Elite One Championship 2023–2024

The regular season started on 30 September 2023 and ended on 14 April 2024. Each team was scheduled to play every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 18 games for each team and a total of 90 games.^[1]

Table and results

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification		CAR	ALB	LIM	PIA	LEZ	STE	AVI	STG	VIL	TOU
1	Carcassonne	18	16	2	636	296	+340	2	50	Semi-finals		—	30–32	28–8	38–16	38–20	30–12	36–12	52–16	58–6	50–28
2	Albi	18	15	3	515	238	+277	2	47			20–14	—	4–0	16–0	18–10	36–10	44–12	50–6	40–4	42–18
3	Limoux	18	11	7	418	268	+150	4	37	Qualifiers		22–40	6–14	—	10–18	10–30	30–14	28–16	32–4	42–4	34–12
4	Pia	18	12	6	412	369	+43	1	37			12–31	20–12	12–20	—	26–0	28–18	42–16	30–24	48–22	28–0
5	Lézignan	18	10	8	448	360	+88	5	35			10–16	26–24	4–30	26–10	—	14–19	70–6	48–16	32–24	44–8
6	Saint-Estève Catalan	18	10	8	472	382	+90	3	33			20–26	10–49	6–26	54–10	25–24	—	50–22	30–22	52–2	22–12
7	Avignon	18	7	11	378	539	−161	5	26			28–46	12–24	18–12	24–26	28–34	25–24	—	24–14	28–13	16–24
8	Saint-Gaudens	18	4	14	384	574	−190	7	19			16–36	46–24	18–34	14–26	20–10	10–28	28–39	—	22–18	28–40
9	Villeneuve	18	2	16	289	541	−252	8	14			12–13	4–14	12–20	20–34	22–24	12–24	14–28	37–36	—	25–10
10	Toulouse Olympique	18	3	15	258	643	−385	3	12			6–54	10–52	14–54	24–26	20–22	4–54	10–24	16–44	24–16	—

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• 3 points for a victory
• 1 point bonus for the losing team if the margin is less than 12
• If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is the point difference in head-to-head matches between the specific teams. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table. If still tied then overall points difference will be the tie-breaker.^[8]

At the end of the regular season, the top six teams in the table advanced to the knockout stage. First and second received a bye to the semi-finals where they faced the winners of the qualifying finals. The semi-finals were originally scheduled to be held at the neutral venue of Stade Michel Bendichou, Colomiers, but when the venue became unavailable due to the 2024 Summer Olympics torch relay the matches were moved to the home grounds of the highest seeded teams.^[9] The winners of the semi-finals played in the Grand Final on 26 May at Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne. In the Grand Final, Carcassonne, who had won the Lord Derby Cup in April, faced Albi, the only side to have beaten them in the regular season. In a low scoring match Carcassonne led 4–0 at half time. A converted try midway through the second half put Albi ahead 4–6 before Carcassonne regained the lead with a try three minutes from the end to win 8–6.^[3][10]

Bracket

	Qualifying Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
						1	Carcassonne	44
	4	Pia	22			4	Pia	4
	5	Lézignan	16								1	Carcassonne	8
											2	Albi	6
						2	Albi	34
	3	Limoux	44			3	Limoux	18
	6	Saint-Estève Catalan	10

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Grand Final

26 May 2024 16:00

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Carcassonne	8 – 6	Albi
Tries: Serelevu Goals: Herrero (2)	[3][11]	Tries: Dupuy Goals: Hellec

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Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne Attendance: 5,578 Referee: Geoffrey Poumes