1993–94 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1993–94
French Rugby Championship 1993–94
Countries	France
Number of teams	32 teams
Champions	Toulouse
Runners-up	Montferrand
Relegated	Mont de Marsan, Lourdes,; Beziers, LOU
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 32 clubs divided into four pools. At the end of the first phase, the teams placed in the first four places of each pool were admitted to the "Top 16" arranged with four pools of four teams. The first two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals.

The four clubs of Périgueux, Dijon, Lyon OU and Lourdes, the newcomer, coming from "Group B" 1992-93.

Toulouse won its 11th title, beating Montferrand in the final. Toulouse became, with Béziers, the winner of the most titles.^[1] Montferrand lost another final. At the end of the season Mon de Marsan, Lourdes, Béziers and Lyon OU were relegated.

Participants

Teams listed as in the final ranking. Teams in bold qualified to the next round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Top 16

Team listed as in the final ranking. Teams in bold qualified to next round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Final stages

Quarter-finals

May 1994	Dax	18 - 9	Bourgoin

4 May 1994	Montferrand	15 – 8^[2]	Toulon	Lyon
	Pen: Pradier 4' 7' 17' 38' 78'		Pen: Loppy 57'	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Barrabes

15 May 1994	Toulouse	26 – 12^[3]	Narbonne	Stade Maurice Trélut, Tarbes
	Try: Cazalbou 51', Ougier 58' O. Carbonneau 79' Con: Deylaud Pen: Deylaud 22', Ntamack 11' 30'		Pen: Marfaing 13' 25' 33' 53'	Attendance: 3.710 Referee: M. Thomas

May1994	Grenoble	15 - 11	Agen

Semifinals

21 May 1994	Montferrand	22 – 15^[4]	Grenoble	Nimes
	Try: Saint-André 57' Con: Pradier 57' Pen: Pradier 5 (1', 12', 18', 22', 72' )		Pen: Savy 3 (7' 9' 31'), Vélo (35') Drop: Goirand (16')	Attendance: 15.000 Referee: M. Casteret

21 May 1994	Toulouse	30 – 25^[5]	Dax	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Try: Portolan (15') et Berty 2 (47' e 52') Con: Deylaud 3 (15' 47' 52') Pen: Deylaud (6') Drop: Deylaud 2 (72' 74')		Try: Roumat (78') Con: Lacroix (78') Pen: Lacroix 5 (24' 40' 59' 63' 68') Drop: Lacroix (45')	Attendance: 9.317 Referee: Didier Mené

Final

28 May 1994

Toulouse	22 – 16	Montferrand
Try: Cazalbou (63') Con: Deylaud (63') Pen: Deylaud (3) (38', 52', 77') Drop: Deylaud (2) (40', 66')		Try: Juillet (60') Con: Pradier (60') Pen: Pradier (3) (6', 26', 34')

Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Marc Desclaux


FB	15	Joël Dupuy
RW	14	Émile Ntamack
OC	13	Philippe Carbonneau	79'
IC	12	Olivier Carbonneau	64'
LW	11	David Berty
FH	10	Christophe Deylaud
SH	9	Jérôme Cazalbou
N8	8	Albert Cigagna (c)
OF	7	Régis Sonnes
BF	6	Jean-Luc Cester
RL	5	Franck Belot
LL	4	Hugues Miorin
TP	3	Claude Portolan
HK	2	Patrick Soula	77'
LP	1	Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK	16	Christophe Guiter	77'
PR	17	Patrick Diniz
LK	18	Jean Joanny
FL	19	Didier Lacroix
CE	20	Thomas Castaignède	64'
FB	21	Ugo Mola	79'
Coach:
Guy Novès


FB	15	Gilles Darlet
RW	14	Raphaël Saint-André
OC	13	Fabrice Ribeyrolles
IC	12	Philippe Saint-André
LW	11	Fabien Bertrank
FH	10	Éric Nicol
SH	9	Marc Pradier
N8	8	Christophe Juillet
OF	7	Jean-Marc Lhermet (c)
BF	6	Arnaud Costes
RL	5	Jean-Philippe Versailles
LL	4	Éric Lecomte
TP	3	Christophe Duchêne
HK	2	Philippe Marocco
LP	1	Emmanuel Menieu
Substitutions:
HK	16	Olivier Mallaret
LK	17	Raphaël Chamelot
FL	18	Ghislain Couchard
SH	19	Patrick Ladouce
FH	20	Laurent Romeu
WG	21	Gaëtan Héry
Coach:
Patrick Boucheix

Notes

^ Escot, Richard; Rivière, Jacques (2010). Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13th ed.). Calmann-Lévy. p. 271. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2.
^ "Montferrand 15-8 Toulon". www.cybervulcans.net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
^ "Championnat 93-94 Quart de finale Toulouse-Narbonne". www.stadetoulousain.fr. Toulouse. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
^ "Montferrand 22-15 Grenoble". www.cybervulcans.net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
^ "Championnat 93-94 Demi-finale Dax-Toulouse". www.stadetoulousain.fr. Toulouse. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

Bibliografia

Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13 ed.). Calmann-Lévy. 17 November 2010. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2. siècle.

External links

Compte rendu de la finale 1994 sur www.lnr.fr

[Escot-1] Escot, Richard; Rivière, Jacques (2010). Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13th ed.). Calmann-Lévy. p. 271. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2.

[2] "Montferrand 15-8 Toulon". www.cybervulcans.net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[3] "Championnat 93-94 Quart de finale Toulouse-Narbonne". www.stadetoulousain.fr. Toulouse. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[4] "Montferrand 22-15 Grenoble". www.cybervulcans.net. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[5] "Championnat 93-94 Demi-finale Dax-Toulouse". www.stadetoulousain.fr. Toulouse. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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