2002–03 Top 16 season

The 2002-03 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2002-03.The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament.

2002–03 Top 16 season
Countries France
ChampionsStade Français (11th title)
Runners-upSU Agen
RelegatedStade Montois and Bouderux-Begles

First round

(3 point for victories, 2 point for drawn, 1 point for losses)

Pool A

Clubs BIA BOR BOU CAS GRE MTB MFR STF
Biarritz 41-13 30-16 34-27 30-27 30-12 24-16 22-5
Bordeaux-Bègles 15-22 36-21 30-20 26-10 31-10 20-20 15-6
Bourgoin 39-13 31-26 26-26 21-15 19-6 37-10 38-28
Castres 18-39 24-21 27-22 47-19 15-15 24-21 15-34
Grenoble 22-14 40-0 17-5 36-28 38-9 21-22 3-9
Montauban 25-13 22-15 15-16 18-17 16-27 24-17 22-22
Montferrand 16-20 20-6 21-11 22-0 14-17 55-7 22-12
Stade Français 22-15 30-19 20-12 35-15 25-13 43-27 15-3


Home victory Tie Home loss
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Biarritz1410043472737434
2Stade Français149143062416533
3Bourgoin147163142902429
4Grenoble147073052663928
5Montferrand146172792384127
6Bourdeaux-Begles14518273317-4425
7Castres14428303372-6924
8Montauban14428228358-13024

Pool B

Clubs AGE BEZ COL MDM NAR PAU PER TOU
Agen 35-12 19-12 34-8 30-6 58-13 18-6 27-19
Béziers 26-30 32-9 29-7 31-24 15-15 9-34 15-18
Colomiers 9-35 23-16 33-28 29-12 12-6 14-9 18-38
Mont-de-Marsan 6-16 32-20 32-24 15-15 17-25 22-23 6-42
Narbonne 22-10 32-26 34-7 26-5 28-22 18-13 16-31
Pau 16-18 31-25 40-28 34-13 40-25 17-6 20-20
USA Perpignan 16-23 22-6 32-3 50-6 39-0 24-12 32-17
Tolouse 27-6 39-19 12-6 36-11 32-24 28-16 43-20
Home Victory Tie Home loss


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Agen14120235919816138
2Toulouse14111240223616637
3Perpignan1480632620811830
4Pau14626307317-1028
5Narbonne14617282330-4827
6Colomiers14509227345-11824
7Béziers143110281351-7021
8Mont-de-Marsan142111208407-19919

Poul Relegation

The teams sum to the point obtained in the first round, the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group (hone and away).

Clubs BEZ BOR CAS COL MDM MTB MFR NAR
Béziers 27-12 26-22 36-24 20-24
Bègles-Bordeaux 40-48 44-19 24-12 42-10
Castres 29-13 44-25 54-20 42-34
Colomiers 22-18 39-20 32-21 15-15
Mont-de-Marsan 26-25 28-16 16-11 33-33
Montauban 27-13 28-18 47-26 25-18
Montferrand 45-7 38-7 33-24 22-25
Narbonne 41-38 22-15 27-29 35-32


Home Victory Tie Home loss
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Montferrand22103952140411745
2Narbonne2210111494575-8143
3Montauban229211440544-10442
4Castres228212545579-3440
5Begles-Bordeaux228113518528-1039
6Colomiers228113404573-16939
7Béziers227114471574-10337
8Mont-de-Marsan225215393650-25734

Bourdeaux-Begles was relegated o the Pro D2 for 2003-04 by DNACG (nationale d'aide et de contrôle de gestion federal commission for finance control of the professional clubs due to financial irregularities.

Bordeaux was one of the four teams that always played in the first division of French championship after the First World War, with Tolouse, Agen and Montferrand. So Béziers was saved to relegation.

Top 8

Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup

Poule A
15 mar.Grenoble-Stade Français7 - 28
15 mar.Agen-Perpignan18 - 12
4 apr.Perpignan-Grenoble38 - 14
5 apr.Stade Français-Agen28 - 16
18 apr.Perpignan-Stade Français12 - 13
19 apr.Agen-Grenoble25 - 16
3 mayGrenoble-Agen28 - 31
3 mayStade Français-Perpignan24 - 19
10 mayStade Français-Grenoble53 - 27
10 mayPerpignan-Agen26 - 22
17 mayAgen-Stade Français30 - 11
17 mayGrenoble-Perpignan35 - 12


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Stade Français65011671115616
2Agen64021421212114
3Perpignan6204119136-1710
4Grenoble6105127187-608
Poule B
15 mar.Biarritz-Toulouse22 - 15
15 mar.Bourgoin-Pau49 - 23
4 apr.Toulouse-Bourgoin37 - 19
5 apr.Pau-Biarritz30 - 39
18 apr.Pau-Toulouse33 - 55
19 apr.Bourgoin-Biarritz14 - 6
3 mayBiarritz-Bourgoin39 - 16
3 mayToulouse-Pau58 - 23
10 mayToulouse-Biarritz34 - 20
10 mayPau-Bourgoin15 - 15
17 mayBourgoin-Toulouse82 - 19
17 mayBiarritz-Pau31 - 23


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Toulouse64022181991914
2Biarritz64021571322514
3Bourgoin63031951415412
4Pau6105149247-988

Semifinals

31 may 2003
Toulouse 22 - 16 Agen
Try: Y.Jauzion
Con: Y. Delaigue
Pen: Y. Delaigue 5
Try: C. Stoltz
Con: Gelez
Pen: Gelez 3


Final

7 June 2003
Stade Français 32 - 18 Toulouse
Try: Galthié, Corleto
Con: Dominguez 2
Pen: Dominguez 5, Liebenberg 1
Pen: Michalak 5, Delaigue
Stade de France, Paris

Stade Français: Sylvain Marconnet, Benoît August, Pieter de Villiers, David Auradou, Mike James, Pierre Rabadan, Raphaël Jéchoux, Patrick Tabacco, Fabien Galthié, Diego Dominguez, Thomas Lombard, Stéphane Glas, Brian Liebenberg, Christophe Dominici, Ignacio Corleto - Replacements : Mathieu Blin, Pablo Lemoine, Rémy Martin, Jérôme Fillol, Cliff Mytton, Arnaud Marchois, Arthur Gomes

Toulouse : Benoît Lecouls, Yannick Bru, Patrice Collazo, David Gérard, Fabien Pelous, Trevor Brennan, Jean Bouilhou, Christian Labit, Frédéric Michalak, Yann Delaigue, Vincent Clerc, Yannick Jauzion, Émile Ntamack, Xavier Garbajosa, Clément Poitrenaud - Replacements : William Servat, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Grégory Lamboley, Jean-Baptiste Élissalde, Cédric Desbrosse, Cédric Heymans, Finau Maka

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.