French rugby championship
French Rugby Championship 1966–67 Countries France Number of teams 56 Champions Montauban (1st title)Runners-up Bègles
The 1966–67 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools. The four first teams of each pool and the better four classified 5th were qualified for the "last 32".
The US Montauban won the Championship after beating Bègles in the final, for his only victory at the moment in its story.
Context
The "équipe de France "' won the 1967 Five Nations Championship with 3 victorys and only a lost match against Scotland .
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won en 1967 by Lourdes that beat Narbonne 9 - 3.
Qualification round
In bold the qualified to next round
Pool 1
Pool 2
Pool 3
Pool 4
Pool 5
Pool 6
Pool 7
"Last 32"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
"Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
The title-holder, Agen, was eliminated from "The Last 16" by Bègles.
Quarter of finals
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Semifinals
Final
Teams
Montauban - Bègles
Score
11-03
Date
28 May 1967
Venue
Parc Lescure , Bordeaux
Referee
Pierre Lebecq
Line-up
Montauban
Bernard Cardebat, Jean-Michel Cabanier , Louis Blanc, Gaston Carrie, Gérard David, Jacques Delcros, Arnaud Marquesuzaa , Francis Bourgade, Moïse Maurière, Jean Daynes, Jacques Londios , Jean-Pierre Malavelle, Jean-Claude Sahuc, André Piazza , Jean Sirac
Bègles
Antoine Savio, Christian Swierczinski , Max Semont, Gino Caron, Lucien Denjean, Daniel Dubois , Michel Boucherie, Michel Discazeaux, François Morlaes , Georges Soleil, Alain Besson, Jean Trillo , Alain Bergèse, Jacques Cazaban, Jacques Crampagne
Scorers
Montauban
3 tries Londios (2) and Bourgade (1), 1 conversion Bourgade
Bègles
1 try Swierczinski
External links
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