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French Rugby League Championship

Rugby league tournament

Summary

Rugby league tournament

Field	Value
logo	Ffr13 copy.png
pixels	200x244px
sport	Rugby league
founded	1934
folded	2002
replaced	Elite 1 and Elite 2
teams	20
country
most_champs	XIII Catalan (11 titles)

The French rugby league championship () 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.

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

Season		Winners		Score		Runner-up		Venue		Attendance
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–44: Rugby league outlawed by Vichy regime
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81 Villeneuve v Catalan abandoned after six minutes due to fighting; no championship awarded.
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–93
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
From the 2002–03 season, the French Rugby League Championship split into two divisions: Elite One Championship and Elite Two Championship.

Champions by club

Club	Wins	Runners
up	Winning years
1	XIII Catalan	11	7
2	AS Carcassonne	10	10
3	Villeneuve Leopards	8	10
4	AS Saint Estève	6	7
5	RC Albi	5	1
6	Toulouse Olympique	4	4
7	RC Roanne XIII	4	1
8	St Gaudens	3	7
9	Lézignan Sangliers	3	2
10	Le Pontet XIII	2	3
11=	Bordeaux XIII	2	1
11=	Lyon Villeurbanne XIII	2	1
13	Marseille XIII	1	4
14	Pia XIII	1	1
15	Limoux Grizzlies	1	0
16=	SO Avignon	0	1
16=	Union Treiziste Catalane	0	1

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.

References

"Championnat Elite 1".
"Championnat Elite 2".
(20 May 2001). "Villeneuve: le titre leur va si bien".

Wikipedia Source

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