2001–02 Top 16 season

2001–02 Top 16 season
2001–02 Top 16 season
Countries	France
Champions	Biarritz (3rd title)
Runners-up	Agen
Relegated	La Rochelle and Dax
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001-02 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2001-02. The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament.

Biarritz won his third title, the first from 1939, beating Agen in the final

First round[]

(3 point for victories, 2 point for drawn, 1 point for losses)

Poule A[]

Clubs	BEZ	BIA	COL	DAX	ROC	MON	STF	TOU
Béziers		18-20	49-10	33-13	40-37	37-7	19-23	31-26
Biarritz olympique	32-17		26-16	37-27	40-15	37-10	22-6	9-13
Colomiers	28-24	12-11		35-9	15-21	23-18	24-17	27-20
Dax	9-15	14-50	33-20		28-25	14-24	15-16	15-25
La Rochelle	9-15	14-27	19-20	24-16		29-18	3-8	9-10
Mountauban	6-16	22-35	26-23	26-22	34-27		24-21	16-29
Stade Français	33-19	13-9	29-25	46-16	39-6	36-21		18-20
Toulose	32-33	24-30	35-28	35-19	40-21	16-6	21-10

Victory at Home

Tie

Loss at Home

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Biarritz	14	11	3	385	221	164	36
2	Toulouse	14	10	4	346	272	74	34
3	Béziers	14	9	5	366	285	81	32
4	Stade Français	14	9	5	315	244	71	32
5	Colomiers	14	7	7	309	337	-28	28
6	Montauban	14	5	9	258	365	-107	24
7	La Rochelle	14	3	11	259	350	-91	20
8	Dax	14	2	12	250	411	-161	18

Poule B[]

Clubs	AGE	BOR	BOU	CAS	MON	NAR	PAU	PER
Agen		33-6	32-3	40-17	9-14	26-9	29-9	45-14
CA Bordeaux-Bègles	10-28		25-21	39-25	12-20	22-15	39-10	13-26
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu	37-20	56-25		33-21	23-3	32-19	64-6	15-23
Castres	39-15	19-22	14-29		39-30	42-20	38-26	16-20
AS Montferrand	19-27	24-6	56-23	36-19		36-25	15-19	45-14
Narbonne	21-24	22-20	31-30	47-31	24-23		42-18	34-19
Pau	17-20	18-13	29-16	21-19	27-9	46-23		3-30
Perpignan	30-16	44-26	34-10	40-27	29-21	39-25	51-17

Victory at home

Tie

Loss at Home

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Perpignan	14	11	3	413	313	100	36
2	Agen	14	10	4	364	245	119	34
3	Montferrand	14	7	7	351	296	55	28
4	Bourgoin	14	7	7	392	338	54	28
5	Narbonne	14	6	8	357	408	-51	26
6	Pau	14	6	8	266	408	-142	26
7	Bourdeaux-Begles	14	5	9	278	361	-83	24
8	Castres	14	4	10	366	418	-52	22

Relegation Pool[]

The teams sum to the point obtained in the first round, the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group (hone and away).

Clubs	BOR	CAS	COL	DAX	ROC	MON	NAR	PAU
Bègles-Bordeaux			42-19	30-12	16-12	13-19
Castres			27-17	58-6	34-36	62-21
Colomiers	15-16	15-15					22-6	34-14
Dax	19-11	10-25					48-12	25-16
La Rochelle	33-32	19-13					40-10	26-18
Montauban	36-19	28-24					29-28	52-34
Narbonne			27-26	48-19	45-33	44-17
Pau			33-33	37-8	47-27	21-23

Victory at home

Tie

Loss at home

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Montauban	22	11	0	11	483	610	-127	44
2	Colomiers	22	9	2	11	487	517	-30	42
3	Narbonne	22	10	0	12	577	642	-65	42
4	Bourdeaux-Begles	22	9	0	13	457	526	-69	40
5	Castres	22	8	1	13	624	570	54	39
6	Pau	22	8	1	13	484	636	-152	39
7	La Rochelle	22	8	0	14	485	565	-80	38
8	Dax	22	5	0	17	399	648	-249	32

Relegated in Pro-D2 for next season

Top 8[]

POULE A
30 March	Stade Français	-	Bourgoin	34 - 36
31 March	Biarritz	-	Agen	28 - 23
13 April	Agen	-	Stade Français	34 - 16
13 April	Bourgoin	-	Biarritz	12 - 16
20 April	Stade Français	-	Biarritz	20 - 20
20 April	Bourgoin	-	Agen	22 - 20
4 May	Agen	-	Bourgoin	39 - 10
4 May	Biarritz	-	Stade Français	28 - 18
11 May	Bourgoin	-	Stade Français	22 - 22
11 May	Agen	-	Biarritz	24 - 17
18 May	Stade Français	-	Agen	23 - 23
18 May	Biarritz	-	Bourgoin	48 - 25

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Biarritz	6	4	1	1	153	122	31	15
2	Agen	6	3	1	2	163	116	47	13
3	Bourgoin	6	2	1	3	127	179	-52	11
4	Stade Français	6	0	3	3	133	159	-26	9

Promoted to Semifinals

Admitted to 2002-03 Heineken Cup

POULE B
30 March	Béziers	-	Toulouse	16 - 26
31 March	Perpignan	-	Montferrand	21 - 27
13 April	Toulouse	-	Perpignan	30 - 14
13 April	Montferrand	-	Béziers	27 - 21
20 April	Toulouse	-	Montferrand	45 - 23
20 April	Béziers	-	Perpignan	18 - 17
4 May	Perpignan	-	Béziers	27 - 24
4 May	Montferrand	-	Toulouse	16 - 19
11 May	Toulouse	-	Béziers	44 - 15
11 May	Montferrand	-	Perpignan	21 - 12
18 May	Béziers	-	Montferrand	43 - 32
18 May	Perpignan	-	Toulouse	36 - 34

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Toulouse	6	5	1	198	120	78	16
2	Montferrand	6	3	3	146	161	-15	12
3	Perpignan	6	2	4	127	154	-27	10
4	Béziers	6	2	4	137	173	-36	10

Promoted to Semifinals

Admitted to 2002-03 Heineken Cup

Semifinals[]

1 June 2002

Toulouse	15 - 21	Agen
Try: mete: X.Garbajosa, C.Desbrosse Con: Y.Delaigue Pen: Y.Delaigue		Pen: C. Lamaison 4, F. Gelez 3

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

1 June 2002

Biarritz	31 - 12	Montferrand
Try: P.Bidabé, J.Roff J.Peyrelongue Con: J.Roff Pen: J.Roff S. Lgg 2		Pen: G.Merceron 4

Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Final[]

8 June 2002

Biarritz	25 – 22 a.e.t.	Agen
Try: Bernat-Salles Con: Roff Pen: Roff (5) Drop:		Try: Barrau Con: Gelez Pen: Gelez (5)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Didier Mené


FB	15	Nicolas Brusque
RW	14	Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC	13	Joe Roff
IC	12		92'
LW	11	Philippe Bidabé	98'
FH	10	Julien Peyrelongue
SH	9		75'
N8	8	Thomas Lièvremont
OF	7	Christophe Milhères	56'
BF	6	Serge Betsen
RL	5	Olivier Roumat
LL	4		48'
TP	3	Denis Avril	96'
HK	2	Jean-Michel Gonzalez (c)
LP	1		63'
Substitutions:
HK	16		96'
PR	17		63'
LK	18		48'
FL	19		56'
FH	20		75'
CE	21	Guillaume Boussès	92'
WG	22	Stuart Legg	98'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


FB	15	Christophe Lamaison
RW	14	Pépito Elhorga
OC	13		47'
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	François Gelez	95'
SH	9	Mathieu Barrau
N8	8
OF	7	Philippe Benetton (c)
BF	6	Matthieu Lièvremont
RL	5	Christophe Porcu	70'
LL	4	David Couzinet
TP	3	Omar Hasan
HK	2	Jean-Baptiste Rué
LP	1	Jean-Jacques Crenca
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17
FL	18
N8	19		70'
SH	20
CE	21		47'
CE	22		95'
Coach:

External links[]

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