The 1987–88
French Rugby Union Championship was won by
Agen
The commune of Agen (, ; ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux.
Geography
The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department ...
that beat
Stadoceste (Tarbes) in the final.
Formula
* The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. .
* The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title
* In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight.
* The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage
Group A Qualification to knockout stage
The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.
Knockout stages
"Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Quarter of finals
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Semifinals
Final
External links
Compte rendu finale 1988 lnr.fr
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1988
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...