2003–04 Top 16 season

2003–04 Top 16 season
Countries France
ChampionsStade Français (12th title)
Runners-upUSA Perpignan
RelegatedUS Colomiers and US Montauban

The 2003–04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003–04. The competition was played by 16 teams. In the first stage, two pools of 8 played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8" to play for the title, the other 4 to a relegation tournament.

First round

(3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss)

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Bourgoin 14 9 0 5 352 280 +72 32
2 Brive 14 8 1 5 357 301 +56 31
3 Castres 14 8 1 5 297 281 +16 31
4 Stade Français 14 7 0 7 299 263 +36 28
5 Agen 14 7 0 7 292 269 +23 28
6 Pau 14 6 1 7 281 343 −62 27
7 Montferrand 14 5 1 8 226 278 −52 25
8 Colomiers 14 4 0 10 238 327 −89 22
Source: [citation needed]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Toulouse 14 10 0 4 371 319 +52 34
2 Perpignan 14 9 0 5 357 284 +73 32
3 Biarritz 14 8 0 6 335 273 +62 30
4 Béziers 14 8 0 6 274 275 −1 30
5 Montpellier 14 6 0 8 285 288 −3 26
6 Narbonne 14 6 0 8 296 303 −7 26
7 Grenoble 14 5 0 9 306 362 −56 24
8 Montauban 14 4 0 10 216 336 −120 22
Source: [citation needed]

Relegation pool

The teams total sum of the points obtained in the first round and the points obtained in the matches played with the 4 teams from the other group (home and away).

Home \ Away AGE COL GRE MTB MFR MPL NAR PAU
SU Agen 12–16 22–0 44–3 43–21
US Colomiers 25–16 9–9 25–32 70–19
FC Grenoble 19–19 26–10 15–26 40–29
US Montauban 32–10 19–23 19–22 46–12
Montferrand 44–3 47–10 34–7 45–14
Montpellier 33–14 27–18 26–13 34–7
RC Narbonne 43–35 38–16 28–19 29–18
Pau 81–17 34–23 16–0 68–26
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Montferrand 22 11 1 10 476 400 +76 45
2 Montpellier 22 11 0 11 457 459 −2 44
3 Agen 22 10 1 11 491 436 +55 43
4 Pau 22 10 1 11 546 558 −12 43
5 Narbonne 22 10 0 12 514 617 −103 42
6 FC Grenoble 22 8 1 13 458 408 +50 39
7 Clomiers 22 7 1 14 434 513 −79 37
8 Montauban 22 6 1 15 374 515 −141 35
Source: [citation needed]

Top 8

Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup

Pool A

8 May 2004
USA Perpignan35–21CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
8 May 2004
AS Béziers15–19Castres Olympique
14 May 2004
Castres Olympique15–26USA Perpignan
15 May 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu33–10AS Béziers
21 May 2004
AS Béziers8–27USA Perpignan
22 May 2004
Castres Olympique25–18CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
28 May 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu35–26Castres Olympique
29 May 2004
USA Perpignan45–6AS Béziers
4 June 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu18–13USA Perpignan
5 June 2004
Castres Olympique38–9AS Béziers
12 June 2004
AS Béziers28–22CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
12 June 2004
USA Perpignan23–7Castres Olympique
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 USA Perpignan 6 5 0 1 170 74 +96 16
2 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 6 3 0 3 147 137 +10 12
3 Castres Olympique 6 3 0 3 130 126 +4 12
4 AS Béziers 6 1 0 5 75 185 −110 8
Source: [citation needed]

Pool B

7 May 2004
Stade Français13–6Biarritz
8 May 2004
Brive9–29Toulouse
15 May 2004
Toulouse18–24Stade Français
15 May 2004
Biarritz38–11Brive
22 May 2004
Stade Français34–10Brive
26 May 2004
Biarritz25–26Toulouse
29 May 2004
Brive24–19Stade Français
30 May 2004
Toulouse25–18Biarritz
5 June 2004
Biarritz25–12Stade Français
5 June 2004
Toulouse21–8Brive
12 June 2004
Brive20–37Biarritz
12 June 2004
Stade Français49–17Toulouse
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Stade Français 6 4 0 2 151 100 +51 14
2 Toulouse 6 4 0 2 136 133 +3 14
3 Biarritz 6 3 0 3 149 107 +42 12
4 Brive 6 1 0 5 82 178 −96 8
Source: [citation needed]

Semi-finals

19 June 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu21–31Stade Français
Stade Gerland, Lyon
20 June 2004
USA Perpignan18–16Toulouse
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Final

26 June 2004
Perpignan20–38Stade Français
Try: Bomati 68'
Edmonds 77'
Con: Giannantonio (2) 68', 77'
Pen: Giannantonio (2) 5', 29'		Try: Bergamasco 53'
Corleto 60'
Con: Domínguez 53'
Skrela 60'
Pen: Domínguez (5) 7', 14', 25', 42', 46'
Skrela 57'
Drop: Dominici 30'
Domínguez 33'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,722
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

See also