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2001–02 Top 16 season
Countries France
ChampionsBiarritz (3rd title)
Runners-upAgen
RelegatedLa Rochelle and Dax

The 2001-02 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2001-02. The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament.

Biarritz won his third title, the first from 1939, beating Agen in the final

First round

(3 point for victories, 2 point for drawn, 1 point for losses)

Poule A

Clubs BEZ BIA COL DAX ROC MON STF TOU
Béziers 18-20 49-10 33-13 40-37 37-7 19-23 31-26
Biarritz olympique 32-17 26-16 37-27 40-15 37-10 22-6 9-13
Colomiers 28-24 12-11 35-9 15-21 23-18 24-17 27-20
Dax 9-15 14-50 33-20 28-25 14-24 15-16 15-25
La Rochelle 9-15 14-27 19-20 24-16 29-18 3-8 9-10
Mountauban 6-16 22-35 26-23 26-22 34-27 24-21 16-29
Stade Français 33-19 13-9 29-25 46-16 39-6 36-21 18-20
Toulose 32-33 24-30 35-28 35-19 40-21 16-6 21-10
Victory at Home Tie Loss at Home


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Biarritz 14 11 0 3 385 221 164 36
2 Toulouse 14 10 0 4 346 272 74 34
3 Béziers 14 9 0 5 366 285 81 32
4 Stade Français 14 9 0 5 315 244 71 32
5 Colomiers 14 7 0 7 309 337 -28 28
6 Montauban 14 5 0 9 258 365 -107 24
7 La Rochelle 14 3 0 11 259 350 -91 20
8 Dax 14 2 0 12 250 411 -161 18

Poule B

Clubs AGE BOR BOU CAS MON NAR PAU PER
Agen 33-6 32-3 40-17 9-14 26-9 29-9 45-14
CA Bordeaux-Bègles 10-28 25-21 39-25 12-20 22-15 39-10 13-26
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 37-20 56-25 33-21 23-3 32-19 64-6 15-23
Castres 39-15 19-22 14-29 39-30 42-20 38-26 16-20
AS Montferrand 19-27 24-6 56-23 36-19 36-25 15-19 45-14
Narbonne 21-24 22-20 31-30 47-31 24-23 42-18 34-19
Pau 17-20 18-13 29-16 21-19 27-9 46-23 3-30
Perpignan 30-16 44-26 34-10 40-27 29-21 39-25 51-17
Victory at home Tie Loss at Home
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Perpignan 14 11 0 3 413 313 100 36
2 Agen 14 10 0 4 364 245 119 34
3 Montferrand 14 7 0 7 351 296 55 28
4 Bourgoin 14 7 0 7 392 338 54 28
5 Narbonne 14 6 0 8 357 408 -51 26
6 Pau 14 6 0 8 266 408 -142 26
7 Bourdeaux-Begles 14 5 0 9 278 361 -83 24
8 Castres 14 4 0 10 366 418 -52 22

Relegation Pool

The teams sum to the point obtained in the first round, the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group (hone and away).

Clubs BOR CAS COL DAX ROC MON NAR PAU
Bègles-Bordeaux 42-19 30-12 16-12 13-19
Castres 27-17 58-6 34-36 62-21
Colomiers 15-16 15-15 22-6 34-14
Dax 19-11 10-25 48-12 25-16
La Rochelle 33-32 19-13 40-10 26-18
Montauban 36-19 28-24 29-28 52-34
Narbonne 27-26 48-19 45-33 44-17
Pau 33-33 37-8 47-27 21-23


Victory at home Tie Loss at home
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Montauban 22 11 0 11 483 610 -127 44
2 Colomiers 22 9 2 11 487 517 -30 42
3 Narbonne 22 10 0 12 577 642 -65 42
4 Bourdeaux-Begles 22 9 0 13 457 526 -69 40
5 Castres 22 8 1 13 624 570 54 39
6 Pau 22 8 1 13 484 636 -152 39
7 La Rochelle 22 8 0 14 485 565 -80 38
8 Dax 22 5 0 17 399 648 -249 32
Relegated in Pro-D2 for next season

Top 8

POULE A
30 March Stade Français - Bourgoin 34 - 36
31 March Biarritz - Agen 28 - 23
13 April Agen - Stade Français 34 - 16
13 April Bourgoin - Biarritz 12 - 16
20 April Stade Français - Biarritz 20 - 20
20 April Bourgoin - Agen 22 - 20
4 May Agen - Bourgoin 39 - 10
4 May Biarritz - Stade Français 28 - 18
11 May Bourgoin - Stade Français 22 - 22
11 May Agen - Biarritz 24 - 17
18 May Stade Français - Agen 23 - 23
18 May Biarritz - Bourgoin 48 - 25


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Biarritz 6 4 1 1 153 122 31 15
2 Agen 6 3 1 2 163 116 47 13
3 Bourgoin 6 2 1 3 127 179 -52 11
4 Stade Français 6 0 3 3 133 159 -26 9
Promoted to Semifinals Admitted to 2002-03 Heineken Cup
POULE B
30 March Béziers - Toulouse 16 - 26
31 March Perpignan - Montferrand 21 - 27
13 April Toulouse - Perpignan 30 - 14
13 April Montferrand - Béziers 27 - 21
20 April Toulouse - Montferrand 45 - 23
20 April Béziers - Perpignan 18 - 17
4 May Perpignan - Béziers 27 - 24
4 May Montferrand - Toulouse 16 - 19
11 May Toulouse - Béziers 44 - 15
11 May Montferrand - Perpignan 21 - 12
18 May Béziers - Montferrand 43 - 32
18 May Perpignan - Toulouse 36 - 34


Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Toulouse 6 5 0 1 198 120 78 16
2 Montferrand 6 3 0 3 146 161 -15 12
3 Perpignan 6 2 0 4 127 154 -27 10
4 Béziers 6 2 0 4 137 173 -36 10
Promoted to Semifinals Admitted to 2002-03 Heineken Cup

Semifinals

1 June 2002
Toulouse15 - 21Agen
Try: mete: X.Garbajosa, C.Desbrosse
Con: Y.Delaigue
Pen: Y.Delaigue
Pen: C. Lamaison 4, F. Gelez 3
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

1 June 2002
Biarritz31 - 12Montferrand
Try: P.Bidabé, J.Roff
J.Peyrelongue
Con: J.Roff
Pen: J.Roff S. Lgg 2
Pen: G.Merceron 4
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Final

8 June 2002
Biarritz25 – 22 a.e.t.Agen
Try: Bernat-Salles
Con: Roff
Pen: Roff (5)
Drop: Mazas
Try: Barrau
Con: Gelez
Pen: Gelez (5)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Didier Mené
FB 15 France Nicolas Brusque
RW 14 France Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC 13 Australia Joe Roff
IC 12 Australia Jack Isaac downward-facing red arrow 92'
LW 11 France Philippe Bidabé downward-facing red arrow 98'
FH 10 France Julien Peyrelongue
SH 9 France Nicolas Morlaes downward-facing red arrow 75'
N8 8 France Thomas Lièvremont
OF 7 France Christophe Milhères downward-facing red arrow 56'
BF 6 France Serge Betsen
RL 5 France Olivier Roumat
LL 4 France Jean-Philippe Versailles downward-facing red arrow 48'
TP 3 France Denis Avril downward-facing red arrow 96'
HK 2 France Jean-Michel Gonzalez (c)
LP 1 France Emmanuel Menieu downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Noël Curnier upward-facing green arrow 96'
PR 17 France Sotele Puleoto upward-facing green arrow 63'
LK 18 France Olivier Nauroy upward-facing green arrow 48'
FL 19 France Didier Chouchan upward-facing green arrow 56'
FH 20 France Laurent Mazas upward-facing green arrow 75'
CE 21 France Guillaume Boussès upward-facing green arrow 92'
WG 22 England Stuart Legg upward-facing green arrow 98'
Coach:
France Patrice Lagisquet
FB 15 France Christophe Lamaison
RW 14 France Pépito Elhorga
OC 13 South Africa Conrad Stoltz downward-facing red arrow 47'
IC 12 France Luc Lafforgue
LW 11 France Christophe Manas
FH 10 France François Gelez downward-facing red arrow 95'
SH 9 France Mathieu Barrau
N8 8 France Thierry Labrousse
OF 7 France Philippe Benetton (c)
BF 6 France Matthieu Lièvremont
RL 5 France Christophe Porcu downward-facing red arrow 70'
LL 4 France David Couzinet
TP 3 Argentina Omar Hasan
HK 2 France Jean-Baptiste Rué
LP 1 France Jean-Jacques Crenca
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Philippe Piacentini
PR 17 France Patrick Blanco
FL 18 France Xavier Guillemet
N8 19 France Maurice Barragué upward-facing green arrow 70'
SH 20 France François Tandonnet
CE 21 France Guillaume Bouic upward-facing green arrow 47'
CE 22 France Nicolas Martin upward-facing green arrow 95'
Coach:
France Christian Lanta