French Rugby League Championship

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"French Championship" redirects here. For other uses, see French Championship (disambiguation).
French Rugby League Championship
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Sport Rugby league
Founded 1934
No. of teams 20
Country  France
Most recent champion(s) [[Image:|16px|]] XIII de Limouxin
Most titles CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne
Catalanscolours.svg XIII Catalan (11 titles)
TV partner(s) Sport en France, vià

The French rugby league championship (French: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s.

Except for the first season, a play-off structure leading to a championship final has always been used to determine the fate of the championship. Because the French rugby league championship has several divisions where the teams will change each year depending on final standings and relegation/promotion there have been many teams in the French rugby league championship since its inception.

The championship is divided into several divisions; the top league is currently titled Elite One Championship (French: Le Championnat de France Elite).[1][2]

Divisions

Elite One Championship

Elite 1
Team Stadium Location
[[Image:|16px|]] Albi Tigers Stade Mazicou Albi, Tarn
[[Image:|16px|]] SO Avignon Parc des Sports (Avignon) Avignon, Vaucluse
CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Albert Domec Carcassonne, Aude
LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Stade du Moulin Lézignan-Corbières, Aude
[[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies Stade de l'Aiguille Limoux, Aude
[[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII Stade Daniel-Ambert Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales
[[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Estève Catalan Stade Municipal Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
[[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Gaudens Bears Stade Jules Ribet Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique Broncos Stade des Minimes Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
[[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve Leopards Stade Max Rousie Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

Elite Two Championship

Club Stadium Capacity City/Area
South Sydney colours.svg RC Baho XIII Stade Municipal de Baho 2,000 Baho, Pyrenees-Orientales
[[Image:|16px|]] RC Carpentras XIII Stade de la Roseraie 5,000 Carpentras, Vaucluse
Canterbury colours.svg US Entraigues XIII Stade Georges Mauro 2,000 Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse
Coventrycolours.png Ille-sur-Tet XIII Stade Jean Galia 2,000 Ille-sur-Tet, Pyrenees Orientales
Parramatta colours.svg RC Lescure-Arthes XIII Stade de Lescure d'Albigeois 2,000 Lescure-d'Albigeois, Tarn
[[Image:|16px|]] Lyon Villeurbanne XIII Stade Georges Lyvet 5,000 Lyon, Rhone-Alps
[[Image:|16px|]] RC Salon XIII Stade Marcel Roustan 2,000 Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
Norths Devils colours.svg Toulon XIII Métropole Delaune Stadium 2,000 Toulon, Var
Newcastle colours.svg Villefranche XIII Aveyron Stade Henri Lagarde 2,700 Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron
[[Image:|16px|]] Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII Stade Municipal Conques sur Orbiel 2,000 Villegailhenc, Aude

Lower Leagues

Below the Championship Divisions, the National Division 1 and National Division 2 are the third and fourth tier respectively.[3][4]

List of finals

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Toulouse Olympique celebrating victory in 1973 and 1975
Season Winners Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
1934–35 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 1 No final played. League leaders were awarded the title
1935–36 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 25–14 Bordeaux XIII Parc de Suzon, Bordeaux 14,150
1936–37 Bordeaux XIII 23–10 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 14,300
1937–38 [[Image:|16px|]] Albi 8–5 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 14,880
1938–39 Faxcolours.svg Roanne 9–0 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve Stade Velodrome de Lescure, Bordeaux 19,788
1939–40 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 20–16 Pau XIII Stade des Minimes, Toulouse 10,000
1940-44: Rugby league outlawed by Vichy regime
1944–45 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 13–12 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Stade Jean Laffon, Perpignan
1945–46 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 12–0 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Stade de Gerland, Lyon
1946–47 Faxcolours.svg Roanne 19–0 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 15,000
1947–48 Faxcolours.svg Roanne 3–2 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne Marseille 20,000
1948–49 New South Wales colours.svg Marseille 12–5 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 23,500
1949–50 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 21–7 New South Wales colours.svg Marseille Perpignan 18,000
1950–51 [[Image:|16px|]] Lyon 15–10 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan Stade Chapou, Toulouse 21,933
1951–52 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 18–6 New South Wales colours.svg Marseille 16,645
1952–53 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 19–12 [[Image:|16px|]] Lyon 22,000
1953–54 Bordeaux XIII 7–4 New South Wales colours.svg Marseille 8,000
1954–55 [[Image:|16px|]] Lyon 7–6 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 12,000
1955–56 [[Image:|16px|]] Albi 13–5 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 15,850
1956–57 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 14–9 [[Image:|16px|]] Avignon 9,000
1957–58 [[Image:|16px|]] Albi 8–6 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 16,163
1958–59 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 24–16 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan 13,000
1959–60 Faxcolours.svg Roanne 31–24 [[Image:|16px|]] Albi 13,800
1960–61 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan 7–4 Faxcolours.svg Roanne 6,998
1961–62 [[Image:|16px|]] Albi 14–7 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 12,068
1962–63 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan 20–13 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 12,200
1963–64 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 4–3 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse 5,166
1964–65 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse 47–15 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 8,837
1965–66 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 45–20 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 11,244
1966–67 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 39–15 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 10,779
1967–68 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux 13–12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 14,432
1968–69 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 12–11 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 8,326
1969–70 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 32–10 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 21,300
1970–71 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 13–4 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 8,179
1971–72 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 21–9 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 11,566
1972–73 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse 18–0 New South Wales colours.svg Marseille 13,827
1973–74 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 21–8 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 5,696
1974–75 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse 10–9 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 5,015
1975–76 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 14–6 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan 14,000
1976–77 [[Image:|16px|]] Albi 19–10 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi 18,325
1977–78 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan 3–0 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan Toulouse 10,358
1978–79 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 17–2 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 13,202
1979–80 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 12–7 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 10,029
1980–81 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve v Catalanscolours.svg Catalan abandoned after six minutes due to fighting; no championship awarded.
1981–82 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 21–8 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève Toulouse 8,504
1982–83 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 10–8 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 10,628
1983–84 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 30–6 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 8,182
1984–85 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 26–6 Le Pontet XIII 8,797
1985–86 Le Pontet XIII 19–6 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 8,000
1986–87 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 11–3 Le Pontet XIII 4,350
1987–88 Le Pontet XIII 14–2 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 9,950
1988–89 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 23–4 Le Pontet XIII Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne 9,936
1989–90 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 24–23 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 8,000
1990–91 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 10–8 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve Toulouse 6,031
1991–92 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne 11–10 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 6,000
1992–93 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 9–8 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 10,000
1993–93 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 6–4 [[Image:|16px|]] Pia Stade des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne 12,000
1994–95 [[Image:|16px|]] Pia 12–10 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 13,200
1995–96 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 27–26 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 10,000
1996–97 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 28–24 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 12,000
1997–98 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 15–8 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 12,000
1998–99 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 33–20 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens Paris 7,592
1999–00 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse 20–18 Swintoncolours.svg St Estève 6,500
2000–01 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 32–20 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Toulouse 9,000
2001–02 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve 17–0 [[Image:|16px|]] Union Treiziste Catalane Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers 8,000
From the 2002-03 season, the French Rugby League Championship split into two divisions: Elite One Championship and Elite Two Championship.
2002–03 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve Leopards 31 – 18 [[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Gaudens Bears Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,000
2003–04 [[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Gaudens Bears 14 – 10 [[Image:|16px|]] Union Treiziste Catalane Perpignan 7,500
2004–05 [[Image:|16px|]] Union Treiziste Catalane 66 – 16 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique XIII Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 5,000
2005–06 [[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 21 – 18 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique XIII Toulouse 5,462
2006–07 [[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 20 – 16 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Stade Michel-Bendichou, Colomiers 7,882
2007–08 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 26 – 16 [[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers 9,550
2008–09 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 40 – 32 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 11,263
2009–10 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 32 – 22 [[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII Altrad Stadium, Montpellier 6,612
2010–11 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 17 – 12 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 11,874
2011–12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne 26 – 20 [[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 8,980
2012–13 [[Image:|16px|]] Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 33 – 26 [[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Estève Catalan Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 6,732
2013–14 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique XIII 38 – 12 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 7,245
2014–15 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique XIII 20 – 12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Michel-Bendichou, Colomiers 5,800
2015–16 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies 26 – 24 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stadium municipal d'Albi, Albi 5,420
2016–17 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies 24 – 22 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,270
2017–18 [[Image:|16px|]] Sporting Olympique Avignon 30 – 28 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies Stadium municipal d’Albi, Albi 5,000
2018–19 [[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Estève Catalan 32 – 24 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne 1,500
2019–20 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France[5]
2020–21 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 16 – 12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse 3,200
2021–22 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne 20 – 16 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8,231
2022–23 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies 34 – 24 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8,221

Champions by club

Club Wins Runners
up		 Winning Years
1 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne 11 13 1944-45, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1975-76, 1991-92, 2011-12, 2021-22
2 Catalanscolours.svg XIII Catalan 11 7 1935-36, 1939-40, 1956-57, 1968-69, 1978-79, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1993-94
3 [[Image:|16px|]] Villeneuve Leopards 9 10 1934-35, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1979-80, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03
4 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan Sangliers 7 5 1960-61, 1962-63, 1977-78, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
5 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique 6 6 1964-65, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1999-00, 2013-14, 2014-15
6 Swintoncolours.svg AS Saint Estève 6 6 1970-71, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98
7 [[Image:|16px|]] RC Albi 5 1 1937-38, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1976-77
8 [[Image:|16px|]] St Gaudens 4 8 1969-70, 1973-74, 1990-91, 2003-04
9 [[Image:|16px|]] Pia XIII 4 4 1994-95, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2012-13
10 [[Image:|16px|]] Limoux Grizzlies 4 3 1967-68, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23
11 Faxcolours.svg RC Roanne XIII 4 1 1938-39, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1959-60
12 Le Pontet XIII 2 3 1985-86, 1987-88
13 [[Image:|16px|]] Lyon Villeurbanne XIII 2 1 1950-51, 1954-55
14 Bordeaux XIII 2 1 1936-37, 1953-54
15 New South Wales colours.svg Marseille XIII 1 4 1948-49
16 [[Image:|16px|]] Saint-Estève XIII Catalan 1 2 2018-19
17 [[Image:|16px|]] Union Treiziste Catalane 1 1 2004-05
18 [[Image:|16px|]] SO Avignon 1 1 2017-18

Footnotes

  1. Won title on points: no play-off was used
  2. Match abandoned after six minutes after the beginning due to fighting; no championship awarded.

Books

  • Le Rugby à XIII le plus français du monde −1934 to 1996– by Louis Bonnery,
  • The Forbidden game by Mike Rylance.

See also

References

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External links

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