1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1961-62
Countries	France
Champions	Agen (3rd title)
Runners-up	Béziers
← 1960-1961 1962-1963 →

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

Auch
Béziers
SBUC
Carmaux
Limoges
Lyon OU
Marmande
Perpignan

Pool 2

Angoulême
Bayonne
Bergerac
Cognac
Dax
Paris Université Club
Toulouse Olympique EC
Touloun

Pool 3

Chalon
Chambéry
Dijon
Graulhet
Grenoble
Montauban
Montferrand
Romans

Pool 4

Pool 5

Brive
Le Creusot
Lourdes
Foix
Tulle
La Voulte
Port-Vendres
Racing

Pool 6

Vichy
Hendaye
Saint-Girons
Pau
Agen
Saint-Sever
Lannemezan
Vienne

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Pool 7

La Rochelle
Tyrosse
Mazamet
Biarritz
Périgueux
Castres
AS Saint-Junien
Saint-Claude

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Vienne	14-3
Mazamet	Stadoceste	12-0
Pau	Aurillac	11-5
Racing	Chambéry	5-3
Dax	Perpignan	8-0
Lannemezan	Castres	3-0
La Rochelle	La Voulte	3-3
Toulon	Cognac	6-0
Béziers	Tyrosse	8-0
Brive	Grenoble	9-3
Cahors	Bayonne	13-9
Biarritz	Montauban	5-3
Lourdes	Angoulême	13-3
SBUC	Auch	3-0
Tulle	Mont-de-Marsan	6-6
Graulhet	Vichy	6-3

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Mazamet	11-3
Pau	Racing	8-3
Dax	Lannemezan	9-3
La Rochelle	Toulon	3-0
Béziers	Brive	15-9
Cahors	Biarritz	9-0
Lourdes	SBUC	16-3
Tulle	Graulhet	6-0

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Pau	11-3
Dax	La Rochelle	6-3
Béziers	Cahors	3-0
Lourdes	Tulle	12-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lourdes	6-3
Agen	Dax	8-8 (a.o.t.)

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

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1962 lnr.fr

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