2001–02 Top 16 season explained

Countries: France
Champions:Biarritz
Count:3
Runnersup:Agen
Relegated:La Rochelle and Dax
Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

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.

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 B

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).

Top 8

POOL A
width=9030 Marchwidth=170Stade Françaiswidth=20-width=170Bourgoinwidth=5034 - 36
width=9031 Marchwidth=170Biarritzwidth=20-width=170Agenwidth=5028 - 23
width=9013 Aprilwidth=170Agenwidth=20-width=170Stade Françaiswidth=5034 - 16
width=9013 Aprilwidth=170Bourgoinwidth=20-width=170Biarritzwidth=5012 - 16
width=9020 Aprilwidth=170Stade Françaiswidth=20-width=170Biarritzwidth=5020 - 20
width=9020 Aprilwidth=170Bourgoinwidth=20-width=170Agenwidth=5022 - 20
width=904 Maywidth=170Agenwidth=20-width=170Bourgoinwidth=5039 - 10
width=904 Maywidth=170Biarritzwidth=20-width=170Stade Françaiswidth=5028 - 18
width=9011 Maywidth=170Bourgoinwidth=20-width=170Stade Françaiswidth=5022 - 22
width=9011 Maywidth=170Agenwidth=20-width=170Biarritzwidth=5024 - 17
width=9018 Maywidth=170Stade Françaiswidth=20-width=170Agenwidth=5023 - 23
width=9018 Maywidth=170Biarritzwidth=20-width=170Bourgoinwidth=5048 - 25
POOL B
width=9030 Marchwidth=170Bézierswidth=20-width=170Toulousewidth=5016 - 26
width=9031 Marchwidth=170Perpignanwidth=20-width=170Montferrandwidth=5021 - 27
width=9013 Aprilwidth=170Toulousewidth=20-width=170Perpignanwidth=5030 - 14
width=9013 Aprilwidth=170Montferrandwidth=20-width=170Bézierswidth=5027 - 21
width=9020 Aprilwidth=170Toulousewidth=20-width=170Montferrandwidth=5045 - 23
width=9020 Aprilwidth=170Bézierswidth=20-width=170Perpignanwidth=5018 - 17
width=904 Maywidth=170Perpignanwidth=20-width=170Bézierswidth=5027 - 24
width=904 Maywidth=170Montferrandwidth=20-width=170Toulousewidth=5016 - 19
width=9011 Maywidth=170Toulousewidth=20-width=170Bézierswidth=5044 - 15
width=9011 Maywidth=170Montferrandwidth=20-width=170Perpignanwidth=5021 - 12
width=9018 Maywidth=170Bézierswidth=20-width=170Montferrandwidth=5043 - 32
width=9018 Maywidth=170Perpignanwidth=20-width=170Toulousewidth=5036 - 34

Semifinals

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Final

FB 15 Nicolas Brusque
RW 14 Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC 13 Joe Roff
IC 12
LW 11
FH 10 Julien Peyrelongue
SH 9
N8 8 Thomas Lièvremont
OF 7
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Olivier Roumat
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2 Jean-Michel Gonzalez (c)
LP 1
Substitutions:
HK 16
PR 17
LK 18
FL 19
FH 20
CE 21
WG 22
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
FB 15 Christophe Lamaison
RW 14 Pépito Elhorga
OC 13
IC 12 Luc Lafforgue
LW 11 Christophe Manas
FH 10
SH 9 Mathieu Barrau
N8 8
OF 7 Philippe Benetton (c)
BF 6 Matthieu Lièvremont
RL 5
LL 4 David Couzinet
TP 3
HK 2 Jean-Baptiste Rué
LP 1 Jean-Jacques Crenca
Substitutions:
HK 16 Philippe Piacentini
PR 17 Patrick Blanco
FL 18 Xavier Guillemet
N8 19
SH 20 François Tandonnet
CE 21
CE 22
Coach:
Christian Lanta

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