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Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 2004 |
First season | 2004 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | France |
Most recent champion(s) | Stade Rochelais (2024) |
Most titles | Lille MRC Villeneuvois and AS Bayonnais (2 each) |
Related competitions | Élite 1 Féminine, Fédérale 1 |
Official website | https://competitions.ffr.fr/competitions/elite-2-feminine/ |
Élite 2 Féminine is the second tier of national women's rugby union competition in France. Called Élite 2 since 2018 or Élite 2 Armelle-Auclair from 2004 to 2018. From this competition you can be promoted to Élite 1 Féminine.
History
From 2004 to 2018, the Elite 2 championship bears the name of Armelle Auclair, a French rugby union player who tragically died on July 13, 2002, in Mauléon-Licharre, at the age of 28.[1]
League
Since 2021, the championship is composed of two phases:
- The main season where the 10 clubs play each other home and away throughout the season.
- The post-season playoffs contested between the top four teams ranked clubs 1st to 4th.
2023–24 teams
Club | Coach | Stadium | Capacity |
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RC Toulon Provence Méditerranée | Stéphane Gamonet & Baptiste Roffinella | Stade Léo-Lagrange / Stade Guy-Moquet | 2,800 / 200 |
Stade Rochelais | Alexandre Barès & Florian Ninard | Plaine des Jeux Colette Besson | |
USAP XV | Stade Roger Ramis | ||
Valkyries Normandie RC | Jean-François Mouton and Cyrille Lloza | Stade Jean-Mermoz | 2,800 |
Union des Bords de Marne | Earvin Journot | Stade Octave Lapize / Parc du Tremblay | |
USA Limoges | |||
US Joué | Antoine Ruel, Sebastian Ungureanu & Kenny Daamouche | Stade Pierre-Albaladejo | |
US Dax | Christophe Lebert & Chris Ndombi | Stade Colette-Besson / Stade Maurice-Boyau | 500 / 7,262 |
Rugby Clermont La Plaine | Jéremy Catalan & Florent Très | Stade Camille-et-Edmond-Leclanché | |
CA Brive | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
Champions
2000-09
Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance | Ref |
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2004 | ESP Bruges Blanquefort | 12-6 | Stade Rennais | |||
2005 | Montpellier RC | 14-11 | Stade Rennais | |||
2006 | Lille Métropole RC Villeneuvois | 14-9 | ES Nanterre | |||
2007 | RC Lons | 10–3 | Pachys d'Herm | |||
2008 | RF Dijon Bourgogne | 13-13 (2 tries to 1) | Rugby Sassenage Isère | |||
2009 | Saint-Orens RF | 13-13 (5 tries to 3) | AC Bobigny 93 |
2010-19
Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance | Ref |
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2010 | CSM Gennevilliers | 8-0 | RC Chilly-Mazarin | |||
2011 | Lille Métropole RC villeneuvois | 31-15 | Stade Bordelais | |||
2012 | Stade Bordelais | 29-20 | AS Bayonne | |||
2013 | RC La Valette-Le Revest-La Garde-Le Pradet | 18-12 | Ovalie Romagnatoise CA | |||
2014 | AS Bayonne | 16-15 | Avenir Fonsorbais Rugby Féminin | |||
2015 | Stade Toulousain | 16-13 | AS Bayonne | |||
2016 | Ovalie Romagnatoise Clermont Auvergne | 29-7 | Lyon OU | |||
2017 | AS Bayonne | 34-10 | FC Grenoble | |||
2018 | FC Grenoble | 6-5 | Lons RF | |||
2019 | Lyon OU | 22–13 | RC Chilly-Mazarin |
2020-29
Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance | Ref | Highlights |
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2020 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | ||||||
2021 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | ||||||
2022 | Valkyries Normandie RC | 8-7 | Stade Rochelais | [2] | |||
2023 | Stade Français Paris | 22-3 | Stade Rochelais | [3][4] | |||
2024 | Stade Rochelais | 30-19 | RC Toulon Provence Méditerranée | [5][6] |
Winners & runners-up
- Current Élite 2 Féminine participating clubs indicated in bold
Club | Wins | Runners-up | Winning Seasons | Last Win |
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AS Bayonne | 2 | 2 | 2014 2017 | 2017 |
Lille Métropole RC Villeneuvois | 2 | 0 | 2006 2011 | 2011 |
FC Grenoble Amazones | 1 | 2 | 2018 | 2018 |
Stade Rochelais | 1 | 2 | 2024 | 2024 |
Lons Rugby Féminin Béarn Pyrénées | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
Stade Bordelais | 1 | 1 | 2012 | 2012 |
Stade Toulousain | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2015 |
Ovalie Romagnatoise Clermont Auvergne | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 2016 |
Lyon Olympique Universitaire | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
ES Bruges Blanquefort | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 |
RF Dijon Bourgogne | 1 | 0 | 2008 | 2008 |
Saint-Orens Rugby Féminin | 1 | 0 | 2009 | 2009 |
CSM Gennevilliers | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 |
RC Valettois Revestois | 1 | 0 | 2013 | 2013 |
Valkyries Normandie RC | 1 | 0 | 2022 | 2022 |
Stade Français Paris | 1 | 0 | 2023 | 2023 |
Montpellier RC | 1 | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
Stade Rennais Rugby | 0 | 2 | ||
RC Chilly-Mazarin | 0 | 2 | ||
Racing Nanterre Rugby | 0 | 1 | ||
Pachys d'Herm | 0 | 1 | ||
AC Bobigny 93 Rugby | 0 | 1 | ||
RC Toulon Provence | 0 | 1 |
References
- ^ https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2002/07/15/408085-L-internationale-Armelle-Auclair-meurt-ecrasee-par-un-camion.html
- ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/rugby/ovalie-caennaise/rugby-elite-2-feminine-la-fusion-et-le-bouclier-pour-les-valkyries-f8ec1ff4-e415-11ec-a695-df7df0a2b6df
- ^ https://www.ffr.fr/actualites/au-coeur-du-jeu/rugby-amateur-le-stade-francais-remporte-le-titre-delite-2-feminine
- ^ https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/rugby/live/top-14/2024/938533/la-rochelle-st-francais#:~:text=La%20Rochelle%20s'impose%20en,)%20et%20Berjon%20(76e).
- ^ https://www.ffr.fr/actualites/federation/elite-2-feminine-les-rochelaises-championnes-de-france
- ^ https://www.staderochelais.com/actualites/medias/phototheque/08062024-finale-elite-2-stade-rochelais-30-19-rugby-club-toulon-mediterrannee-10
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