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1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship

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Countries
  
France

Runners-up
  
Touloun

Champions
  
Lourdes

The 1947-48 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 40 clubs divided in 8 pools of five.

Contents

Thirty-two teams qualified from a federal selection and 8 from "Championnat d'Excellence".

The two better of each pool, for a total of 16 clubs was admitted to the play-off finals

The Championship was won by Lourdes who beat Toulon in the final.

Context

  • The 1948 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France was second.
  • The "Coupe de France" was won by Castres that beat Lourdes in the final.

    • Qualification round

    Teams in bold qualified for the "last 16" phase.

    Last 16

    Teams in bold qualified for the quarter finals.

    Quarter finals

    Teams in bold qualified for the semi finals.

    References

    1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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