1983–84 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1983-84
French Rugby Championship 1983-84
Countries	France
Number of teams	40 teams
Champions	Béziers (11th title)
Runners-up	Agen
	← 1982-83 1984-85 →

The 1983-84 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Agen in the final.

Formula[]

Forty clubs divide into five pools of eight.

Ten teams (the first two of each pool) are admitted directly into the "last 16" round,

The 3rd and 4th of each pool and the better two classified as 5th, play a barrage.

Qualification round[]

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

Pool 1

Pool 2

Graulhet
Grenoble
RRC Nice
Touloun
Brive
Angoulême

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Knoxkout stages[]

Barrage[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
	Mont de Marsan	16-10
Touloun	Brive	21-9
Pau	Perpignan	10-6
RRC Nice	Lourdes	11-6
Tyrosse	Toulouse	9-16
		3-6

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
	Montferrand	3-22	6-18
Grenoble	Toulon	15-3	4-6
Stadoceste	Bègles	13-13	16-9
Béziers	Pau	22-3	0-0
Narbonne	RRC Nice	16-18	15-15
Bayonne	Dax	6-19	24-22
Agen	Toulouse	20-12	27-13
Graulhet		9-3	27-10

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Montferrand	Grenoble	12-6
Stadoceste	Béziers	12-22
RRC Nice	Dax	21-13
Agen	Graulhet	9-7

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Montferrand	Béziers	4-8
RRC Nice	Agen	14-21

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Agen
Score	21-21 after overt time (12-12 at the end of regular time). Béziers won at penalty kick tie-break
Date	26 May 1984
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jean-Claude Yché
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, , , , Michel Palmié, , Pierre Lacans, , , , , , , , Replacements : , , , , ,
Agen	Jean-Louis Tolot, , Daniel Dubroca, , , , , Dominique Erbani, , , Bernard Lavigne, , Philippe Sella, Philippe Bérot, Replacements : , , , , ,
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Medina, 1 conversion and 4 penalties Fort, 1 drop Escande
Agen	1 try Delbreil, 1 conversion and 4 penalties Viviès, 1 drop Delage

External links[]

Compte rendu finale 1984 lnr.fr^{[permanent dead link]}

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