1982–83 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1982-83
French Rugby Championship 1982-83
Countries	France
Number of teams	Group A : 40 teams; Group B : 40 teams
Champions	Béziers (10th title); Group B :
Runners-up	RC Nice ; Group B : Paris UC
	← 1981-82 1983-84 →

The 1982-83 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers < beating RC Nice in the final.

The group B was won by beating Paris UC in the final.

Formula[]

Both group are formed by 40 clubs divide in four pool of ten clubs.

In both group the two better of each pool were admitted directly to "last 16" round of knockout stage, while the classified from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a barrage.

Group A[]

Qualification round[]

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Barrage[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Toulon	13-9
Toulouse		20-9
Bayonne		13-6
Angoulême	Lourdes	18-20
Aurillac	US Bressane	10-12
Dax	Bègles	15-16
Montferrand	Stade Bagnérais	7-3
Agen	Tyrosse	27-12

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Stadoceste	Perpignan	9-3	11-31
Béziers	Toulose	3-0	12-6
Bayonne	Montauban	27-3	13-6
Lourdes	Grenoble	15-10	31-12
RRC Nice	US Bressane	47-9	32-21
Pau	Bègles	11-6	13-12
Montferrand	Narbonne	21-12	9-21
Agen	Graulhet	15-15	7-6

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Béziers	0-7
Bayonne	Lourdes	13-12
RRC Nice	Pau	19-15
Narbonne	Agen	21-27

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Bayonne	19-12
RRC Nice	Agen	18-12

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - RRC Nice
Score	14-06
Date	28 May 1983
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	René Hourquet
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, , , , Michel Palmié, , Pierre Lacans, , , , Marc Andrieu, , , , Replacements : , , , , ,
RC Nice	, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Replacements : , Jean-François Tordo, , , ,
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Vachier and Escande, 1 penalty Fort, 1 drop Escande
RC Nice	1 penalty and 1 drop Pédeutour

Another tile won by Bezièrs, the 10th in the history and 9th in last dozen of years.

Group B[]

Final[]

Teams	– Paris UC
Score	12-07

External links[]

Compte rendu finale 1983 lnr.fr^{[permanent dead link]}

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