The 1993–94 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 32 clubs divided into four pools. At the end of the first phase, the teams placed in the first four places of each pool were admitted to the "Top 16" arranged with four pools of four teams. The first two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals.
The four clubs of Périgueux, Dijon, Lyon OU and Lourdes, the newcomer, coming from "Group B" 1992-93.
Toulouse won its 11th title, beating Montferrand in the final. Toulouse became, with Béziers, the winner of the most titles. Montferrand lost another final. At the end of the season Mon de Marsan, Lourdes, Béziers and Lyon OU were relegated.
Participants
Teams listed as in the final ranking. Teams in bold qualified to the next round. Pool 1 CA Bègtles-Bordeaux Castres Montferrand Bayonne Brive Rumilly RRC Nice PérigueuxPool 2 Auch Toulouse Grenoble Dax Stadoceste tarbais Dijon Mon de Marsan Avenir ValencienPool 3 Agen Biarritz Bourgoin-Jallieu Narbonne Nîmes Pau Lourdes GraulhetPool 4 Perpignan Racing Paris Colomiers RC Toulon Stade bordelais UC Montpellier Béziers Lyon OU
Top 16 Team listed as in the final ranking. Teams in bold qualified to next round.
Pool 1 Toulouse Narbonne CA Bègles-Bordeaux ColomiersPool 2 RC Toulon Agen Bayonne AuchPool 3 Grenoble Montferrand Racing Paris BiarritzPool 4 Dax Bourgoin-Jallieu Perpignan Castres
Final stages
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Final
FB 15 Joël DupuyRW 14 Émile NtamackOC 13 Philippe Carbonneau IC 12 Olivier Carbonneau LW 11 David BertyFH 10 Christophe Deylaud SH 9 Jérôme Cazalbou N8 8 Albert Cigagna (c) OF 7 Régis SonnesBF 6 Jean-Luc Cester RL 5 Franck BelotLL 4 Hugues Miorin TP 3 Claude Portolan HK 2 Patrick Soula LP 1 Christian Califano Substitutions:HK 16 Christophe Guiter PR 17 Patrick Diniz LK 18 Jean Joanny FL 19 Didier Lacroix CE 20 Thomas Castaignède FB 21 Ugo Mola Coach: Guy Novès FB 15 Gilles Darlet RW 14 Raphaël Saint-AndréOC 13 Fabrice Ribeyrolles IC 12 Philippe Saint-AndréLW 11 Fabien BertrankFH 10 Éric Nicol SH 9 Marc Pradier N8 8 Christophe JuilletOF 7 Jean-Marc Lhermet (c)BF 6 Arnaud Costes RL 5 Jean-Philippe VersaillesLL 4 Éric Lecomte TP 3 Christophe Duchêne HK 2 Philippe Marocco LP 1 Emmanuel Menieu Substitutions:HK 16 Olivier Mallaret LK 17 Raphaël Chamelot FL 18 Ghislain Couchard SH 19 Patrick Ladouce FH 20 Laurent Romeu WG 21 Gaëtan Héry Coach: Patrick Boucheix
Notes
Bibliografia
External links Compte rendu de la finale 1994 sur www.lnr.fr