The 2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship was the top level of French club rugby in 2000–01. The competition was played by 21 teams. It was the last French season before the top level was reorganized into a 16-team league known as Top 16, now known as Top 14 .
In the first phase, two pools (one of 10 teams, one of 11) were played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title.
The last two of the pool containing 10 teams, and the last three of the other, were relegated directly to the second division.
The 8th team in each pool had a play-off to determine the sixth team relegated. Only one club was promoted from the second division in order to reduce the number of clubs for next session to 16.
Toulouse won their 15th title, beating Montferrand in the final
Preliminary phase [ ]
Pool 1 [ ]
Clubs
AGE
BEZ
BOR
BOU
CAS
MON
PAU
PRG
PRP
STF
Agen
36–19
25–12
32–13
34–16
20–13
29–15
33–8
43–6
25–25
Béziers
26–18
57–7
12–16
24–13
47–29
33–23
56–10
21–25
33–20
Bègles-Bordeaux
26–18
28–25
14–26
27–34
26–17
17–13
35–18
33–10
30–38
Bourgoin
19–16
34–35
56–20
22–19
24–16
34–15
74–8
20–21
22–42
Castres
70–17
25–9
49–22
18–8
21–9
31–18
86–15
28–16
29–0
Mont-de-Marsan
18–19
12–23
23–15
18–14
16–20
26–21
41–11
27–15
20–37
Pau
29–18
30–16
16–35
38–17
18–16
28–3
43–7
22–29
21–6
Périgueux
13–47
34–47
20–21
9–10
12–18
27–22
23–25
20–30
21–26
Perpignan
30–28
26–9
33–15
28–16
23–28
45–17
31–25
83–12
32–33
Stade Français
27–22
28–23
55–19
18–18
34–37
68–10
33–27
79–11
55–9
Victory at home
Tie
Loss at home
Team
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
1
Castres
18
14
0
4
558
324
234
46
2
Stade Français
18
12
2
4
624
409
215
44
3
Perpignan
18
11
0
7
492
452
40
40
4
Agen
18
10
1
7
480
385
95
39
5
Béziers
18
10
0
8
515
414
101
38
6
Bourgoin
18
9
1
8
443
379
64
37
7
Bourdeaux-Begles (*)
18
8
0
10
402
533
−131
34
8
Pau
18
8
0
10
427
404
23
34
9
Mont-de-Marsan
18
5
0
13
337
481
−144
28
10
Périgueux
18
1
0
17
279
776
−497
20
Bourdeaux-Begles classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Pau
To Quarter of finals
To barrage for relegation
relegated to second division
Pool 2 [ ]
Clubs
AUC
AUR
BIA
BRI
COL
DAX
GRE
ROC
MON
NAR
TOU
Auch
30–11
23–46
21–23
18–36
22–19
11–21
9–24
6–18
9–22
13–56
Aurillac
19–20
18–23
40–34
16–23
22–33
26–25
18–13
33–28
22–28
28–39
Biarritz
50–25
33–18
31–29
48–6
49–10
41–8
37–3
35–35
26–25
23–20
Brive
27–16
18–20
18–43
23–16
28–20
22–12
20–16
9–37
35–39
19–32
Colomiers
22–13
28–30
35–23
12–14
45–27
31–22
38–20
30–10
27–19
20–32
Dax
17–16
45–17
23–12
34–19
21–17
19–16
20–10
9–8
9–21
15–10
Grenoble
27–18
33–19
15–6
29–16
31–23
41–14
17–15
18–24
43–6
15–28
La Rochelle
35–13
27–15
17–21
40–19
24–18
25–19
21–8
26–36
49–42
19–18
Montferrand
66–17
22–43
37–19
46–35
16–5
37–10
30–18
67–7
32–27
28–15
Narbonne
44–10
31–25
32–20
9–12
19–21
49–33
59–17
56–21
18–27
25–31
Toulouse
39–10
44–24
11–8
50–19
24–21
42–22
50–12
46–22
24–29
50–8
Victory at home
Tie
Loss at home
Team
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
1
Montferrand
20
15
1
4
633
404
229
51
2
Toulouse
20
15
0
5
661
380
281
50
3
Biarritz
20
13
1
6
594
408
186
47
4
Colomiers (**)
20
10
0
10
474
450
24
40
5
Narbonne
20
10
0
10
579
519
60
40
6
Dax
20
10
0
10
419
506
−87
40
7
La Rochelle (***)
20
9
0
11
434
537
−103
38
8
Grenoble
20
9
0
11
428
479
−51
38
9
Brive
20
8
0
12
439
563
−124
36
10
Aurillac
20
7
0
13
464
577
−113
34
11
Auch
20
3
0
17
320
615
−295
26
(**) Colomiers classified 4th for better score in the direct matches with Narbonne and Dax
(***)La Rochelle classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Grenoble
To Quarter of finals
To barrage for relegation
relegated to second division
Quarters of final [ ]
Semifinals [ ]
SEMIFINALS
2 jun.
Castres
-
Toulouse
21–32
Stadium , Toulouse
2 jun.
Biarritz
-
Montferrand
9–16
Stade Gerland , Lyon
Final [ ]
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Referee: Gérard Borréani
Relegation Play-off [ ]
External links [ ]
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