French Rugby League Championship
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Sport | Rugby league |
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Founded | 1934 |
Ceased | 2002 |
Replaced by | Elite 1 and Elite 2 |
No. of teams | 20 |
Country | ![]() |
Last champion(s) | |
Most titles | ![]() |
TV partner(s) | Sport en France, vià |
The French rugby league championship (French: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) was the top tier of the French rugby league system from its inception in 1934 until 2002 when the league was split into two divisions; the Elite One Championship and Elite Two Championship.[1][2]
In all seasons except for the first, a play-off structure leading to a championship final has been used to determine the fate of the championship.
List of Grand Finals
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Toulouse Olympique celebrating victory in 1973 and 1975
Season | Winners | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance |
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1934–35 | No final played, champion was first placed team in regular season | ||||
1935–36 | ![]() | 25–14 | Bordeaux XIII | Parc de Suzon, Bordeaux | 14,150 |
1936–37 | Bordeaux XIII | 23–10 | ![]() | 14,300 | |
1937–38 | ![]() | 8–5 | 14,880 | ||
1938–39 | ![]() | 9–0 | Stade Velodrome de Lescure, Bordeaux | 19,788 | |
1939–40 | ![]() | 20–16 | Pau XIII | Stade des Minimes, Toulouse | 10,000 |
1940–44: Rugby league outlawed by Vichy regime | |||||
1944–45 | 13–12 | ![]() | Stade Jean Laffon, Perpignan | ||
1945–46 | 12–0 | ![]() | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | ||
1946–47 | ![]() | 19–0 | 15,000 | ||
1947–48 | ![]() | 3–2 | Marseille | 20,000 | |
1948–49 | ![]() | 12–5 | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 23,500 | |
1949–50 | 21–7 | ![]() | Perpignan | 18,000 | |
1950–51 | 15–10 | ![]() | Stade Chapou, Toulouse | 21,933 | |
1951–52 | 18–6 | ![]() | 16,645 | ||
1952–53 | 19–12 | 22,000 | |||
1953–54 | Bordeaux XIII | 7–4 | ![]() | 8,000 | |
1954–55 | 7–6 | 12,000 | |||
1955–56 | ![]() | 13–5 | 15,850 | ||
1956–57 | ![]() | 14–9 | ![]() | 9,000 | |
1957–58 | ![]() | 8–6 | 16,163 | ||
1958–59 | 24–16 | 13,000 | |||
1959–60 | ![]() | 31–24 | ![]() | 13,800 | |
1960–61 | 7–4 | ![]() | 6,998 | ||
1961–62 | ![]() | 14–7 | 12,068 | ||
1962–63 | 20–13 | 12,200 | |||
1963–64 | 4–3 | ![]() | 5,166 | ||
1964–65 | ![]() | 47–15 | 8,837 | ||
1965–66 | 45–20 | 11,244 | |||
1966–67 | 39–15 | 10,779 | |||
1967–68 | 13–12 | 14,432 | |||
1968–69 | ![]() | 12–11 | 8,326 | ||
1969–70 | 32–10 | ![]() | 21,300 | ||
1970–71 | ![]() | 13–4 | 8,179 | ||
1971–72 | 21–9 | 11,566 | |||
1972–73 | ![]() | 18–0 | ![]() | 13,827 | |
1973–74 | 21–8 | 5,696 | |||
1974–75 | ![]() | 10–9 | ![]() | 5,015 | |
1975–76 | 14–6 | 14,000 | |||
1976–77 | ![]() | 19–10 | Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi | 18,325 | |
1977–78 | 3–0 | ![]() | Toulouse | 10,358 | |
1978–79 | ![]() | 17–2 | 13,202 | ||
1979–80 | 12–7 | ![]() | 10,029 | ||
1980–81 ![]() | |||||
1981–82 | ![]() | 21–8 | ![]() | Toulouse | 8,504 |
1982–83 | ![]() | 10–8 | 10,628 | ||
1983–84 | ![]() | 30–6 | 8,182 | ||
1984–85 | ![]() | 26–6 | Le Pontet XIII | 8,797 | |
1985–86 | Le Pontet XIII | 19–6 | ![]() | 8,000 | |
1986–87 | ![]() | 11–3 | Le Pontet XIII | 4,350 | |
1987–88 | Le Pontet XIII | 14–2 | ![]() | 9,950 | |
1988–89 | ![]() | 23–4 | Le Pontet XIII | Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne | 9,936 |
1989–90 | ![]() | 24–23 | 8,000 | ||
1990–91 | 10–8 | Toulouse | 6,031 | ||
1991–92 | 11–10 | ![]() | 6,000 | ||
1992–93 | ![]() | 9–8 | ![]() | 10,000 | |
1993–93 | ![]() | 6–4 | Stade des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne | 12,000 | |
1994–95 | 12–10 | ![]() | 13,200 | ||
1995–96 | 27–26 | ![]() | 10,000 | ||
1996–97 | ![]() | 28–24 | 12,000 | ||
1997–98 | ![]() | 15–8 | 12,000 | ||
1998–99 | 33–20 | Paris | 7,592 | ||
1999–00 | ![]() | 20–18 | ![]() | 6,500 | |
2000–01 | 32–20 | ![]() | Toulouse | 9,000 | |
2001–02 | 17–0 | 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. |
Champions by club
NB: Includes winners of the Elite One Championship
Club | Wins | Runners up | Winning Years | |
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1 | 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 | ![]() | 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 | 9 | 10 | 1934-35, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1979-80, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 | |
4 | 7 | 5 | 1960-61, 1962-63, 1977-78, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 | |
5 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 1964-65, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1999-00, 2013-14, 2014-15 |
6 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 1970-71, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98 |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1937-38, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1976-77 |
8 | 4 | 8 | 1969-70, 1973-74, 1990-91, 2003-04 | |
9 | 4 | 4 | 1994-95, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2012-13 | |
10 | 4 | 3 | 1967-68, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23 | |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1938-39, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1959-60 |
12 | Le Pontet XIII | 2 | 3 | 1985-86, 1987-88 |
13 | 2 | 1 | 1950-51, 1954-55 | |
14 | Bordeaux XIII | 2 | 1 | 1936-37, 1953-54 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1948-49 |
16 | 1 | 2 | 2018-19 | |
17 | 1 | 1 | 2004-05 | |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2017-18 |
Footnotes
- Won title on points: no play-off was used
- 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
- Rugby league in France
- France national rugby league team
- France women's national rugby league team
- Elite One Championship
- Elite Two Championship
- National Division 1
- National Division 2
- Lord Derby Cup
- Coupe Falcou
- Paul Dejean Cup
- French rugby league system
References
External links
- Official website
- Infostreize Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Le monde du rugby à XIII