French Rugby Union Championship 1996/97

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The 1996/97 season was the 98th edition of the French Rugby Union Championship. It comprised 20 teams in the top division (today's top 14 ).

The championship was divided into two phases. It began with the qualifying round, in which ten teams played against each other in two groups. The eight best placed in both groups moved into the knockout round, while the last two in each group had to relegate to the second division. This concerned the RC Nîmes , the CA Périgueux , the Paris Université Club and Stade Dijonnais .

The home game of the knockout round, in which 16 teams were still involved, resulted from the better placement in the qualifying round. The quarter-finals and the semi-finals followed the round of 16. The two semi-final winners met in the final, which was held for the last time on May 31, 1997 at the Parc des Princes in Paris . Stade Toulousain prevailed against CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and won the championship title for the 14th time.

Qualifying round

  • Relegation to the second division
    • Group 1
    team Points
    1. CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 45
    2. SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne 43
    3. Stade Toulousain 42
    4th US Dax 42
    5. Castres Olympique 40
    6th Biarritz Olympique 37
    7th FC Grenoble 32
    8th. AS Béziers 30th
    9. RC Nîmes 25th
    10. CA Périgueux 24
    Group 2
    team Points
    1. CA Brive 43
    2. AS Montferrand 41
    3. USA Perpignan 41
    4th Section Paloise 39
    5. CA Bègles-Bordeaux 38
    6th RC Narbonne 38
    7th RC Toulon 38
    8th. US Colomiers 36
    9. Paris Université Club 24
    10. Stade Dijonnais 22nd

    Round of 16

    encounter Result
    Stade Toulousain - RC Narbonne 24:22
    CA Brive - US Colomiers 31:36
    Grenoble FC - SU Agen 27:27
    USA Perpignan - CA Bègles-Bordeaux 26:29
    CS Bourgoin-Jallieu - AS Béziers 23:14
    Section Paloise - Castres Olympique 23:20
    AS Montferrand - RC Toulon 12: 06
    US Dax - Biarritz Olympique 22:18

    The SU Agen prevailed due to the better placement in the qualification.

    Quarter finals

    encounter Result
    Stade Toulousain - US Colomiers 21:12
    SU Agen - CA Bègles-Bordeaux 22:18
    CS Bourgoin-Jallieu - Section Paloise 24:18
    AS Montferrand - US Dax 22:18

    Semifinals

    encounter Result
    Stade Toulousain - SU Agen 23:16
    CS Bourgoin-Jallieu - AS Montferrand 21:17

    final

    May 31, 1997
    		 Stade Toulousain 12: 6 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Parc des Princes , Paris
    Spectators: 48,054
    Referee: Daniel Gillet
    Penalty kicks : Deylaud (3) Dropgoals
    : Deylaud (1)     		(3: 3)
    report     		Penalty Kicks : Geany (2)
    Constellations

    Stade Toulousain: Starting
    grid: Franck Belot , David Berty , Christian Califano , Thomas Castaignède , Jérôme Cazalbou , Christophe Deylaud , Sylvain Dispagne , Jean-Louis Jordana , Didier Lacroix , Michel Marfaing , Nicolas Martin , Hugues Miorin , Stéphane Ougier , Régis Sonnes , Patrick Soula
    substitutes: Jean-Marie Bisaro , Philippe Capelleri , Olivier Carbonneau , David Couzinet , Xavier Garbajosa , Pascal Lasserre , Julien Tilloles

    CS Bourgoin-Jallieu: Starting
    grid: Gilles Cassagne , Marc Cécillon , Alexandre Chazalet , Jean Daudé , Nigel Geany , Stéphane Glas , Laurent Leflamand , Michel Malafosse , Dominique Mazille , David Morgan , Alexandre Péclier , Pierre Raschi , Jean-Pierre Sanchez , Ludovic Saunier , Philippe Vessilier Substitutes
    : Laurent Belligoï , Pascal Fernandez , Julien Frier , Laurent Gomez , Nicolas Guilhot , Jean-François Martin , Frédéric Nibelle

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