1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

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

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.

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

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
width=150	Béziers	width=120		16-6
	Toulouse	9-22

Teams	Béziers - Toulouse
Score	10-6
Date	25 May 1980
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jacques Saint-Guilhem
Line-up
Béziers	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	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	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	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

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

Team 1	Team 2	Results
width=150	Angoulême	width=120	46-0
Lombez Samatan		9-6
Marmande		13-9
Carmaux		25-18
La Voulte		19-6
Stade Clermontois	Rodez(Rodez)	10-6
Castelnaudary		32-9
Nîmes	Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade)	30-6
US Tyrosse		26-10
Stade Beaumontois		15-16
Chambéry		34-0
Mauléon		27-21
Albi		35-3
Cahors		36-16 (aot)^[1]
Mont de Marsan	Stade foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande)	47-0
Paris Université	Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre)	23-17

Team 1	Team 2	Results
width=150	Angoulême	width=120px		30-7
width=120	Chambéry	width=120		21-18

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