French Rugby Championship 1961–62 Countries France Number of teams 56 Champions Agen (3rd title)Runners-up Béziers
The 1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.
The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".
Le Agen won the Championship 1961-62 after beating the Béziers in the final.
Context
The 1962 Five Nations Championship was won by France .
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat Pau par 14 - 9.
Qualification round
In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase
Pool 1
Pool 2
Pool 3
Pool 4
Pool 5
Pool 6
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Pool 7
"Last 32"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
"Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Quarter of finals
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Semifinals
The two finalistes de 1960-61 were qualified for the semifinals, Béziers won the match for number of tries scored.
Final
Teams
Agen - Béziers
Score
14-11
Date
27 May 1962
Venue
Stadium Municipal , Toulouse
Referee
Raymond Gombeaud
Line-up
Agen
Jean-Pierre Clar, Jean-Claude Malbet , Guy Miquel, Christian Matkowski, Georges Cavailles, Michel Sitjar , Louis Echave , Francesco Zani , Pierre Lacroix , Jean-Claude Hiquet, Serge Méricq , Claude Salesse, Henri Garcia, Michel Arino, Jean-Pierre Razat
Béziers
Jean Arnal, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Claude Vidal, André Gayraud, François Rondi, Roger Gensane , Jean Salas, Pierre Danos , Roger Bousquet, Gilbet Folch, Michel Bernatas, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Paul Dedieu
Scorers
Agen
3 tries Méricq (2) and Matkowski (1), 1 conversion and 1 penalty Sitjar
Béziers
1 try Rondi, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Dedieu
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