1966–67 French Rugby Union Championship

French rugby championship French Rugby Championship 1966–67 France 56 Montauban 1 Bègles 1965–66 1967–68 The 1966–67 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools. The four first teams of each pool and the better four classified 5th were qualified for the "last 32". The US Montauban won the Championship after beating Bègles in the final, for his only victory at the moment in its story. Context The "équipe de France" won the 1967 Five Nations Championship with 3 victorys and only a lost match against Scotland. The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won en 1967 by Lourdes that beat Narbonne 9 - 3. Qualification round In bold the qualified to next round Pool 1 Agen Bègles Lyon OU Lourdes Montferrand La Rochelle Tyrosse Valence Pool 2 Angoulême Dax Lannemezan Limoges Mazamet Perpignan Touloun Vichy Pool 3 Albi Aurillac Stade Beaumontois Béziers Cognac Graulhet AS Saint-Junien SBUC Pool 4 Auch Bourgoin-Jallieu Chalon La Voulte Pau Racing Saint-Claude Vienne Pool 5 Brive Carmaux Foix Périgueux Paris Université Club Quillan Toulouse Tulle Pool 6 Chambéry Castres Dijon Grenoble Montauban Montluçon Narbonne Toulouse Olympique EC Pool 7 Bayonne Biarritz US Bressane Cahors Romans Saint-Sever Mont-de-Marsan Stadoceste "Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Tulle 12-8 Touloun Racing 9-6 Montauban Romans 9-8 Quillan Bayonne 6-5 Mont-de-Marsan Valence 15-9 Périgueux Pau 6-3 Graulhet Toulouse Olympique EC 11-0 La Voulte AS Saint-Junien 9-3 Bègles Cognac 6-0 Agen Vichy 6-3 Angoulême Auch 6-3 Toulouse Tyrosse 13-0 Dax Stadoceste 9-3 Narbonne Grenoble 21-10 Lourdes Perpignan 30-3 Béziers Dijon 3-0 "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Toulon 6-3 Montauban Quillan 19-3 Mont-de-Marsan Périgueux 14-9 Graulhet La Voulte 16-9 Bègles Agen 9-6 Angoulême Toulouse 3-3 Dax Narbonne 14-6 Lourdes Béziers 14-0 The title-holder, Agen, was eliminated from "The Last 16" by Bègles. Quarter of finals In bold' the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Montauban 0-3 Mont-de-Marsan Graulhet 3-9 Bègles Angoulême 9-3 Dax Lourdes 22-11 Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Montauban Graulhet 9-6 Bègles Dax 8-3 Final Teams Montauban - Bègles Score 11-03 Date 28 May 1967 Venue Parc Lescure, BordeauxReferee Pierre Lebecq Line-up Montauban Bernard Cardebat, Jean-Michel Cabanier, Louis Blanc, Gaston Carrie, Gérard David, Jacques Delcros, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Francis Bourgade, Moïse Maurière, Jean Daynes, Jacques Londios, Jean-Pierre Malavelle, Jean-Claude Sahuc, André Piazza, Jean Sirac Bègles Antoine Savio, Christian Swierczinski, Max Semont, Gino Caron, Lucien Denjean, Daniel Dubois, Michel Boucherie, Michel Discazeaux, François Morlaes, Georges Soleil, Alain Besson, Jean Trillo, Alain Bergèse, Jacques Cazaban, Jacques Crampagne Scorers Montauban 3 tries Londios (2) and Bourgade (1), 1 conversion Bourgade Bègles 1 try Swierczinski External links fr Compte rendu finale de 1967 lnr.fr fr Finale 1967 finalesrugby.com 1967 France 1967 Championship