: Aguirre (1)
    Penalty kicks: Aguirre (1)
    Constellations

    AS Béziers:
    Starting grid: Marc Andrieu , Jean-Marc Cordier , Alain Estève , Michel Fabre , Patrick Fort , Pierre Lacans , Jean-Louis Martin , Claude Martinez , Henri Mioch , Philippe Morrisson , Alain Paco , Michel Palmié , Jean-Pierre Pesteil , Jean-Luc Rivallo , Armand Vaquerin Substitutes
    : Yvan Buonomo , Michel Calas , Philippe Escande , Christian Prax , Bernard Teissier

    Stade Bagnérais: Starting
    grid: Jean-Michel Aguirre , Roland Bertranne , André Cazenave , Albert Cigagna , Michel Dancla , Omar Derghali , Philippe Fourneau , Claude Frutos , Jean-François Gourdon , Michel Laguerre-Basse , Adrien Mournet , Pierre Rispal , Antranik Torossian , Michel Urtizverea , René Vergez Substitutes
    : Roger Bayen , Jean-Louis Carrère , Gérard Chevallier , Yves Duhard , Arnaud Duplan , Michel Mardegan

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