Algerian rugby union Championship

National rugby union Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021–22 Algerian rugby union Championship
SportRugby union
Founded2017
No. of teams13
Country Algeria
Most recent
champion(s)		Stade Oranais (1st title)
Most titlesStade Oranais (1 title)
Relegation toAlgerian rugby union Championship D2

The Algerian National rugby union Championship is a rugby union club competition that is played in Algeria and created in 2017. The national championship of rugby began in November 2018, it was learned by the president of the Algerian Rugby Federation (FAR), Sofiane Benhacen.

History

The FAR president, Sofiane Benhacen, announced at the end of December 2016 the launch in September 2017 of the first edition of the national rugby championship. The 20 rugby union teams that exist in Algeria would be divided into two pools, Center-West and Center-East,[1] but it never saw the light of day.

Finally, the first Algerian championship in the history of Algerian rugby kicked off in November 2018. It ended on May 3, 2019, in Blida after a series of five regional tournaments (Algiers, Oran, Msila, Sidi Bel Abbès and Arzew) and a final tournament in Blida which won the best team.[2] The first edition was won by Stade Oranais.[3]

List of winners

Season Winners Score Runner-up
2018–19 Stade Oranais n/a JF Bordj El Kiffan
2019–20 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
2020–21
2021–22 TBD
^n/a : A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Champions by club

# Club Wins Runners-up Winning Years
1 Stade Oranais 1 0 2018–19
2 JF Bordj El Kiffan 0 1

References

  1. ^ "Un championnat d'Algérie de rugby à partir de septembre 2017". Radio Algérie. 26 December 2016.
  2. ^ "La première édition du champions d'Algérie 2017-18, une véritable réussite". Rugby Africa. 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Le Stade Oranais remporte le championnat d'Algérie 2019". La Gazette du Fennec. Yassine Benarbia. 7 May 2019.