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
1Limoges141202330217+113452
2Saint-Nazaire14914280220+60442
3Vannes14716231190+41636
4Bobigny14716199190+9434
5Orléans14527183165+18731
6Niort14608242237+5630
7Saint-Médard-en-Jalles14608206241−35327
8Poitiers141112106317−21148

Pool 2

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Chalon-sur-Saône141103393148+245852
2Bourg-en-Bresse141013350158+192850
3Massy14905287249+38541
4Montluçon14725314220+94436
5Dijon14626237270−33331
6Lille14518219227−8628
7Tours14509200275−75525
8Épernay140014135589−45422

Pool 3

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Béziers141103396168+228852
2Nice141004345195+150848
3Châteaurenard14905270276−6137
4Saint-Étienne14806272265+7335
5Romans1470726324914432
6Tournefeuille14419231304−73523
7Monteux14419183312−129220
8Bédarrides142012222413−191311

Pool 4

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Carcassonne141202408244+164654
2Marseille-Vitrolles14905399229+170844
3Castanet-Tolosan14905313238+75440
4Aubenas14806300259+41436
5La Seyne14707324301+23634
6Chambéry14419189337−148321
7Mazamet14329194303−109319
8Montmélian142111239455−216212

Pool 5

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Marmande Casteljaloux141004289203+86646
2Valence-d'Agen141004336184+152745
3Lavaur14725196204−8335
4Cahors14608238247−9731
5Orthez14617224276−52430
6Saint-Jean-de-Luz14527214215−1630
7Morlaàs14509191273−82424
8Mauléon14419179265−86422

Pool 6

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Tyrosse141301356164+192355
2Périgueux14905304184+120642
3Langon14707256236+20634
4Graulhet14707238237+1634
5Oloron-Sainte-Marie14707237259−22432
6Le Bugue14509235247−12828
7Lourdes14608176241−65327
8Vallée du Girou142012144378−234412

Trophée Jean-Prat

Key to colors
     Qualified for the knockout stage

Pool 1

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Bourg-en-Bresse660013854+84226
2Limoges640216988+81420
3Châteaurenard6105118131−1337
4Aubenas610589241−15204

Pool 2

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Chalon-sur-Saône6600197109+88428
2Nice6402159135+24117
3Castanet-Tolosan6204132136−4210
4Cahors600688196−10811

Pool 3

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Béziers660016394+69226
2Graulhet6303118106+12315
3Marseille-Vitrolles6303146131+15315
4Lavaur600698194−9633

Pool 4

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Carcassonne6600199105+94327
2Langon620496149−53311
3Valence-d'Agen6204136138−2311
4Bobigny6204122161−39210

Pool 5

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Périgueux650111965+54323
2Montluçon621310986+23414
3Vannes630381106−25113
4Marmande Casteljaloux611488140−5217

Pool 6

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Tyrosse660015860+98327
2Saint-Étienne6402149119+30117
3Massy6105101160−5926
4Saint-Nazaire610569138−6915

Knockout stage

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

Playdowns

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

Pool 1

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Orléans201028305257+48852
2Lille209110359289+701048
3Monteux206113159343−184329
4Montmélian203116315584−269416

Pool 2

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Dijon201028367361+6650
2Tournefeuille207112347418−71838
3Mauléon207112281379−98636
4Mazamet205213294432−138529

Pool 3

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Romans201109428357+71650
2Morlaàs209110317377−60543
3Chambéry206113292445−153632
4Vallée du Girou203116227535−308418

Pool 4

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1La Seyne201109435376+59751
2Lourdes201109290331−41347
3Saint-Jean-de-Luz208210362287+751046
4Poitiers201118150497−34757

Pool 5

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Le Bugue209011409336+731349
2Orthez201019355395−40749
3Saint-Médard-en-Jalles2010010355358−3748
4Épernay200020214805−59122

Pool 6

# Team Pld W D L PF PA +/ BP Pts
1Oloron-Sainte-Marie201019417352+65850
2Niort2010010362338+24747
3Tours209110322362−40745
4Bédarrides202018299632−333513

Knockout stage

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

Notes and references

  1. "Focus on Fédérale 1". 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.
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