2003–04 Top 16 season
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| 2003–04 Top 16 season | |
|---|---|
| Countries |  France |
| Champions | Stade Français (12th title) |
| Runners-up | USA Perpignan |
| Relegated | US Colomiers and US Montauban |
The 2003-04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003-05. The competition was played by 16 teams. In the first stage, two pools of 8 played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8" to play for the title, the other 4 to a relegation tournament.
First round
(3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss)
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bourgoin | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 352 | 280 | +72 | 32 |
| 2 | Brive | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 357 | 301 | +56 | 31 |
| 3 | Castres | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 297 | 281 | +16 | 31 |
| 4 | Stade Français | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 299 | 263 | +36 | 28 |
| 5 | Agen | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 292 | 268 | +23 | 28 |
| 6 | Pau | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 281 | 343 | -62 | 27 |
| 7 | Montferrand | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 226 | 278 | -52 | 25 |
| 8 | Colomiers | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 238 | 327 | -89 | 22 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toulouse | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 371 | 319 | +54 | 34 |
| 2 | Perpignan | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 357 | 284 | +73 | 32 |
| 3 | Biarritz | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 335 | 273 | +62 | 30 |
| 4 | Béziers | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 274 | 275 | -1 | 30 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 285 | 288 | -3 | 26 |
| 6 | Narbonne | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 296 | 303 | -37 | 26 |
| 7 | Grenoble | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 306 | 362 | -56 | 24 |
| 8 | Montauban | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 216 | 336 | -120 | 22 |
Relegation Pool
The teams total sum of the points obtained in the first round and the points obtained in the matches played with the 4 teams from the other group (home and away).
| Clubs | AGE | COL | GRE | MTB | MFR | MPL | NAR | PAU |
| SU Agen | 12-16 | 22-0 | 44-3 | 43-21 | ||||
| US Colomiers | 25-16 | 9-9 | 25-32 | 70-19 | ||||
| FC Grenoble | 19-19 | 26-10 | 15-26 | 40-29 | ||||
| US Montauban | 32-10 | 19-23 | 19-22 | 46-12 | ||||
| Montferrand | 44-3 | 47-10 | 34-7 | 45-14 | ||||
| Montpellier | 33-14 | 27-18 | 26-13 | 34-7 | ||||
| RC Narbonne | 43-35 | 38-16 | 28-19 | 29-18 | ||||
| Pau | 81-17 | 34-23 | 16-0 | 68-26 |
| Home victory | Drawn | Home losses |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montferrand | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 476 | 400 | +76 | 45 |
| 2 | Montpellier | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 457 | 459 | -2 | 44 |
| 3 | Agen | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 491 | 436 | +55 | 43 |
| 4 | Pau | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 546 | 558 | -12 | 43 |
| 5 | Narbonne | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 514 | 617 | -113 | 42 |
| 6 | FC Grenoble | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 458 | 408 | -150 | 39 |
| 7 | Clomiers | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 434 | 513 | -79 | 37 |
| 8 | Montauban | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 374 | 515 | -141 | 35 |
Top 8
Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA Perpignan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 74 | +96 | 16 |
| 2 | CS Bourgoin-Jallieu | 6 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 147 | 137 | +10 | 12 |
| 3 | Castres Olympique | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 126 | +4 | 12 |
| 4 | AS Béziers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 185 | -110 | 8 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stade Français | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 100 | +51 | 14 |
| 2 | Tolouse | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 133 | +3 | 14 |
| 3 | Biarritz | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 149 | 107 | +42 | 12 |
| 4 | Brive | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 178 | -96 | 8 |
Semifinals
Final
| 2 June 2004 |
| USA Perpignan | 20 - 38 | Stade Français |
| Try: Edmonds, Bomati Con: Giannantonio Pen: Giannantonio | Try: Mau. Bergamasco, Corleto Con: Dominquez, Skrela Pen: Dominquez Drop: Dominquez, Dominici |
| Stade de France, Paris Referee: Joël Jutge |
Perpignan: Nicolas Mas, Michel Konieck, Perry Freshwater, Colin Gaston, Christophe Porcu, Grégory Le Corvec, Bernard Goutta, Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, Ludovic Loustau, Manuel Edmonds, Dan Luger, Christophe Manas, David Marty, Pascal Bomati, Diego Giannantonio- Replacements : Nicolas Grelon, Alessandro Moreno, Mick O'Driscoll, Scott Robertson, Jérôme Fillol, David Janin, Nicolas Laharrague
Stade Français: Sylvain Marconnet, Mathieu Blin, Pieter de Villiers, David Auradou, Mike James, Pierre Rabadan, Mauro Bergamasco, Patrick Tabacco, Agustín Pichot, Diego Dominguez, Christophe Dominici, Brian Liebenberg, Stéphane Glas, Juan Martín Hernández, Ignacio Corleto- Replacements : Benoît August, Pablo Lemoine, Arnaud Marchois, Christophe Moni, Grégory Mahé, David Skrela, Thomas Lombard