2022–23 Championnat Fédéral Nationale season

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2022–23 Nationale
Countries France
Date3 September 2022 – 28 May 2023
ChampionsValence Romans (1st title)
Runners-upDax
PromotedDax, Valence Romans
RelegatedCognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Rennes
Official website
www.ffr.fr

The 2022–23 Championnat Fédéral Nationale was the third-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Rugby Pro D2 and Top 14, for the 2022–23 season.

Teams

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Number of teams by regions

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Teams Region or country Team(s)
4  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourgoin, Chambéry, Valence
 Occitanie Albi, Blagnac, Narbonne, Tarbes
2  Nouvelle-Aquitaine Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Dax
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Hyères, Nice
1  Brittany Rennes
 Île-de-France Suresnes

Competition format

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The regular season uses a double round-robin format, in which each team plays the others home and away.

There is relegation and promotion between both the Rugby Pro D2 and Fédérale 1, the fourth-level competition. Nationale conducts a play-off system similar to the one currently used in Pro D2, with the top six teams qualifying for the play-offs and the top two teams receiving byes into the semi-finals. The winner of each semi-final earns automatic promotion to the next season's Pro D2 if they are eligible financially to do so. The bottom two are automatically relegated to Fédérale 1. The bottom two clubs of the Pro D2 and the top two of Fédérale 1 then enter Nationale for the next season.

There are 26 rounds in the regular season, with each team playing each other team home and away. The two halves of the season are played in the same order, with the away team in the first half of the season at home in the second half. The semi-finals and final take place in May, with the semi-finals being held over two-legs and the final taking place at a predetermined site. At present, 14 clubs compete in the competition.[1][2]

France's bonus point system operates as follows:[3]

  • 4 points for a win.
  • 2 points for a draw.
  • 1 bonus point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the match result.
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 5 points (or less). The required margin had been 7 points or less until being changed in advance of the 2014–15 season.

Promotion

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Nationale to Pro D2

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As noted above, both promotion places will be determined by play-offs, with the two finalists of the Nationale play-offs earning promotion.

Relegation

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Normally, the teams that finish in 13th and 14th places in the table are relegated to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher-placed team to be demoted instead, or bar a Fédérale 1 team from promotion.

Table

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2022–23 Nationale season Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dax (P) 26 21 0 5 715 435 +280 9 2 104 Semi-final promotion play-off
2 Valence Romans (P) 26 17 1 8 675 385 +290 10 7 96
3 Albi 26 17 3 6 620 398 +222 5 4 92 Quarter-final promotion play-off
4 Blagnac 26 17 2 7 572 504 +68 2 3 86
5 Bourgoin-Jallieu 26 16 2 8 606 536 +70 3 3 83
6 Bourg-en-Bresse 26 14 2 10 527 485 +42 4 5 78
7 Narbonne 26 14 1 11 590 565 +25 3 5 75
8 Nice 26 12 2 12 538 475 +63 4 9 74
9 Chambéry 26 13 0 13 581 521 +60 3 6 70
10 Tarbes 26 12 2 12 575 577 −2 2 6 66
11 Suresnes 26 9 1 16 450 704 −254 1 3 51
12 Hyères 26 8 0 18 479 590 −111 1 7 49
13 Rennes (R) 26 4 0 22 322 620 −298 1 6 32 Relegation to Nationale 2
14 Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély (R) 26 0 0 26 380 835 −455 0 9 12
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion Playoffs

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Semi-final Qualifiers Semi-finals Final
1 Dax 32 16 48
4 Blagnac 27 4 Blagnac 12 21 33
5 Bougoin-Jallieu 16 1 Dax 19
2 Valence Romans 26
2 Valence Romans 20 18 38
3 Albi 19 3 Albi 7 12 19
6 Bourg-en-Bresse 6

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Nationale : Le calendrier des oppositions" (Press release) (in French). French Rugby Federation. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "REGLEMENT DU CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE DE 1ERE DIVISION FEDERALE" (PDF) (Press release) (in French). French Rugby Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Article 330, Section 3.2. Points "terrain" et points de bonus" (PDF). Statuts et Reglements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2014/2015, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif des championnats profesionnels (in French). Ligue Nationale de Rugby. p. 166. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  4. ^ "Classement NATIONALE". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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