1963–64 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1963-64
French Rugby Championship 1963-64
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Pau (3rd title)
Runners-up	Béziers
	← 1962-63 1964-65 →

The 1963-64 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams in 7 pools.

The four first teams of each pool and the best four placed 5th qualified for the last 32.

Pau won the championship after beating Béziers in the final.

It was the third time Pau had won the championship.

Qualification round[]

Teams in bold qualified for the next round

Pool 1[]

Pool 2[]

Angoulême
Auch
Biarritz
Castres
Dax
Graulhet
Montauban

Pool 3[]

Agen
Dijon
(Foix)
Lourdes
Pau
Touloun

Pool 4[]

Pool 5[]

Pool 6[]

Bayonne
Bègles
Cahors
La Rochelle
Toulouse

Pool 7[]

Albi
Chalon
Montferrand
Racing
Valence

"Last 32"[]

Teams in bold qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Brive	9-6
Chalon	Mazamet	3-0
Bayonne	Montauban	8-6
Racing	Castres	5-0
Narbonne	Grenoble	11-3
Mont de Marsan	Lannemezan	5-0
Montferrand		5-3
Cognac	Toulon	3-0
Béziers		17-6
Aurillac	Valence	9-6
Dax	La Rochelle	14-0
Graulhet	Bègles	11-9
Stadoceste		11-0
	Romans	6-0
Agen	Angoulême	8-6
Lourdes	Cahors	13-5

Brive, the best placed team in the qualification round, was eliminated by Pau, the worst placed team to become the French Champions.

"Last 16"[]

Teams in bold qualified for the quarterfinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Chalon	3-0
Bayonne	Racing	3-3
Narbonne	Mont de Marsan	13-6
Montferrand	Cognac	16-6
Béziers	Aurillac	17-6
Dax	Graulhet	5-0
Stadoceste		12-6
Agen	Lourdes	19-8

Quarterfinals[]

Teams in bold qualified for the semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Bayonne	11-6
Narbonne	Montferrand	11-0
Béziers	Dax	8-3
Stadoceste	Agen	6-0

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Narbonne	8-3
Béziers	Stadoceste	3-0

Final[]

Teams	Pau - Béziers
Score	14 - 0
Date	24 May 1964
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Robert Calmet
Line-up
Pau	Eugène Ruiz, André Abadie, , Jean-Baptiste Doumecq, , Bernard Vignette, Henri Cazabat, François Moncla, Jacques Dulucq, Jean Capdouze, Jacques Clavé, Jean Piqué, , Roger Lhande, Robert Toyos
Béziers	Paul Ribot, Emile Bolzan, Claude Malet, Claude Vidal, Louis Gagnière, Gérard Bonneric, , Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Michel Bernatas, Roger Bousquet, Jean Barrière, Jacques Fratangelle, Clément Grau,
Scorers
Pau	2 tries and 1 drop Capdouze, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Toyos
Béziers

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