French Nationale

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Established
2020 (5 years old)

First Recorded Event
2024-08-23

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
13

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Rugby

Location
France

Gender
Male

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12 Dec	SC Albi	6:30pm	CS Bourgo
13 Dec	Bourg-en-	6:30pm	SO Chamb�
13 Dec	RC Suresn	4:00pm	Rouen Nor
13 Dec	Narbonne	5:00pm	RC Massy
09 Jan	RC Massy	6:00pm	SC Albi
09 Jan	Tarbes Py	6:00pm	RC Suresn
09 Jan	SO Chamb�	6:30pm	Olympique
09 Jan	Rouen Nor	7:00pm	Bourg-en-
16 Jan	Bourg-en-	6:30pm	RC Suresn
17 Jan	Olympique	4:30pm	Rouen Nor
Results
06 Dec	Narbonne	31 - 10	CS Bourgo
06 Dec	Olympique	19 - 24	RC Massy
06 Dec	RC Suresn	24 - 23	SO Chamb�
05 Dec	SC Albi	27 - 13	CA Périg
05 Dec	Tarbes Py	20 - 26	Rouen Nor
22 Nov	CS Bourgo	20 - 9	Olympique
22 Nov	CA Périg	25 - 20	Narbonne
22 Nov	SO Chamb�	23 - 18	Rouen Nor
21 Nov	RC Massy	26 - 19	Bourg-en-
15 Nov	Olympique	23 - 28	CA Périg

Description

The Championnat Fédéral Nationale, also known simply as the Nationale, is the third tier of rugby union club competition division in France. Introduced in 2020, it is operated by the French Rugby Federation (FFR).

There is relegation and promotion between both the Pro D2 and Nationale 2, the fourth-level competition. Nationale conducts a play-off system similar to the one currently used in Pro D2, with the top six teams qualifying for the play-offs and the top two teams receiving byes into the semi-finals. The winner of the final earns automatic promotion to the next season's Pro D2 if they are eligible financially to do so, and the runner up conducts an access match with the 2nd bottom side from the Pro D2. The bottom two are automatically relegated to Nationale 2. The bottom two clubs of the Pro D2 and the top two of Nationale 2 then enter Nationale for the next season.

There are 26 rounds in the regular season, with each team playing each other team home and away. The two halves of the season are played in the same order, with the away team in the first half of the season at home in the second half. The semi-finals and final take place in May, with the semi-finals being held over two-legs and the final taking place at a predetermined site. At present, 14 clubs compete in the competition.

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