2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship

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.

2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsToulouse (16th title)
Runners-upMontferrand
RelegatedAuch, Aurillac, Brive, Mont-de-Marsan, Périgueux e Grenoble

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
Home \ Away 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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Castres 18 14 0 4 558 324 +234 46 Quarters of final
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[lower-alpha 1] 18 8 0 10 402 533 −131 34
8 Pau 18 8 0 10 427 404 +23 34 Relegation play-off
9 Mont-de-Marsan 18 5 0 13 337 481 −144 28 Relegated to second division
10 Périgueux 18 1 0 17 279 776 −497 20
Source:
Notes:
  1. Bourdeaux-Begles classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Pau

Pool 2
Home \ Away 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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Montferrand 20 15 1 4 633 404 +229 51 Quarters of final
2 Toulouse 20 15 0 5 661 380 +281 50
3 Biarritz 20 13 1 6 594 408 +186 47
4 Colomiers[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 20 9 0 11 434 537 −103 38
8 Grenoble 20 9 0 11 428 479 −51 38 Relegation play-off
9 Brive 20 8 0 12 439 563 −124 36 Relegated to second division
10 Aurillac 20 7 0 13 464 577 −113 34
11 Auch 20 3 0 17 320 615 −295 26
Source:
Notes:
  1. Colomiers classified 4th for better score in the direct matches with Narbonne and Dax
  2. La Rochelle classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Grenoble

Quarters of final
QUARTERS OF FINAL
25 MayCastres-Colomiers37–26
25 MayToulouse-Perpignan20–15
25 MayStade Français-Biarritz19–35
25 MayMontferrand-Agen33–21

Semifinals
SEMIFINALS
2 jun.Castres-Toulouse21–32Stadium, Toulouse
2 jun.Biarritz-Montferrand9–16Stade Gerland, Lyon

Final
9 June 2001
Toulouse34 – 22Montferrand
Try: Marfaing
Con: Marfaing
Pen: Michalak (4)
Marfaing (2)
Drop: Delaigue (3)		Try: Audebert
Con: Merceron
Pen: Merceron (5)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Gérard Borréani
FB15 Nicolas Jeanjean
RW14 Xavier Garbajosa
OC13 Cédric Desbrosse 76'
IC12 Clément Poitrenaud 80'
LW11 Michel Marfaing
FH10 Yann Delaigue
SH9 Frédéric Michalak
N88 Fabien Pelous (c)
OF7 Christian Labit 76'
BF6 Jean Bouilhou
RL5 David Gérard 73'
LL4 Hugues Miorin 61'
TP3 Franck Tournaire
HK2 Yannick Bru
LP1 Christian Califano 58'
Substitutions:
PR16 Cédric Soulette 58'
LK17 Franck Belot 73'
FL18 Didier Lacroix 76'
N819 Sylvain Dispagne 61'
SH20 Jérôme Cazalbou
FH21 Alain Penaud 80'
FB22 Stéphane Ougier 76'
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB15 Jimmy Marlu
RW14 Aurélien Rougerie 80+6'
OC13 Johnny Ngauamo 55'
IC12 Nicolas Nadau
LW11 David Bory
FH10 Gérald Merceron
SH9 Alessandro Troncon
N88 Selborne Boome
OF7 Olivier Magne
BF6 Alexandre Audebert
RL5 Éric Lecomte (c)
LL4 David Barrier 67'
TP3 Alessio Galasso
HK2 Yves Pedrosa 72'
LP1 Abraham Tolofua 77'
Substitutions:
HK16 Marco Caputo 72'
PR17 Brendan Reidy 77'
FL18 Jan Macháček 67'
FL19 Christophe Dongieu
SH20 Kevin Dalzell
FH21 Éric Nicol 80+6'
FB22 Sébastien Viars 55'
Coach:
Christophe Mombet

Relegation play-off
25 MayPau-FC Grenoble33 – 21 o.t.
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