The 1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 40 clubs divided in 8 pools of five.
Thirty-two teams qualified from a federal selection and 8 from "Championnat d'Excellence".
The two better of each pool, for a total of 16 clubs was admitted to the play-off finals
The Championship was won by Lourdes who beat
Toulon in the final.
Context
* The
1948 Five Nations Championship
The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby ...
was won by
Ireland,
France was second.
* The "
Coupe de France" was won by
Castres that beat
Lourdes in the final.
Qualification round
Teams in bold qualified for the "last 16" phase.
Last 16
Teams in bold qualified for the quarter-finals.
Quarter finals
Teams in bold qualified for the semi-finals.
Semi finals
Final
External links
''Compte rendu de la finale de 1948'' lnr.fr
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1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
France
Championship