2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship

Countries|  France
Champions| Toulouse (16th title)
Runners-up| Montferrand
Relegated| Auch, Aurillac, Brive, Mont-de-Marsan, Périgueux e Grenoble

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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.

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

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### Pool 1

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Home \ Away  | AGE | BEZ | BOR | BOU | CAS | MON | PAU | PRG | PRP | STF

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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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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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[a] | 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: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ Bourdeaux-Begles classified 7th for better score in the direct matches with Pau

### Pool 2

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Home \ Away  | AUC | AUR | BIA | BRI | COL | DAX | GRE | ROC | MON | NAR | TOU

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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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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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[a] | 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[b] | 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: [citation needed]
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

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| QUARTERS OF FINAL

25 May | Castres | - | Colomiers | 37–26 |
25 May | Toulouse | - | Perpignan | 20–15 |
25 May | Stade Français | - | Biarritz | 19–35 |
25 May | Montferrand | - | Agen | 33–21 |

## Semifinals

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| SEMIFINALS

2 jun. | Castres | - | Toulouse | 21–32 | Stadium, Toulouse
2 jun. | Biarritz | - | Montferrand | 9–16 | Stade Gerland, Lyon

## Final

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9 June 2001

Toulouse| 34 – 22| Montferrand

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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

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FB | 15 |  Nicolas Jeanjean
RW | 14 |  Xavier Garbajosa
OC | 13 |  Cédric Desbrosse |  76'
IC | 12 |  Clément Poitrenaud |  80'
LW | 11 |  Michel Marfaing
FH | 10 |  Yann Delaigue
SH | 9 |  Frédéric Michalak
N8 | 8 |  Fabien Pelous (c)
OF | 7 |  Christian Labit |  76'
BF | 6 |  Jean Bouilhou
RL | 5 |  David Gérard |  73'
LL | 4 |  Hugues Miorin |  61'
TP | 3 |  Franck Tournaire
HK | 2 |  Yannick Bru
LP | 1 |  Christian Califano |  58'
Substitutions:
PR | 16 |  Cédric Soulette |  58'
LK | 17 |  Franck Belot |  73'
FL | 18 |  Didier Lacroix |  76'
N8 | 19 |  Sylvain Dispagne |  61'
SH | 20 |  Jérôme Cazalbou
FH | 21 |  Alain Penaud |  80'
FB | 22 |  Stéphane Ougier |  76'
Coach:
Guy Novès
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FB | 15 |  Jimmy Marlu
RW | 14 |  Aurélien Rougerie |  80+6'
OC | 13 |  Johnny Ngauamo |  55'
IC | 12 |  Nicolas Nadau
LW | 11 |  David Bory
FH | 10 |  Gérald Merceron
SH | 9 |  Alessandro Troncon
N8 | 8 |  Selborne Boome |
OF | 7 |  Olivier Magne
BF | 6 |  Alexandre Audebert
RL | 5 |  Éric Lecomte (c)
LL | 4 |  David Barrier |  67'
TP | 3 |  Alessio Galasso |
HK | 2 |  Yves Pedrosa |  72'
LP | 1 |  Abraham Tolofua |  77'
Substitutions:
HK | 16 |  Marco Caputo |  72'
PR | 17 |  Brendan Reidy |  77'
FL | 18 |  Jan Macháček |  67'
FL | 19 |  Christophe Dongieu
SH | 20 |  Kevin Dalzell
FH | 21 |  Éric Nicol |  80+6'
FB | 22 |  Sébastien Viars |  55'
Coach:
Christophe Mombet

## Relegation play-off

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| 25 May | Pau | - | FC Grenoble | 33 – 21 o.t. |

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