| Elite One Championship 2021-22 | |
| League: | Elite One Championship |
| Pixels: | 200px |
| Duration: | 16 rounds + playoffs |
| No Of Teams: | 9 |
| Tv: |  ViàOccitanie (Available Worldwide Online) Sport en France Club YouTube Channels |
| Biggest Home Win: | Saint-Estève Catalan 64 - 4 Saint-Gaudens Bears (17 April 2022) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Saint-Estève Catalan 52 - 0 Saint-Gaudens Bears (23 January 2022) |
| Season: | 2021–22 season |
| Season Champs: | AS Carcassonne 2nd Elite One title |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| League Leaders: | Limoux Grizzlies |
| Top Scorer: | Baptiste Fabre 166 |
| Top Try Scorer: | Jordan Flovie 19 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2020–2021 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2022–2023 |
The 2021–22 Elite One Championship was the 87th season of France's domestic rugby league competition and the 21st season known as the Elite One Championship. There were nine teams in the league.[1] Each team played 16 matches in the regular season. The top six teams progressed to a three-week final series played throughout May 2022.
AS Carcassonne, who finishing 2nd in the regular season, won their second Elite One Championship and twelfth national title (including French Rugby League Championships) after beating league leaders Limoux Grizzlies 20–16 in the final.
| scope=col | Team | scope=col | Stadium | scope=col | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Albi Tigers | Stadium Mazicou | Albi, Tarn | ||
| scope=row | SO Avignon | Parc des Sports (Avignon) | Avignon, Vaucluse | ||
| scope=row | AS Carcassonne | Stade Albert Domec | Carcassonne, Aude | ||
| scope=row | FC Lézignan | Stade du Moulin | Lézignan-Corbières, Aude | ||
| scope=row | Limoux Grizzlies | Stade de l'Aiguille | Limoux, Aude | ||
| scope=row | Saint-Estève Catalan | Stade Municipal | Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales | ||
| scope=row | Saint-Gaudens Bears | Stade Jules Ribet | Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne | ||
| scope=row | Toulouse Olympique Broncos | Stade des Minimes | Toulouse, Haute-Garonne | ||
| scope=row | Villeneuve Leopards | Stade Max Rousie | Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne |
The regular season started on 17 October 2021 and ended on 24 April 2022. Each team played every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 16 games for each team and a total of 72 games.
At the end of the regular season, the top six in the table advanced to the knockout stage. First and second received a bye for the first week of finals as third played sixth (Qualifying Final 1) and fourth played fifth (Qualifying Final 2), with the losers of both matches eliminated. First then played the winner of Qualifying final 1 and second played the winner of Qualifying Final 2. The winners of these two matches played in Grand Final on 22 May at Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne.
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