# 1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Toulouse in the final.
The group B was won by Chambéry beating Angoulême in the final.

## Formula

For the first time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but play a proper championship.
The group A, like the group B was divided in four pools of ten clubs.
The eight better of each pool were qualified for the knockout stages.

## Group A
### Qualification round

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered second the ranking.
| Pool A Béziers Perpignan Graulhet Narbonne Grenoble Saint-Jean-de-Luz US Bressane Montchanin Thuir (Thuir) Racing | Pool B Toulon Pau RRC Nice Montferrand Carcassonne Auch Mazamet Avignon Saint-Saturnin Périgueux Montauban |
| Pool C Stade Bagnérais Tulle Bayonne Stadoceste Brive Biarritz Dax Boucau La Rochelle Limoges | Pool D Agen Lourdes Oloron Toulouse Bègles Romans Aurillac Valence Castres Bourgoin-Jallieu |

### "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Valence | 41-6 |
| Narbonne | Carcassonne | 9-6 |
| RRC Nice | Mazamet | 22-15 |
| Oloron | Aurillac | 6-9 |
| Perpignan | US Bressane | 22-9 |
| Graulhet | Biarritz | 14-7 |
| Montferrand | Grenoble | 10-3 |
| Stade Bagnérais | Boucau | 21-3 |
| Tulle | Dax | 15-6 |
| Lourdes | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 28-3 |
| Brive | Stadoceste | 12-9 |
| Pau | Auch | 18-3 |
| Agen | Montchanin | 21-11 |
| Toulouse | Bègles | 17-7 |
| Bayonne | Romans | 18-11 |
| Toulon | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 28-9 |

### "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Narbonne | 21-10 |
| RRC Nice | Aurillac | 29-9 |
| Perpignan | Graulhet | 12-3 |
| Montferrand | Stade Bagnérais | 11-13 |
| Tulle | Lourdes | 15-9 |
| Brive | Pau | 15-6 |
| Agen | Toulouse | 4-9 |
| Bayonne | Toulon | 25-14 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | RRC Nice | 19-15 |
| Perpignan | Stade Bagnérais | 30-15 |
| Tulle | Brive | 19-22 |
| Toulouse | Bayonne | 24-3 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Perpignan | 16-6 |
| Brive | Toulouse | 9-22 |

## Final

| Teams | Béziers - Toulouse |
| Score | 10-6 |
| Date | 25 May 1980 |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Referee | Jacques Saint-Guilhem |
| Line-up | |
| Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Alain Estève, Michel Palmié, Jean-Marc Cordier, Pierre Lacans, Yvan Buonomo, Philippe Morrisson, Patrick Fort, Henri Mioch, Claude Martinez, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni Replacements : Marc Andrieu, Philippe Cadenat, Michel Montsarrat |
| Toulose | Christian Breseghello, Patrick Bentaboulet, Serge Laïrle, Michel Coutin, Jean-Jacques Santos, Jean-Pierre Rives, Jean-Claude Skrela, Roger Viel, Gérald Martinez, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Guy Novès, Thierry Merlos, Marcel Salsé, Dominique Harize, Serge Gabernet Replacements : Hughes Comet, André Olhasque, Jérôme Rieu, Laurent Husson |
| Scorers | |
| Béziers | 2 tries Buonomo and Fabre, 1 conversion Cantoni |
| Toulouse | 2 penalties Martinez |

## Group B
### Qualification round

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered second the ranking.
| Pool E Avenir Aturin Stade Beaumontois Mauléon Mont de Marsan Orthez Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade) Stade foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande) US Tyrosse Lavelanet Saint-Girons | Pool F Angoulême Arras Cahors Marmande Mérignac Stade Niortais Paris Université La Teste Bergerac US Salles(Salles) |
| Pool G Albi Carmaux Castelnaudary Fumel Lombez Samatan Lannemezan Rodez (Rodez) US Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre) Gaillac Sarlat | Pool H Chambéry Stade Clermontois La Voulte Le Creusot Montélimar Millau Vienne Nîmes US La Seyne Vichy |

### "Last 32"

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Angoulême | Lannemezan | 46-0 |
| Lombez Samatan | Montélimar | 9-6 |
| Marmande | Fumel | 13-9 |
| Carmaux | Stade Niortais | 25-18 |
| La Voulte | Orthez | 19-6 |
| Stade Clermontois | Rodez(Rodez) | 10-6 |
| Castelnaudary | La Teste | 32-9 |
| Nîmes | Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade) | 30-6 |
| US Tyrosse | Arras | 26-10 |
| Stade Beaumontois | Mérignac | 15-16 |
| Chambéry | Millau | 34-0 |
| Mauléon | Le Creusot | 27-21 |
| Albi | Vienne | 35-3 |
| Cahors | Avenir Aturin | 36-16 (aot) |
| Mont de Marsan | Stade foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande) | 47-0 |
| Paris Université | Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre) | 23-17 |

### "Last 16"

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Albi | Cahors | 35-12 |
| Nîmes | Castelnaudary | 21-12 |
| Stade Beaumontois | US Tyrosse | 15-6 |
| Mont de Marsan | Paris Université | 16-7 |
| La Voulte | Stade Clermontois | 36-0 |
| Chambéry | Mauléon | 23-7 |
| Carmaux | Marmande | 12-9 |
| Angoulême | Lombez Samatan | 21-9 |

### Quarter of finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Angoulême | Carmaux | 48-6 |
| Nîmes | La Voulte | 15-4 |
| Albi | Mont de Marsan | 23-18 |
| Chambéry | Stade Beaumontois | 21-12 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Angoulême | Nîmes | 30-7 |
| Chambéry | Albi | 21-18 |

### Final

| Teams | Chambéry – Angoulême |
| Score | 21-9 |
| Date | 18 May 1980 |
| Venue | Clermont-Ferrand |