2009–10 Fédérale 1 season

The 2009–10 Fédérale 1 is the third level (behind the Top 14 and the Pro D2) and highest amateur level French rugby union competition, for the 2009–10 season. It is operated by the FFR.

At the end of the previous season, champions Lannemezan and runners-up Aix-en-Provence were promoted to Rugby Pro D2 and were replaced by Bourg-en-Bresse and Béziers.

Competition format[]

48 teams are grouped into six regional pools of eight teams. After everyone has played each other home and away once, the top four teams in each pool are placed in six new pools of four clubs, where they face teams from the other pools.

After another round of home and away fixtures, the four group winners with the most points proceed to the quarter-finals, where they play the winners of the play-off round between the remaining two group winners and the six group runners-up. The winners of the two-leg quarter-finals meet in the similarly bipedal semis. The finalists then meet at a neutral venue to determine the winner of the Jean Prat Trophy, although both clubs are already promoted to Pro D2.

At the other end, the bottom four clubs in each group are placed in their own six new pools of four, and also play the other three teams home and away in the playdowns. This time however, the teams keep the points they earned from the first phase. After six matches, the bottom two in each pool are relegated to Fédérale 2, while the 12 group winners and runners-up enter a knockout competition to determine the 55th Best Team in France.^[1]^[2]

Preliminary phase[]

Key to colors
	Qualified for the Trophée Jean Prat
	Qualified for the playdowns

Pool 1[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1		14	12	0	2	330	217	+113	4	52
2		14	9	1	4	280	220	+60	4	42
3	Vannes	14	7	1	6	231	190	+41	6	36
4	Bobigny	14	7	1	6	199	190	+9	4	34
5	Orléans	14	5	2	7	183	165	+18	7	31
6	Niort	14	6	0	8	242	237	+5	6	30
7		14	6	0	8	206	241	−35	3	27
8	Poitiers	14	1	1	12	106	317	−211	4	8

Pool 2[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Chalon-sur-Saône	14	11	0	3	393	148	+245	8	52
2	Bourg-en-Bresse	14	10	1	3	350	158	+192	8	50
3	Massy	14	9	0	5	287	249	+38	5	41
4	Montluçon	14	7	2	5	314	220	+94	4	36
5	Dijon	14	6	2	6	237	270	−33	3	31
6		14	5	1	8	219	227	−8	6	28
7	Tours	14	5	0	9	200	275	−75	5	25
8		14	0	0	14	135	589	−454	2	2

Pool 3[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Béziers	14	11	0	3	396	168	+228	8	52
2	Nice	14	10	0	4	345	195	+150	8	48
3		14	9	0	5	270	276	−6	1	37
4	Saint-Étienne	14	8	0	6	272	265	+7	3	35
5		14	7	0	7	263	249	14	4	32
6		14	4	1	9	231	304	−73	5	23
7		14	4	1	9	183	312	−129	2	20
8		14	2	0	12	222	413	−191	3	11

Pool 4[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Carcassonne	14	12	0	2	408	244	+164	6	54
2	Marseille-Vitrolles	14	9	0	5	399	229	+170	8	44
3		14	9	0	5	313	238	+75	4	40
4		14	8	0	6	300	259	+41	4	36
5		14	7	0	7	324	301	+23	6	34
6	Chambéry	14	4	1	9	189	337	−148	3	21
7	Mazamet	14	3	2	9	194	303	−109	3	19
8		14	2	1	11	239	455	−216	2	12

Pool 5[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1		14	10	0	4	289	203	+86	6	46
2	Valence-d'Agen	14	10	0	4	336	184	+152	7	45
3		14	7	2	5	196	204	−8	3	35
4	Cahors	14	6	0	8	238	247	−9	7	31
5		14	6	1	7	224	276	−52	4	30
6		14	5	2	7	214	215	−1	6	30
7		14	5	0	9	191	273	−82	4	24
8		14	4	1	9	179	265	−86	4	22

Pool 6[]

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Tyrosse	14	13	1	356	164	+192	3	55
2	Périgueux	14	9	5	304	184	+120	6	42
3		14	7	7	256	236	+20	6	34
4	Graulhet	14	7	7	238	237	+1	6	34
5		14	7	7	237	259	−22	4	32
6		14	5	9	235	247	−12	8	28
7	Lourdes	14	6	8	176	241	−65	3	27
8		14	2	12	144	378	−234	4	12

Trophée Jean-Prat[]

Key to colors
	Qualified for the knockout stage

Pool 1[]

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Bourg-en-Bresse	6	6	0	138	54	+84	2	26
2		6	4	2	169	88	+81	4	20
3		6	1	5	118	131	−13	3	7
4		6	1	5	89	241	−152	0	4

Pool 2[]

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Chalon-sur-Saône	6	6	0	197	109	+88	4	28
2	Nice	6	4	2	159	135	+24	1	17
3		6	2	4	132	136	−4	2	10
4	Cahors	6	0	6	88	196	−108	1	1

Pool 3[]

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Béziers	6	6	0	163	94	+69	2	26
2	Graulhet	6	3	3	118	106	+12	3	15
3	Marseille-Vitrolles	6	3	3	146	131	+15	3	15
4		6	0	6	98	194	−96	3	3

Pool 4[]

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Carcassonne	6	6	0	199	105	+94	3	27
2		6	2	4	96	149	−53	3	11
3	Valence-d'Agen	6	2	4	136	138	−2	3	11
4	Bobigny	6	2	4	122	161	−39	2	10

Pool 5[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Périgueux	6	5	0	1	119	65	+54	3	23
2	Montluçon	6	2	1	3	109	86	+23	4	14
3	Vannes	6	3	0	3	81	106	−25	1	13
4		6	1	1	4	88	140	−52	1	7

Pool 6[]

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Tyrosse	6	6	0	158	60	+98	3	27
2	Saint-Étienne	6	4	2	149	119	+30	1	17
3	Massy	6	1	5	101	160	−59	2	6
4		6	1	5	69	138	−69	1	5

Knockout stage[]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Nice	18
Saint-Étienne	19
Saint-Étienne	19	Saint-Étienne	12	24	36
		Saint-Étienne	12	24	36
		Chalon-sur-Saône	3	20	23
		Chalon-sur-Saône	3	20	23


						Saint-Étienne	23	19	42
						Saint-Étienne	23	19	42
						Bourg-en-Bresse	22	16	38
	12					Bourg-en-Bresse	22	16	38
	12
Béziers	26
Béziers	26	Béziers	12	23	35
		Béziers	12	23	35
		Bourg-en-Bresse	20	20	40
		Bourg-en-Bresse	20	20	40


										Saint-Étienne	3
										Saint-Étienne	3
										Carcassonne	16
Graulhet	9									Carcassonne	16
Graulhet	9
	11
	11		20	9	29
			20	9	29
		Tyrosse	17	25	42
		Tyrosse	17	25	42


						Tyrosse	15	12	27
						Tyrosse	15	12	27
						Carcassonne	24	24	48
Montluçon	7					Carcassonne	24	24	48
Montluçon	7
Périgueux	24
Périgueux	24	Périgueux	23	6	29
		Périgueux	23	6	29
		Carcassonne	12	34	46
		Carcassonne	12	34	46

Playdowns[]

Key to colors
	Qualified for the knockout stage
	Relegated to Fédérale 2

Pool 1[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Orléans	20	10	2	8	305	257	+48	8	52
2		20	9	1	10	359	289	+70	10	48
3		20	6	1	13	159	343	−184	3	29
4		20	3	1	16	315	584	−269	4	16

Pool 2[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	Dijon	20	10	2	8	367	361	+6	6	50
2		20	7	1	12	347	418	−71	8	38
3		20	7	1	12	281	379	−98	6	36
4	Mazamet	20	5	2	13	294	432	−138	5	29

Pool 3[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1		20	11	0	9	428	357	+71	6	50
2		20	9	1	10	317	377	−60	5	43
3	Chambéry	20	6	1	13	292	445	−153	6	32
4		20	3	1	16	227	535	−308	4	18

Pool 4[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1		20	11	0	9	435	376	+59	7	51
2	Lourdes	20	11	0	9	290	331	−41	3	47
3		20	8	2	10	362	287	+75	10	46
4	Poitiers	20	1	1	18	150	497	−347	5	7

Pool 5[]

#	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1	20	9	0	11	409	336	+73	13	49
2	20	10	1	9	355	395	−40	7	49
3	20	10	0	10	355	358	−3	7	48
4	20	0	0	20	214	805	−591	2	2

Pool 6[]

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
1		20	10	1	9	417	352	+65	8	50
2	Niort	20	10	0	10	362	338	+24	7	47
3	Tours	20	9	1	10	322	362	−40	7	45
4		20	2	0	18	299	632	−333	5	13

Knockout stage[]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

	34
Lourdes	14
Lourdes	14		24	22	46
			24	22	46
		Orléans	26	27	53
		Orléans	26	27	53


						Orléans	22	33	55
						Orléans	22	33	55
							17	27	44
	14						17	27	44
	14
	28
	28		24	19	43
			24	19	43
			16	24	40
			16	24	40


										Orléans	15
										Orléans	15
											22
Niort	20										22
Niort	20
	5
	5	Niort	16	16	32
		Niort	16	16	32
			15	50	65
			15	50	65


							12	22	34
							12	22	34
						Dijon	6	12	18
	18					Dijon	6	12	18
	18
	23
	23		29	5	34
			29	5	34
		Dijon	19	46	65
		Dijon	19	46	65

Notes and references[]

^ "Focus on Fédérale 1". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
^ "Le championnat de France de 1re division fédérale" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

External links[]

[Le_Rugby-1] "Focus on Fédérale 1". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[Fédérale_1_competition_format-2] "Le championnat de France de 1re division fédérale" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

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