1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.

The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

Le Agen won the Championship 1961-62 after beating the Béziers in the final.

Context

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Pool 1 Auch Béziers SBUC Carmaux Limoges Lyon OU Marmande Perpignan	Pool 2 Angoulême Bayonne Bergerac Cognac Dax Paris Université Club Toulouse Olympique EC Touloun	Pool 3 Chalon Chambéry Dijon Graulhet Grenoble Montauban Montferrand Romans
Pool 4 Albi Aurillac Bègles Cahors Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Stadoceste Toulouse	Pool 5 Brive Le Creusot Lourdes Foix Tulle La Voulte Port-Vendres Racing	Pool 6 Vichy Hendaye Saint-Girons Pau Agen Saint-Sever Lannemezan Vienne
Multi bandeau\|Portail sport\| Pool 7 La Rochelle Tyrosse Mazamet Biarritz Périgueux Castres AS Saint-Junien Saint-Claude

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lourdes	6-3
Agen	Dax	8-8 (a.o.t.)

The two finalistes de 1960-61 were qualified for the semifinals, Béziers won the match for number of tries scored.

Teams	Agen - Béziers
Score	14-11
Date	27 May 1962
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Raymond Gombeaud
Line-up
Agen	Jean-Pierre Clar, Jean-Claude Malbet, Guy Miquel, Christian Matkowski, Georges Cavailles, Michel Sitjar, Louis Echave, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Claude Hiquet, Serge Méricq, Claude Salesse, Henri Garcia, Michel Arino, Jean-Pierre Razat
Béziers	Jean Arnal, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Claude Vidal, André Gayraud, François Rondi, Roger Gensane, Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Roger Bousquet, Gilbet Folch, Michel Bernatas, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Paul Dedieu
Scorers
Agen	3 tries Méricq (2) and Matkowski (1), 1 conversion and 1 penalty Sitjar
Béziers	1 try Rondi, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Dedieu