Elite One Championship 2021–2022

Elite One Championship 2021-22
League	Saint-Estève Catalan 52 – 0 Saint-Gaudens Bears (23 January 2022)
Top point-scorer(s)	Baptiste Fabre 166
Top try-scorer(s)	Jordan Flovie 19
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The 2021–22

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.

Limoux Grizzlies

in the final 20-16 after finishing 2nd in the regular season.

Teams

Elite One Championship
Team	Stadium	Location
Albi Tigers	Stadium Mazicou	Albi, Tarn
SO Avignon	Parc des Sports (Avignon)	Avignon, Vaucluse
AS Carcassonne	Stade Albert Domec	Carcassonne, Aude
FC Lézignan	Stade du Moulin	Lézignan-Corbières, Aude
Limoux Grizzlies	Stade de l'Aiguille	Limoux, Aude
Saint-Estève Catalan	Stade Municipal	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Gaudens Bears	Stade Jules Ribet	Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
Toulouse Olympique Broncos	Stade des Minimes	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
Villeneuve Leopards	Stade Max Rousie	Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

Albi

Avignon

Carcassonne

Limoux

Lézignan

Saint-Esteve XIII

Saint-Gaudens

Toulouse

Villeneuve XIII

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Location of teams in 2021-22 season

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

Clubs	ALB	AVI	CAR	LÉZ	LIM	STE	STG	TOU	VIL
Albi		24-32	34-16	34-22	12-44	32-26	58-6	31–22	20-28
Avignon	24-30		18-25	14-18	6-24	42-6	52-12	46-0	46-6
Carcassonne	18-12	44-10		31-18	38-34	41-6	42-10	54-10	50-18
Lézignan	34-24	28-27	30-16		14-24	24-22	72-16	22-16	28-18
Limoux	34-14	38-6	24-18	10-12		37-24	56-0	56-0	44-0
Saint-Estève Catalan	32-19	16-54	12–36	32-16	20-18		64-4	32-4	22-16
Saint-Gaudens	10-40	22-24	10–40	16-48	10-60	0-52		22-20	12-32
Toulouse	8-31	10-22	4-62	18-34	10-26	34-28	36-8		26–29
Villeneuve	16-41	12-19	18–38	6-16	22-12	8-30	32-16	35-22

Source: ^[2]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	BP	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Limoux Grizzlies	16	12	0	4	4	541	206	335	40	Qualification for Semi-Finals
2	AS Carcassonne (C)	16	13	0	3	1	577	262	315	40
3	FC Lézignan	16	12	0	4	2	436	324	112	38	Qualification for Qualifying-Finals
4	Albi Tigers	16	9	0	7	4	456	372	84	31
5	Saint-Estève Catalan	16	9	0	7	3	444	373	71	30
6	SO Avignon	16	8	0	8	5	412	331	81	29
7	Villeneuve Leopards	16	6	0	10	4	296	442	−146	22
8	Toulouse Olympique Broncos	16	2	0	14	5	240	538	−298	11
9	Saint-Gaudens Bears	16	1	0	15	1	164	718	−554	2[a]

• 3 points for a victory
• 1 point bonus for losing team if the margin is less than 12
• If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is point difference. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table. If still tied then head-to-head matches will be the tie-breaker.

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.

Bracket

Qualifying Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Lézignan

18

6

SO Avignon

12

Grand Final

Sunday, 22 May, 2022 15:30

Limoux	16 – 20	Carcassonne
Tries: Zachary Santo (78') 1 Goals: Patrick Templeman 4 (8', 14' pen, 52' pen, 78' )	[3][4][5] 1st: 8 – 12 2nd: 8 – 8	Tries: 1 (28') Mickael Simon

Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne Attendance: 8,231 Referee: Benjamin Casty

References