National Division 1
Encyclopedia
National Division 1 is the third tier of rugby league
in France
, after Elite 1
and Elite 2
. The winner of National Division 1 is promoted to Elite 2 subject to having adequate finances and facilities.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, after Elite 1
Elite One Championship
The Elite One Championship is the top tier French professional domestic rugby league competition....
and Elite 2
Elite Two Championship
The Elite Two Championship is the second tier semi-professional rugby league competition in France below the Elite One Championship, but above the National Division East and West....
. The winner of National Division 1 is promoted to Elite 2 subject to having adequate finances and facilities.
Teams
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| Gifi Bias XIII Gifi Bias XIII Gifi Bias XIII, founded in 1961, are a French Rugby League club based in Bias, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Aquitaine region. The club plays in the French National Division 1.-Honours:*Elite Two Championship** Winners - 2007*French National 2... |
Stade Loustalet | Bias Bias Bias is an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of alternatives. Bias can come in many forms.-In judgement and decision making:... , Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.-History:Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790... , Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... |
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| La Réole XIII La Réole XIII La Réole XIII is a French Rugby League club based in La Réole, Gironde in the Aquitaine region. The club plays in the Aquitaine League in the French National Division 2.-Club honours:*Elite 2**Runners Up - 1986*French National 2**Winners – 1990... |
Stade Municipal de La Réole | La Reole La Réole La Réole is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Geography:La Réole is located on the right bank of the Garonne, southeast of Bordeaux by rail.-History:... , Gironde Gironde For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:... , Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... |
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| Marseille XIII Avenir Marseille XIII Avenir Marseille XIII Avenir, founded in 2007, are a French Rugby League club based in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region... |
Stade La Martine | Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of... , Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:... , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin... |
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| Baroudeurs de Pia Baroudeurs de Pia The Baroudeurs de Pia are a French Rugby League team based in Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The Baroudeurs play in National Division 1 and they are the reserve team of the Elite 1 team Pia Donkeys.-History:... |
Stade Daniel-Ambert | Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :... , Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... |
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| Realmont XIII Realmont XIII Realmont XIII is a French rugby league club based in the Tarn region of the Midi-Pyrénées. The club plays in the French National Division 1.-Honours:... |
Stade Claude-André | Réalmont Réalmont Réalmont is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.-References:*... , Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... |
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| Salses XIII Salses XIII Salses XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Salses-le-Château, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. They play in the French National Division 1.-History:... |
Stade Municipal de Salses | Salses-le-Château Salses-le-Château Salses-le-Château or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.It is located near the city of Perpignan.-References:*... , Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :... , Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... |
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| Sauveterre de Comminges XIII Sauveterre de Comminges XIII Sauveterre de Comminges XIII, nicknamed Les Frelons , are a French Rugby League club based in Sauveterre-de-Comminges, Haute-Garonne, in the Midi-Pyrénées region... |
Stade Municipal de Sauveterre | Sauveterre-de-Comminges Sauveterre-de-Comminges Sauveterre-de-Comminges is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*... , Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The... , Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... |
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| Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Aquitaine region. They play in the French Elite Two Championship after being promoted from National Division 1 in 2011.-Honours:*Elite Two Championship... |
Stade Jean-Bernege | Tonneins Tonneins Tonneins is a town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of south-western France. It stands above the river Garonne between Marmande to the west and Agen to the east and is the first major town below the confluence of the two rivers the Lot and the Garonne after which the department is named. Until... , Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.-History:Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790... , Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... |
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Past winners
From inception in 1950 until 1966 this tier of French rugby league was known as the 2nd Division. When it was re-introduced in 1976 it was called National 2. Following the recent re-structuring of the French league system it's now called National Division 1.| Year | Champions | Score | Runner Up | |
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| 1950 | RC Carpentras XIII | Won on points | ||
| 1954 | Lavardac | 2-0 | AS Carcassonne XIII | |
| 1956 | Lavardac | 10-5 | Facture | |
| 1957 | Libourne | 8-5 | Palau XIII | |
| 1958 | Apt XIII | 18-8 | Clairac | |
| 1959 | RC Salon | 21-10 | Le Soler | |
| 1960 | Armée II | 51-10 | Castelnaudary | |
| 1963 | US Le Pontet XIII | 10-5 | Ille-sur-Tet | |
| 1964 | Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII | def. | Nantes | |
| 1965 | Vedene | def. | Paris XIII | |
| 1966 | Union Sportive Entraigues XIII | def. | SO Avignon XIII | |
| 1976 | RC Salon | 13-2 | Union Sportive Entraigues XIII | |
| 1977 | Saint-Cyprien | 16-15 | Ferrals | |
| 1978 | Realmont XIII Realmont XIII Realmont XIII is a French rugby league club based in the Tarn region of the Midi-Pyrénées. The club plays in the French National Division 1.-Honours:... |
14-13 | Sainte-Livrade XIII | |
| 1979 | ASPET | 11-5 | Lestelle Betharam | |
| 1980 | ASPET | 18-9 | La Redoute | |
| 1981 | La Redorte | 17-9 | Le Barcarès XIII | |
| 1982 | Auterive | 20-9 | Pennautier | |
| 1983 | Pennautier | 25-17 | Narbonne | |
| 1984 | Le Soler | 16-10 | Saint-Paul F | |
| 1985 | Palau XIII | 24-15 | Baho | |
| 1986 | Baho | 34-20 | Palau XIII | |
| 1987 | Trentels | 7-6 | Baho | |
| 1988 | Cahors | 17-6 | Lescure | |
| 1989 | US Le Pontet XIII | 15-9 | Union Sportive Entraigues XIII | |
| 1990 | La Réole XIII | 8-6 | Saint-Hyppolite | |
| 1991 | Saint-Hyppolite | 17-9 | Union Sportive Entraigues XIII | |
| 1992 | Saint-Hyppolite | 20-12 | Tonneins | |
| 1993 | Cabestany | 16-14 | Palau XIII | |
| 1994 | Toulouse Jules-Julien | 12-8 | Lescure | |
| 1995 | Gifi Bias | 34-12 | Lescure | |
| 1996 | Le Barcarès XIII | 20-15 | Lescure | |
| 1997 | Morières | 12-8 | Cavaillon | |
| 1998 | Puygouzon | 17-15 | Realmont XIII Realmont XIII Realmont XIII is a French rugby league club based in the Tarn region of the Midi-Pyrénées. The club plays in the French National Division 1.-Honours:... |
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| 1999 | Clairac | 34- 4 | Gratentour | |
| 2000 | Palau XIII | 28-12 | Realmont XIII Realmont XIII Realmont XIII is a French rugby league club based in the Tarn region of the Midi-Pyrénées. The club plays in the French National Division 1.-Honours:... |
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| 2001 | Homps | 12-5 | Ille-sur-Tet | |
| 2002 | Ille-sur-Tet | 20-6 | Le Barcarès XIII | |
| 2003 | ASPET | 16-9 | Gifi Bias | |
| 2004 | Vedene | 42-6 | Baroudeurs de Pia | |
| 2005 | Salses XIII | 36-20 | Baroudeurs de Pia | |
| 2006 | Villeneuve Tolosane | 30-14 | Baroudeurs de Pia | |
| 2007 | Ornaisons | 26-14 | Pieusse Blanquette XIII | |
| 2008 | Palau XIII | 34-26 | Ornaisons XIII | |
| 2009 | Villefranche XIII-Aveyron | 24-20 | Realmont XIII | |
| 2010 | Le Barcares | 33-16 | Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Aquitaine region. They play in the French Elite Two Championship after being promoted from National Division 1 in 2011.-Honours:*Elite Two Championship... |
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| 2011 | Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Aquitaine region. They play in the French Elite Two Championship after being promoted from National Division 1 in 2011.-Honours:*Elite Two Championship... |
20-16 | Sauveterre-de-Comminges | |
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See also
- France Elite 1Elite One ChampionshipThe Elite One Championship is the top tier French professional domestic rugby league competition....
. - France Elite 2Elite Two ChampionshipThe Elite Two Championship is the second tier semi-professional rugby league competition in France below the Elite One Championship, but above the National Division East and West....
. - France National 2National Division 2National Division 2 is the fourth tier of rugby league in France, after Elite 1, Elite 2 and National Division 1. This tier was formerly known as the Federal Championship...
- French rugby league systemFrench rugby league systemThe major national club competition in France is the Elite one championship, below this is the Elite two championship and a number of regional leagues. The teams in each competition will change each year depending on final standings and relegation / promotion....