The 1981–82 French Rugby Union Championship was won by

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, beating Bayonne in the final. The group B was won by Avenir Aturin (from Aire-sur-Adour) beating

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in the final.

Formula

For the third time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but played a proper championship. In both group the two better of each pool were admitted directly to "last 16" round of knockout stage, while the classified from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a barrage.

Group A

Qualification round

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. For the first time was played with home/away basis. Remark that the clubs coming from barrage was all eliminated.

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. (Single match knockout)

Semifinals

Final

Agen won the 7th

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, after the last victory in

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Group B

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1982 lnr.fr
{{DEFAULTSORT:1981-82 French Rugby Union Championship 1982

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