1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1987-1988
French Rugby Championship 1987-1988
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Agen
Runners-up	Stadoceste
	← 1986-87 1988-89 →

The 1987-88 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen that beat Stadoceste (Tarbes) in the final.

Formula[]

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. .
The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title
In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight.
The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage

Group A Qualification to knockout stage[]

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

Pool 1

Touloun
Agen
Grenoble
Stadoceste
Béziers
Lourdes
Pau

Pool 2

Dax
Bègles-Bordeaux
Graulhet
Perpignan
Aurillac
Valence
Auch

Pool 3

Racing
Toulouse
Bayonne
Montferrand
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Biarritz
Romans
Montchanin

Pool 4

Knockout stages[]

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Bayonne	Racing	15-9	6-28
Grenoble	Agen	6-3	10-14
Bègles-Bordeaux	Mont-de-Marsan	7-13	10-0
Perpignan	Narbonne	12-21	12-24
Tyrosse	Touloun	9-13	16-49
Graulhet	Toulouse	9-13	12-25
Montferrand	Brive	12-15	13-24
Stadoceste	Dax	3-0	21-6

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Racing	22-15
Bègles-Bordeaux	Narbonne	20-26
Touloun	Toulose	21-9
Brive	Stadoceste	6-13

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Narbonne	19-9
Toulon	Stadoceste	12-31

Final[]

Teams	Agen - Stadoceste
Score	9-3
Date	28 May 1988
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Guy Maurette
Line-up
Agen	Grégoire Lascubé, Daniel Dubroca, , , , , Dominique Erbani, , Pierre Berbizier, , , , Philippe Sella, , Philippe Bérot Replacements : , , Philippe Benetton, , ,
Stadoceste	, Philippe Dintrans, , , , , , , , , , , , Jacques Schneider, Replacements : , , , , ,
Scorers
Agen	2 penalties Bérot, 1 drop Montlaur
Stadoceste	1 penalty Trille

External links[]

Compte rendu finale 1988 lnr.fr

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