2001–02 Top 16 season

The 2001–02 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2001–02. 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.

2001–02 Top 16 season
Countries France
ChampionsBiarritz (3rd title)
Runners-upAgen
RelegatedLa Rochelle and Dax

Biarritz won his third title, the first from 1939, beating Agen in the final

First round

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

Pool A
Home \ Away BEZ BIA COL DAX ROC MON STF TOU
Béziers 18–20 49–10 33–13 40–37 37–7 19–23 31–26
Biarritz olympique 32–17 26–16 37–27 40–15 37–10 22–6 9–13
Colomiers 28–24 12–11 35–9 15–21 23–18 24–17 27–20
Dax 9–15 14–50 33–20 28–25 14–24 15–16 15–25
La Rochelle 9–15 14–27 19–20 24–16 29–18 3–8 9–10
Montauban 6–16 22–35 26–23 26–22 34–27 24–21 16–29
Stade Français 33–19 13–9 29–25 46–16 39–6 36–21 18–20
Toulouse 32–33 24–30 35–28 35–19 40–21 16–6 21–10
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Biarritz 14 11 0 3 385 221 +164 36
2 Toulouse 14 10 0 4 346 272 +74 34
3 Béziers 14 9 0 5 366 285 +81 32
4 Stade Français 14 9 0 5 315 244 +71 32
5 Colomiers 14 7 0 7 309 337 −28 28
6 Montauban 14 5 0 9 258 365 −107 24
7 La Rochelle 14 3 0 11 259 350 −91 20
8 Dax 14 2 0 12 250 411 −161 18
Source:

Pool B
Home \ Away AGE BOR BOU CAS MON NAR PAU PER
Agen 33–6 32–3 40–17 9–14 26–9 29–9 45–14
CA Bordeaux-Bègles 10–28 25–21 39–25 12–20 22–15 39–10 13–26
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 37–20 56–25 33–21 23–3 32–19 64–6 15–23
Castres 39–15 19–22 14–29 39–30 42–20 38–26 16–20
AS Montferrand 19–27 24–6 56–23 36–19 36–25 15–19 45–14
Narbonne 21–24 22–20 31–30 47–31 24–23 42–18 34–19
Pau 17–20 18–13 29–16 21–19 27–9 46–23 3–30
Perpignan 30–16 44–26 34–10 40–27 29–21 39–25 51–17
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Perpignan 14 11 0 3 413 313 +100 36
2 Agen 14 10 0 4 364 245 +119 34
3 Montferrand 14 7 0 7 351 296 +55 28
4 Bourgoin 14 7 0 7 392 338 +54 28
5 Narbonne 14 6 0 8 357 408 −51 26
6 Pau 14 6 0 8 266 408 −142 26
7 Bordeaux-Begles 14 5 0 9 278 361 −83 24
8 Castres 14 4 0 10 366 418 −52 22
Source:

Relegation pool

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).

Home \ Away BOR CAS COL DAX ROC MON NAR PAU
Bègles-Bordeaux 42–19 30–12 16–12 13–19
Castres 27–17 58–6 34–36 62–21
Colomiers 15–16 15–15 22–6 34–14
Dax 19–11 10–25 48–12 25–16
La Rochelle 33–32 19–13 40–10 26–18
Montauban 36–19 28–24 29–28 52–34
Narbonne 27–26 48–19 45–33 44–17
Pau 33–33 37–8 47–27 21–23
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Relegation
1 Montauban 22 11 0 11 483 610 −127 44
2 Colomiers 22 9 2 11 487 517 −30 42
3 Narbonne 22 10 0 12 577 642 −65 42
4 Bordeaux-Begles 22 9 0 13 457 526 −69 40
5 Castres 22 8 1 13 624 570 +54 39
6 Pau 22 8 1 13 484 636 −152 39
7 La Rochelle 22 8 0 14 485 565 −80 38 Relegated in Pro-D2 for next season
8 Dax 22 5 0 17 399 648 −249 32
Source:

Top 8
POOL A
30 MarchStade Français-Bourgoin34 - 36
31 MarchBiarritz-Agen28 - 23
13 AprilAgen-Stade Français34 - 16
13 AprilBourgoin-Biarritz12 - 16
20 AprilStade Français-Biarritz20 - 20
20 AprilBourgoin-Agen22 - 20
4 MayAgen-Bourgoin39 - 10
4 MayBiarritz-Stade Français28 - 18
11 MayBourgoin-Stade Français22 - 22
11 MayAgen-Biarritz24 - 17
18 MayStade Français-Agen23 - 23
18 MayBiarritz-Bourgoin48 - 25
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Biarritz 6 4 1 1 153 122 +31 15 Promoted to Semifinals
2 Agen 6 3 1 2 163 116 +47 13
3 Bourgoin 6 2 1 3 127 179 −52 11 Admitted to 2002–03 Heineken Cup
4 Stade Français 6 0 3 3 133 159 −26 9
Source:
POOL B
30 MarchBéziers-Toulouse16 - 26
31 MarchPerpignan-Montferrand21 - 27
13 AprilToulouse-Perpignan30 - 14
13 AprilMontferrand-Béziers27 - 21
20 AprilToulouse-Montferrand45 - 23
20 AprilBéziers-Perpignan18 - 17
4 MayPerpignan-Béziers27 - 24
4 MayMontferrand-Toulouse16 - 19
11 MayToulouse-Béziers44 - 15
11 MayMontferrand-Perpignan21 - 12
18 MayBéziers-Montferrand43 - 32
18 MayPerpignan-Toulouse36 - 34
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Toulouse 6 5 0 1 198 120 +78 16 Promoted to Semifinals
2 Montferrand 6 3 0 3 146 161 −15 12
3 Perpignan 6 2 0 4 127 154 −27 10 Admitted to 2002–03 Heineken Cup
4 Béziers 6 2 0 4 137 173 −36 10
Source:

Semifinals
1 June 2002
Toulouse15 - 21Agen
Try: mete: X.Garbajosa, C.Desbrosse
Con: Y.Delaigue
Pen: Y.Delaigue		Pen: C. Lamaison 4, F. Gelez 3
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
1 June 2002
Biarritz31 - 12Montferrand
Try: P.Bidabé, J.Roff
J.Peyrelongue
Con: J.Roff
Pen: J.Roff S. Lgg 2		Pen: G.Merceron 4
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Final
8 June 2002
Biarritz25 – 22 a.e.t.Agen
Try: Bernat-Salles
Con: Roff
Pen: Roff (5)
Drop: Mazas		Try: Barrau
Con: Gelez
Pen: Gelez (5)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Didier Mené
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