1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Toulouse in the final.

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
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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

Formula

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.

Group A

Qualification round

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

"Last 32"

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

"Last 16"

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

Quarter of finals

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

Semifinals

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

Final

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

Group B

Qualification round

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

"Last 32"

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

"Last 16"

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

Quarter of finals

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

Semifinals

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

Final

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

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External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1980 lnr.fr