1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship
French Rugby Championship 1962–63 | |
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Countries | France |
Number of teams | 56 |
Champions | Mont-de-Marsan (1st title) |
Runners-up | Dax |
The 1962–63 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".
The Mont-de-Marsan won the Championship 1962-63 after beating l'Dax in the final. For the first time from 1934, the final opposes two teams of the same department (The Landes).
Context
[edit]The 1963 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France finished second.
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Agen that beat Brive par 11 - 0.
Qualification round
[edit]In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase
Pool 1[edit] |
Pool 2[edit] |
Pool 3[edit] |
Pool 4[edit] |
Pool 5[edit] |
Pool 6[edit] |
Pool 7[edit] |
"Last 32"
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Mont-de-Marsan | Vienne | 17-11 |
Biarritz | Brive | 8-3 |
Chalon | Agen | 12-3 |
Vichy | Bègles | 11-0 |
Lourdes | Mazamet | 14-6 |
Stadoceste | Paris Université Club | 8-0 |
Cahors | Castres | 25-6 |
SBUC | Toulose | 9-6 |
Dax | Aurillac | 21-3 |
Touloun | Racing | 21-14 |
Chambéry | Graulhet | 17-9 |
La Voulte | Lyon OU | 11-3 |
Grenoble | Lannemezan | 10-6 |
Tulle | Périgueux | 12-5 |
Béziers | Pau | 6-3 |
Auch | Montferrand | 12-6 |
Le SU Agen, champion sortant and winner du Challenge Yves du Manoir, was eliminateddès The "last 32" phases par Chalon.
"Last 16"
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Mont-de-Marsan | Biarritz | 14-6 |
Chalon | Vichy | 6-0 |
Lourdes | Stadoceste | 12-3 |
Cahors | SBUC | 3-0 |
Dax | Toulon | 8-3 |
Chambéry | La Voulte | 6-5 |
Grenoble | Tulle | 22-3 |
Béziers | Auch | 11-6 |
Quarter of finals
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Mont-de-Marsan | Chalon | 9-3 |
Lourdes | Cahors | 3-0 |
Dax | Chambéry | 6-5 |
Grenoble | Béziers | 9-3 |
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Mont-de-Marsan | Lourdes | 9-8 |
Dax | Grenoble | 5-0 |
Final
[edit]Teams | Mont-de-Marsan - Dax |
Score | 9-6 |
Date | 2 Juin 1963 |
Venue | Parc Municipal des Sports, Bordeaux |
Referee | Albert Capelle |
Line-up | |
Mont-de-Marsan | Pierre Cazals, Bernard Ces, Jean-Baptiste Amestoy, Paul Tignol, Guy Urbieta, Gilbert Hilcocq, Bernard Couralet, Fernand Martinez, Pierre Lestage, Alain Caillau, André Caillau, André Boniface, Guy Boniface, Christian Darrouy, Jacques Gourgues |
Dax | André Bérilhe, Léon Berho, Christian Lasserre, Jean-Claude Labadie, Marcel Cassiède, Bernard Dutin, Gaston Dubois, Claude Contis, Jean-Claude Lasserre, Pierre Albaladejo, Raymond Albaladejo, Jacques Bénédé, Henri Willems, Claude Darbos, Pierre Barbe |
Scorers | |
Mont-de-Marsan | 1 penalty A.Boniface, 2 drops A.Boniface and Lestage |
Dax | 1 try J.C.Lasserre, 1 drop P.Albaladejo |
Lestage score the decisive drop at minute 75th : It was the first and only victory of the "permet au Stade montois" and the third final lost by US Dax.