1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1979–80
Countries	France
Number of teams	Group A : 40 teams Group B : 40 teams
Champions	Béziers Group B : Chambery
Runners-up	Toulouse Group B : Angoulême
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The 1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Toulouse in the final.

The group B was won by Chambéry beating Angoulême in the final.

For the first time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but play a proper championship.

The group A, like the group B was divided in four pools of ten clubs.

The eight better of each pool were qualified for the knockout stages.

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered second the ranking.

Pool A Béziers Perpignan Graulhet Narbonne Grenoble Saint-Jean-de-Luz US Bressane Montchanin Thuir (Thuir) Racing	Pool B Toulon Pau RRC Nice Montferrand Carcassonne Auch Mazamet Avignon Saint-Saturnin Périgueux Montauban
Pool C Stade Bagnérais Tulle Bayonne Stadoceste Brive Biarritz Dax Boucau La Rochelle Limoges	Pool D Agen Lourdes Oloron Toulouse Bègles Romans Aurillac Valence Castres Bourgoin-Jallieu

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Valence	41-6
Narbonne	Carcassonne	9-6
RRC Nice	Mazamet	22-15
Oloron	Aurillac	6-9
Perpignan	US Bressane	22-9
Graulhet	Biarritz	14-7
Montferrand	Grenoble	10-3
Stade Bagnérais	Boucau	21-3
Tulle	Dax	15-6
Lourdes	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	28-3
Brive	Stadoceste	12-9
Pau	Auch	18-3
Agen	Montchanin	21-11
Toulouse	Bègles	17-7
Bayonne	Romans	18-11
Toulon	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	28-9

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Narbonne	21-10
RRC Nice	Aurillac	29-9
Perpignan	Graulhet	12-3
Montferrand	Stade Bagnérais	11-13
Tulle	Lourdes	15-9
Brive	Pau	15-6
Agen	Toulouse	4-9
Bayonne	Toulon	25-14

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	RRC Nice	19-15
Perpignan	Stade Bagnérais	30-15
Tulle	Brive	19-22
Toulouse	Bayonne	24-3

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Perpignan	16-6
Brive	Toulouse	9-22

Teams	Béziers - Toulouse
Score	10-6
Date	25 May 1980
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jacques Saint-Guilhem
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Alain Estève, Michel Palmié, Jean-Marc Cordier, Pierre Lacans, Yvan Buonomo, Philippe Morrisson, Patrick Fort, Henri Mioch, Claude Martinez, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni Replacements : Marc Andrieu, Philippe Cadenat, Michel Montsarrat
Toulose	Christian Breseghello, Patrick Bentaboulet, Serge Laïrle, Michel Coutin, Jean-Jacques Santos, Jean-Pierre Rives, Jean-Claude Skrela, Roger Viel, Gérald Martinez, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Guy Novès, Thierry Merlos, Marcel Salsé, Dominique Harize, Serge Gabernet Replacements : Hughes Comet, André Olhasque, Jérôme Rieu, Laurent Husson
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Buonomo and Fabre, 1 conversion Cantoni
Toulouse	2 penalties Martinez

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered second the ranking.

Pool E Avenir Aturin Stade Beaumontois Mauléon Mont de Marsan Orthez Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade) Stade foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande) US Tyrosse Lavelanet Saint-Girons	Pool F Angoulême Arras Cahors Marmande Mérignac Stade Niortais Paris Université La Teste Bergerac US Salles(Salles)
Pool G Albi Carmaux Castelnaudary Fumel Lombez Samatan Lannemezan Rodez (Rodez) US Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre) Gaillac Sarlat	Pool H Chambéry Stade Clermontois La Voulte Le Creusot Montélimar Millau Vienne Nîmes US La Seyne Vichy

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Angoulême	Lannemezan	46-0
Lombez Samatan	Montélimar	9-6
Marmande	Fumel	13-9
Carmaux	Stade Niortais	25-18
La Voulte	Orthez	19-6
Stade Clermontois	Rodez(Rodez)	10-6
Castelnaudary	La Teste	32-9
Nîmes	Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade)	30-6
US Tyrosse	Arras	26-10
Stade Beaumontois	Mérignac	15-16
Chambéry	Millau	34-0
Mauléon	Le Creusot	27-21
Albi	Vienne	35-3
Cahors	Avenir Aturin	36-16 (aot)[1]
Mont de Marsan	Stade foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande)	47-0
Paris Université	Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre)	23-17

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Albi	Cahors	35-12
Nîmes	Castelnaudary	21-12
Stade Beaumontois	US Tyrosse	15-6
Mont de Marsan	Paris Université	16-7
La Voulte	Stade Clermontois	36-0
Chambéry	Mauléon	23-7
Carmaux	Marmande	12-9
Angoulême	Lombez Samatan	21-9

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Angoulême	Carmaux	48-6
Nîmes	La Voulte	15-4
Albi	Mont de Marsan	23-18
Chambéry	Stade Beaumontois	21-12

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Angoulême	Nîmes	30-7
Chambéry	Albi	21-18

Teams	Chambéry – Angoulême
Score	21-9
Date	18 May 1980
Venue	Clermont-Ferrand

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