The 2001–02 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2001–02. The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament.
Biarritz won his third title, the first from 1939, beating Agen in the final
First round (3 point for victories, 2 point for drawn, 1 point for losses)
Pool A
Pool B
Relegation pool The teams sum to the point obtained in the first round, the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group (hone and away).
Top 8 POOL A30 MarchStade Français-Bourgoin34 - 3631 MarchBiarritz-Agen28 - 2313 AprilAgen-Stade Français34 - 1613 AprilBourgoin-Biarritz12 - 1620 AprilStade Français-Biarritz20 - 2020 AprilBourgoin-Agen22 - 204 MayAgen-Bourgoin39 - 104 MayBiarritz-Stade Français28 - 1811 MayBourgoin-Stade Français22 - 2211 MayAgen-Biarritz24 - 1718 MayStade Français-Agen23 - 2318 MayBiarritz-Bourgoin48 - 25
POOL B30 MarchBéziers-Toulouse16 - 2631 MarchPerpignan-Montferrand21 - 2713 AprilToulouse-Perpignan30 - 1413 AprilMontferrand-Béziers27 - 2120 AprilToulouse-Montferrand45 - 2320 AprilBéziers-Perpignan18 - 174 MayPerpignan-Béziers27 - 244 MayMontferrand-Toulouse16 - 1911 MayToulouse-Béziers44 - 1511 MayMontferrand-Perpignan21 - 1218 MayBéziers-Montferrand43 - 3218 MayPerpignan-Toulouse36 - 34
Semifinals
Final
FB 15 Nicolas BrusqueRW 14 Philippe Bernat-SallesOC 13 Joe RoffIC 12 Jack Isaac LW 11 Philippe Bidabé FH 10 Julien PeyrelongueSH 9 Nicolas Morlaes N8 8 Thomas LièvremontOF 7 Christophe Milhères BF 6 Serge BetsenRL 5 Olivier RoumatLL 4 Jean-Philippe Versailles TP 3 Denis Avril HK 2 Jean-Michel Gonzalez (c)LP 1 Emmanuel Menieu Substitutions:HK 16 Noël Curnier PR 17 Sotele Puleoto LK 18 Olivier Nauroy FL 19 Didier Chouchan FH 20 Laurent Mazas CE 21 Guillaume Boussès WG 22 Stuart Legg Coach: Patrice Lagisquet
FB 15 Christophe LamaisonRW 14 Pépito ElhorgaOC 13 Conrad Stoltz IC 12 Luc LafforgueLW 11 Christophe ManasFH 10 François Gelez SH 9 Mathieu BarrauN8 8 Thierry Labrousse OF 7 Philippe Benetton (c)BF 6 Matthieu LièvremontRL 5 Christophe Porcu LL 4 David CouzinetTP 3 Omar Hasan HK 2 Jean-Baptiste RuéLP 1 Jean-Jacques CrencaSubstitutions:HK 16 Philippe PiacentiniPR 17 Patrick BlancoFL 18 Xavier GuillemetN8 19 Maurice Barragué SH 20 François TandonnetCE 21 Guillaume Bouic CE 22 Nicolas Martin Coach: Christian Lanta
References
External links LNR.fr