Elite One Championship 2021–2022 Explained

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 will be the 87th season of France's domestic rugby league competition and the 21st season known as the Elite One championship. There will be nine teams in the league.[1] Each team will play 16 matches in the regular season. The top six teams will progress to a three-week final series played throughout May 2022.

AS Carcassonne won their second Elite One Championship and twelfth French Rugby League Championship after beating league leaders Limoux Grizzlies in the final 20-16 after finishing 2nd in the regular season.

Teams

Elite One Championship
TeamStadiumLocation
Albi TigersStadium MazicouAlbi, Tarn
SO AvignonParc des Sports (Avignon)Avignon, Vaucluse
AS CarcassonneStade Albert DomecCarcassonne, Aude
FC LézignanStade du MoulinLézignan-Corbières, Aude
Limoux GrizzliesStade de l'AiguilleLimoux, Aude
Saint-Estève CatalanStade MunicipalPerpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Gaudens BearsStade Jules RibetSaint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
Toulouse Olympique BroncosStade des MinimesToulouse, Haute-Garonne
Villeneuve LeopardsStade Max RousieVilleneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

Regular season

The regular season started on 17 October 2021 and ended on 24 April 2022. Each team was scheduled with every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 16 games for each team and a total of 72 games.

Results

ClubsALBAVICARLÉZLIMSTESTGTOUVIL
Albi24-3234-1634-2212-4432-2658-631–2220-28
Avignon24-3018-2514-186-2442-652-1246-046-6
Carcassonne18-1244-1031-1838-3441-642-1054-1050-18
Lézignan34-2428-2730-1614-2424-2272-1622-1628-18
Limoux34-1438-624-1810-1237-2456-056-044-0
Saint-Estève Catalan32-1916-5412–3632-1620-1864-432-422-16
Saint-Gaudens10-4022-2410–4016-4810-600-5222-2012-32
Toulouse8-3110-224-6218-3410-2634-2836-826–29
Villeneuve16-4112-1918–386-1622-128-3032-1635-22

Home VictoryDrawHome Loss
Source: [2]

Ladder

Finals Series

At the end of the regular season, the top six from the regular season advance to the knockout stage. First and second receive a bye for the first week of finals as third plays sixth (Qualifying Final 1) and fourth plays fifth (Qualifying Final 2), with the losers of both matches eliminated. First then plays the winner of Qualifying final 1 and second then plays the winner of Qualifying Final 2. The winners of these two matches play in Grand Final on 22 May at Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne.

Grand Final

References

  1. Lae Tigers claim PNG Digicel Cup. Rugby League Review. 154. 30.
  2. Web site: Elite 1 2021/2022 (France): Results. 2022-05-31. flashscore.