1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1979-80
French Rugby Championship 1979-80
Countries	France
Number of teams	Group A : 40 teams; Group B : 40 teams
Champions	Béziers; Group B : Chambery
Runners-up	Toulouse ; Group B : Angoulême
	← 1978-79 1980-81 →

The 1979-80 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Toulouse in the final.

The group B was won by Chambéry beating Angoulême in the final.

Formula[]

For the first time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but play a proper championship.

The group A, like the group B was divided in four pools of ten clubs.

The eight better of each pool were qualified for the knockout stages.

Group A[]

Qualification round[]

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered second the ranking.

Pool A

Béziers
Perpignan
Graulhet
Narbonne
Grenoble
US Bressane
Montchanin
(Thuir)
Racing

Pool B

Toulon
Pau
RRC Nice
Montferrand
Carcassonne
Auch
Mazamet
Périgueux
Montauban

Pool C

Stade Bagnérais
Bayonne
Stadoceste
Brive
Biarritz
Dax
La Rochelle
Limoges

Pool D

Agen
Lourdes
Toulouse
Bègles
Romans
Aurillac
Valence
Castres
Bourgoin-Jallieu

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Valence	41-6
Narbonne	Carcassonne	9-6
RRC Nice	Mazamet	22-15
	Aurillac	6-9
Perpignan	US Bressane	22-9
Graulhet	Biarritz	14-7
Montferrand	Grenoble	10-3
Stade Bagnérais		21-3
	Dax	15-6
Lourdes		28-3
Brive	Stadoceste	12-9
Pau	Auch	18-3
Agen	Montchanin	21-11
Toulouse	Bègles	17-7
Bayonne	Romans	18-11
Toulon		28-9

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Narbonne	21-10
RRC Nice	Aurillac	29-9
Perpignan	Graulhet	12-3
Montferrand	Stade Bagnérais	11-13
	Lourdes	15-9
Brive	Pau	15-6
Agen	Toulouse	4-9
Bayonne	Toulon	25-14

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	RRC Nice	19-15
Perpignan	Stade Bagnérais	30-15
	Brive	19-22
Toulouse	Bayonne	24-3

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Perpignan	16-6
Brive	Toulouse	9-22

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Toulouse
Score	10-6
Date	25 May 1980
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jacques Saint-Guilhem
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, , Alain Estève, Michel Palmié, , Pierre Lacans, , , , , , , , Jack Cantoni Replacements : Marc Andrieu, ,
Toulose	, , , , , Jean-Pierre Rives, Jean-Claude Skrela, Roger Viel, Gérald Martinez, , Guy Novès, , , Dominique Harize, Replacements : , , ,
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Buonomo and Fabre, 1 conversion Cantoni
Toulouse	2 penalties Martinez

Group B[]

Qualification round[]

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered second the ranking.

Pool E

Mauléon
Mont de Marsan
Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade)
(Sainte-Foy-la-Grande)
US Tyrosse

Pool F

Angoulême
Arras
Cahors
Paris Université
US Salles(Salles)

Pool G

Albi
Lannemezan
Rodez (Rodez)
US Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre)
Gaillac

Pool H

"Last 32"[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Angoulême	Lannemezan	46-0
		9-6
		13-9
		25-18
		19-6
	Rodez(Rodez)	10-6
		32-9
Nîmes	Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade)	30-6
US Tyrosse	Arras	26-10
		15-16
Chambéry		34-0
Mauléon	Le Creusot	27-21
Albi		35-3
Cahors		36-16 (aot)^[1]
Mont de Marsan	(Sainte-Foy-la-Grande)	47-0
Paris Université	(Vic-en-Bigorre)	23-17

"Last 16"[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Albi	Cahors	35-12
Nîmes		21-12
	US Tyrosse	15-6
Mont de Marsan	Paris Université	16-7
		36-0
Chambéry	Mauléon	23-7
		12-9
Angoulême		21-9

Quarter of finals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Angoulême		48-6
Nîmes		15-4
Albi	Mont de Marsan	23-18
Chambéry		21-12

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Angoulême	Nîmes	30-7
Chambéry	Albi	21-18

Final[]

Teams	Chambéry – Angoulême
Score	21-9
Date	18 May 1980
Venue	Clermont-Ferrand

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External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1980 lnr.fr

Notes and references[]

^ aot = after over-time
^ Collection of l'Équipe rugby 1981

[1] t = after over-time

[2] Collection of l'Équipe rugby 1981

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