Elite One Championship 2021–2022

European rugby league competition

Elite One Championship 2021-22

League| Elite One Championship
Duration| 16 rounds + playoffs
Teams| 9
Broadcast partners|  ViàOccitanie
(Available Worldwide Online)
Sport en France
Club YouTube Channels
2021–22 season
Champions|  AS Carcassonne
2nd Elite One title
League leaders|  Limoux Grizzlies
Biggest home win|  Saint-Estève Catalan 64 - 4  Saint-Gaudens Bears (17 April 2022)
Biggest away win|  Saint-Estève Catalan 52 - 0  Saint-Gaudens Bears (23 January 2022)
Top point-scorer(s)|  Baptiste Fabre 166
Top try-scorer(s)|  Jordan Flovie 19

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The 2021–22 Elite One Championship will be the 87th season of France's domestic rugby league competition and the 21st season known as the Elite One championship. There will be nine teams in the league.[1] Each team will play 16 matches in the regular season. The top six teams will progress to a three-week final series played throughout May 2022.

AS Carcassonne won their second Elite One Championship and twelfth French Rugby League Championship after beating league leaders Limoux Grizzlies in the final 20-16 after finishing 2nd in the regular season.

## Teams[edit]

Elite One Championship

Team  | Stadium  | Location
Albi Tigers | Stadium Mazicou | Albi, Tarn
SO Avignon | Parc des Sports (Avignon) | Avignon, Vaucluse
AS Carcassonne | Stade Albert Domec | Carcassonne, Aude
FC Lézignan | Stade du Moulin | Lézignan-Corbières, Aude
Limoux Grizzlies | Stade de l'Aiguille | Limoux, Aude
Saint-Estève Catalan | Stade Municipal | Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Gaudens Bears | Stade Jules Ribet | Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
Toulouse Olympique Broncos | Stade des Minimes | Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
Villeneuve Leopards | Stade Max Rousie | Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

Albi

Avignon

Carcassonne

Limoux

Lézignan

Saint-Esteve XIII

Saint-Gaudens

Toulouse

Villeneuve XIII

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Location of teams in 2021-22 season

## Regular season[edit]

The regular season started on 17 October 2021 and ended on 24 April 2022. Each team was scheduled with every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 16 games for each team and a total of 72 games.

### Results[edit]

Clubs  | ALB  | AVI  | CAR  | LÉZ  | LIM  | STE  | STG  | TOU  | VIL

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Albi |  | 24-32  | 34-16  | 34-22  | 12-44  | 32-26  | 58-6  | 31–22  | 20-28
Avignon | 24-30  |  | 18-25  | 14-18  | 6-24  | 42-6  | 52-12  | 46-0  | 46-6
Carcassonne | 18-12  | 44-10  |  | 31-18  | 38-34  | 41-6  | 42-10  | 54-10  | 50-18
Lézignan | 34-24  | 28-27  | 30-16  |  | 14-24  | 24-22  | 72-16  | 22-16  | 28-18
Limoux | 34-14  | 38-6  | 24-18  | 10-12  |  | 37-24  | 56-0  | 56-0  | 44-0
Saint-Estève Catalan | 32-19  | 16-54  | 12–36  | 32-16  | 20-18  |  | 64-4  | 32-4  | 22-16
Saint-Gaudens | 10-40  | 22-24  | 10–40  | 16-48  | 10-60  | 0-52  |  | 22-20  | 12-32
Toulouse | 8-31  | 10-22  | 4-62  | 18-34  | 10-26  | 34-28  | 36-8  |  | 26–29
Villeneuve | 16-41  | 12-19  | 18–38  | 6-16  | 22-12  | 8-30  | 32-16  | 35-22  |

| Home Victory  |  | Draw  |  | Home Loss

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Source: [2]

### Ladder[edit]

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

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1  |  Limoux Grizzlies | 16  | 12  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 541  | 206  | 335  | 40  | Qualification for Semi-Finals
2  |  AS Carcassonne (C) | 16  | 13  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 577  | 262  | 315  | 40
3  |  FC Lézignan | 16  | 12  | 0  | 4  | 2  | 436  | 324  | 112  | 38  | Qualification for Qualifying-Finals
4  |  Albi Tigers | 16  | 9  | 0  | 7  | 4  | 456  | 372  | 84  | 31
5  |  Saint-Estève Catalan | 16  | 9  | 0  | 7  | 3  | 444  | 373  | 71  | 30
6  |  SO Avignon | 16  | 8  | 0  | 8  | 5  | 412  | 331  | 81  | 29
7  |  Villeneuve Leopards | 16  | 6  | 0  | 10  | 4  | 296  | 442  | −146  | 22  |
8  |  Toulouse Olympique Broncos | 16  | 2  | 0  | 14  | 5  | 240  | 538  | −298  | 11
9  |  Saint-Gaudens Bears | 16  | 1  | 0  | 15  | 1  | 164  | 718  | −554  | 2[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: https://www.ffr13.fr/competitions/elite1/
Notes:

1. ^ Saint-Gaudens Bears deducted 2 points for failing to fulfil the fixture against Carcasonne

* 3 points for a victory
* 1 point bonus for losing team if the margin is less than 12
* If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is point difference. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table. If still tied then head-to-head matches will be the tie-breaker.

## Finals Series[edit]

At the end of the regular season, the top six from the regular season advance to the knockout stage. First and second receive a bye for the first week of finals as third plays sixth (Qualifying Final 1) and fourth plays fifth (Qualifying Final 2), with the losers of both matches eliminated. First then plays the winner of Qualifying final 1 and second then plays the winner of Qualifying Final 2. The winners of these two matches play in Grand Final on 22 May at Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne.

### Bracket[edit]

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| Qualifying Finals| | | Semi-Finals| | | Final
| | Stade de l'Aiguille, Limoux|
| Stade Mazicou, Albi| 1|  Limoux| 36
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| 4|  Albi| 24| | | 5|  Saint-Estève Catalan| 4| | | Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne
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| 5|  Saint-Estève Catalan| 28(a.e.t)| | | | 1|  Limoux| 16
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| | Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne| | | 2|  Carcassonne| 20
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| Stade du Moulin, Lézignan| 2|  Carcassonne| 31|
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| 3|  Lézignan| 46| | | 3|  Lézignan| 18| | |
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| 6|  SO Avignon| 12| | | |
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### Grand Final[edit]

Sunday, 22 May, 2022
15:30

Limoux | 16 - 20  |  Carcassonne

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Tries:
Yann Belmaziz (8') 1
Zachary Santo (78') 1
Goals:
Patrick Templeman 4
(8', 14' pen, 52' pen, 78' )  | [3][4][5]
1st: 8 - 12
2nd: 8 - 8
| Tries:
1 (28') Maika Serulevu
1 (38') Alexis Escamilla
1 (44') Dane Francis
1 (64') Clément Soubeyras
Goals:
2 Clément Herrero
(28', 38')
Sin Bins:
(7') Mickael Simon

Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne
Attendance: 8,231
Referee:  Benjamin Casty

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Lae Tigers claim PNG Digicel Cup". Rugby League Review. 154: 30.
2. ^ "Elite 1 2021/2022 (France): Results". flashscore. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
3. ^ "Carcassonne XIII : les champions de France 2022 de retour à la maison". L'Independant. 22 May 2022.
4. ^ "Finale d'Elite 1 : Carcassonne est champion après avoir dominé Limoux". L'Independant. 22 May 2022.
5. ^ "Carcassonne champion!". French Rugby League Federation. 22 May 2022.

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