2009–10 Fédérale 1 season

The 2009–10 Fédérale 1 is the third level (behind the Top 14 and the Pro D2) and highest amateur level French rugby union competition, for the 2009–10 season. It is operated by the FFR.

At the end of the previous season, champions Lannemezan and runners-up Aix-en-Provence were promoted to Rugby Pro D2 and were replaced by Bourg-en-Bresse and Béziers.

Competition format

48 teams are grouped into six regional pools of eight teams. After everyone has played each other home and away once, the top four teams in each pool are placed in six new pools of four clubs, where they face teams from the other pools.

After another round of home and away fixtures, the four group winners with the most points proceed to the quarter-finals, where they play the winners of the play-off round between the remaining two group winners and the six group runners-up. The winners of the two-leg quarter-finals meet in the similarly bipedal semis. The finalists then meet at a neutral venue to determine the winner of the Jean Prat Trophy, although both clubs are already promoted to Pro D2.

At the other end, the bottom four clubs in each group are placed in their own six new pools of four, and also play the other three teams home and away in the playdowns. This time however, the teams keep the points they earned from the first phase. After six matches, the bottom two in each pool are relegated to Fédérale 2, while the 12 group winners and runners-up enter a knockout competition to determine the 55th Best Team in France.[1][2]

Preliminary phase

Key to colors
     Qualified for the Trophée Jean Prat
     Qualified for the playdowns

Pool 1

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Limoges 14 12 0 2 330 217 +113 4 52
2 Saint-Nazaire 14 9 1 4 280 220 +60 4 42
3 Vannes 14 7 1 6 231 190 +41 6 36
4 Bobigny 14 7 1 6 199 190 +9 4 34
5 Orléans 14 5 2 7 183 165 +18 7 31
6 Niort 14 6 0 8 242 237 +5 6 30
7 Saint-Médard-en-Jalles 14 6 0 8 206 241 −35 3 27
8 Poitiers 14 1 1 12 106 317 −211 4 8

Pool 2

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Chalon-sur-Saône 14 11 0 3 393 148 +245 8 52
2 Bourg-en-Bresse 14 10 1 3 350 158 +192 8 50
3 Massy 14 9 0 5 287 249 +38 5 41
4 Montluçon 14 7 2 5 314 220 +94 4 36
5 Dijon 14 6 2 6 237 270 −33 3 31
6 Lille 14 5 1 8 219 227 −8 6 28
7 Tours 14 5 0 9 200 275 −75 5 25
8 Épernay 14 0 0 14 135 589 −454 2 2

Pool 3

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Béziers 14 11 0 3 396 168 +228 8 52
2 Nice 14 10 0 4 345 195 +150 8 48
3 Châteaurenard 14 9 0 5 270 276 −6 1 37
4 Saint-Étienne 14 8 0 6 272 265 +7 3 35
5 Romans 14 7 0 7 263 249 14 4 32
6 Tournefeuille 14 4 1 9 231 304 −73 5 23
7 Monteux 14 4 1 9 183 312 −129 2 20
8 Bédarrides 14 2 0 12 222 413 −191 3 11

Pool 4

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Carcassonne 14 12 0 2 408 244 +164 6 54
2 Marseille-Vitrolles 14 9 0 5 399 229 +170 8 44
3 Castanet-Tolosan 14 9 0 5 313 238 +75 4 40
4 Aubenas 14 8 0 6 300 259 +41 4 36
5 La Seyne 14 7 0 7 324 301 +23 6 34
6 Chambéry 14 4 1 9 189 337 −148 3 21
7 Mazamet 14 3 2 9 194 303 −109 3 19
8 Montmélian 14 2 1 11 239 455 −216 2 12

Pool 5

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Marmande Casteljaloux 14 10 0 4 289 203 +86 6 46
2 Valence-d'Agen 14 10 0 4 336 184 +152 7 45
3 Lavaur 14 7 2 5 196 204 −8 3 35
4 Cahors 14 6 0 8 238 247 −9 7 31
5 Orthez 14 6 1 7 224 276 −52 4 30
6 Saint-Jean-de-Luz 14 5 2 7 214 215 −1 6 30
7 Morlaàs 14 5 0 9 191 273 −82 4 24
8 Mauléon 14 4 1 9 179 265 −86 4 22

Pool 6

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Tyrosse 14 13 0 1 356 164 +192 3 55
2 Périgueux 14 9 0 5 304 184 +120 6 42
3 Langon 14 7 0 7 256 236 +20 6 34
4 Graulhet 14 7 0 7 238 237 +1 6 34
5 Oloron-Sainte-Marie 14 7 0 7 237 259 −22 4 32
6 Le Bugue 14 5 0 9 235 247 −12 8 28
7 Lourdes 14 6 0 8 176 241 −65 3 27
8 Vallée du Girou 14 2 0 12 144 378 −234 4 12

Trophée Jean-Prat

Key to colors
     Qualified for the knockout stage

Pool 1

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Bourg-en-Bresse 6 6 0 0 138 54 +84 2 26
2 Limoges 6 4 0 2 169 88 +81 4 20
3 Châteaurenard 6 1 0 5 118 131 −13 3 7
4 Aubenas 6 1 0 5 89 241 −152 0 4

Pool 2

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Chalon-sur-Saône 6 6 0 0 197 109 +88 4 28
2 Nice 6 4 0 2 159 135 +24 1 17
3 Castanet-Tolosan 6 2 0 4 132 136 −4 2 10
4 Cahors 6 0 0 6 88 196 −108 1 1

Pool 3

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Béziers 6 6 0 0 163 94 +69 2 26
2 Graulhet 6 3 0 3 118 106 +12 3 15
3 Marseille-Vitrolles 6 3 0 3 146 131 +15 3 15
4 Lavaur 6 0 0 6 98 194 −96 3 3

Pool 4

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Carcassonne 6 6 0 0 199 105 +94 3 27
2 Langon 6 2 0 4 96 149 −53 3 11
3 Valence-d'Agen 6 2 0 4 136 138 −2 3 11
4 Bobigny 6 2 0 4 122 161 −39 2 10

Pool 5

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Périgueux 6 5 0 1 119 65 +54 3 23
2 Montluçon 6 2 1 3 109 86 +23 4 14
3 Vannes 6 3 0 3 81 106 −25 1 13
4 Marmande Casteljaloux 6 1 1 4 88 140 −52 1 7

Pool 6

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Tyrosse 6 6 0 0 158 60 +98 3 27
2 Saint-Étienne 6 4 0 2 149 119 +30 1 17
3 Massy 6 1 0 5 101 160 −59 2 6
4 Saint-Nazaire 6 1 0 5 69 138 −69 1 5

Knockout stage

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Saint-Étienne 12 24 36
Nice 18 Chalon-sur-Saône 3 20 23
Saint-Étienne 19 Saint-Étienne 23 19 42
Bourg-en-Bresse 22 16 38
Béziers 12 23 35
Langon 12 Bourg-en-Bresse 20 20 40
Béziers 26 Saint-Étienne 3
Carcassonne 16
Limoges 20 9 29
Graulhet 9 Tyrosse 17 25 42
Limoges 11 Tyrosse 15 12 27
Carcassonne 24 24 48
Périgueux 23 6 29
Montluçon 7 Carcassonne 12 34 46
Périgueux 24

Playdowns

Key to colors
     Qualified for the knockout stage
     Relegated to Fédérale 2

Pool 1

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Orléans 20 10 2 8 305 257 +48 8 52
2 Lille 20 9 1 10 359 289 +70 10 48
3 Monteux 20 6 1 13 159 343 −184 3 29
4 Montmélian 20 3 1 16 315 584 −269 4 16

Pool 2

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Dijon 20 10 2 8 367 361 +6 6 50
2 Tournefeuille 20 7 1 12 347 418 −71 8 38
3 Mauléon 20 7 1 12 281 379 −98 6 36
4 Mazamet 20 5 2 13 294 432 −138 5 29

Pool 3

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Romans 20 11 0 9 428 357 +71 6 50
2 Morlaàs 20 9 1 10 317 377 −60 5 43
3 Chambéry 20 6 1 13 292 445 −153 6 32
4 Vallée du Girou 20 3 1 16 227 535 −308 4 18

Pool 4

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 La Seyne 20 11 0 9 435 376 +59 7 51
2 Lourdes 20 11 0 9 290 331 −41 3 47
3 Saint-Jean-de-Luz 20 8 2 10 362 287 +75 10 46
4 Poitiers 20 1 1 18 150 497 −347 5 7

Pool 5

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Le Bugue 20 9 0 11 409 336 +73 13 49
2 Orthez 20 10 1 9 355 395 −40 7 49
3 Saint-Médard-en-Jalles 20 10 0 10 355 358 −3 7 48
4 Épernay 20 0 0 20 214 805 −591 2 2

Pool 6

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts
1 Oloron-Sainte-Marie 20 10 1 9 417 352 +65 8 50
2 Niort 20 10 0 10 362 338 +24 7 47
3 Tours 20 9 1 10 322 362 −40 7 45
4 Bédarrides 20 2 0 18 299 632 −333 5 13

Knockout stage

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Lille 24 22 46
Lille 34 Orléans 26 27 53
Lourdes 14 Orléans 22 33 55
Oloron-Sainte-Marie 17 27 44
Oloron-Sainte-Marie 24 19 43
Tournefeuille 14 Romans 16 24 40
Oloron-Sainte-Marie 28 Orléans 15
La Seyne 22
Niort 16 16 32
Niort 20 La Seyne 15 50 65
Orthez 5 La Seyne 12 22 34
Dijon 6 12 18
Le Bugue 29 5 34
Morlaàs 18 Dijon 19 46 65
Le Bugue 23

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Focus on Fédérale 1". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  2. ^ "Le championnat de France de 1re division fédérale" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.