Elite One Championship 2017–2018

Elite One Championship 2017-2018
League	Elite One Championship
Teams	10
2017–18

The 2017-18 Elite One Championship was the 83rd season of France's domestic rugby league competition and the 17th season known as the Elite One championship. The defending champions were Limoux who defeated Lézignan 24–22 in the Grand Final of the 2016–2017 season. The championship was won by SO Avignon who finished fourth in the regular season and defeated Limoux in the Grand Final.

Regular season

The regular season started on 2 December 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. Each team played every other team twice, once at home and the other away and an additional match the "Magic Weekend" which took place in round 14 making 19 games for each team and a total of 95 games.

Table and results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification		STE	LIM	LEZ	AVI	CAR	ALB	STG	PAL	VIL	TOU
1	File:UtcRLcolours.PNG Saint-Estève Catalan	19	15	4	674	270	+404	4	49	Semi-finals		—	22–8	54–6	26–16	40–6	30–16	54–12	66–10	70–4	28–14
2	File:LimouxRLcolours.PNG Limoux	19	14	5	565	369	+196	3	45			16–28	—	16–26	32–16	30–0	22–18	58–6	40–18	37–12	42–28
3	File:LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan	19	11	8	509	424	+85	7	40	Qualifiers		28–24	15–20	—	22–25	31–6	18–30	14–13	30–24	52–6	68–16
4	File:Soavignoncolours.png Avignon	19	11	8	540	417	+123	5	38			30–34	58–14	40–18	—	28–20	38–36	32–22	36–32	24–4	64–6
5	File:CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne	19	10	9	416	408	+8	5	35			17–4	6–10	16–14	12–27	—	10–34	28–6	30–22	29–6	48–22
6	File:AlbiRLcolours.svg Albi	19	8	11	485	402	+83	9	33			24–14	16–24	24–25	29–10	24–37	—	22–16	22–28	36–10	28–4
7	File:GaudensRLcolours.PNG Saint-Gaudens	19	7	12	354	509	−155	8	29			10–34	14–32	30–32	16–10	25–24	12–8	—	14–15	18–24	26–18
8	File:Palaubroncoscolours.png Palau Broncos	19	7	12	422	603	−181	6	27			8–28	34–42	22–48	12–42	30–26	10–42	16–15	—	32–18	35–34
9	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	19	7	12	354	574	−220	3	24			23–22	10–42	18–16	31–20	24–29	26–22	26–27	18–33	—	28–23
10	File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique	19	5	14	370	713	−343	5	20			8–62	12–60	20–16	17–10	12–42	38–35	36–40	20–15	10–40	—

Source:

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

Magic Weekend: Round 14 (21–22 April)

Team 1	Score	Team 2
File:AlbiRLcolours.svg Albi	19–30	File:CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne
File:LimouxRLcolours.PNG Limoux	20–30	File:LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan
File:Palaubroncoscolours.png Palau Broncos	26–32	File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse
File:UtcRLcolours.PNG Saint-Estève Catalan	34–14	File:Soavignoncolours.png Avignon
File:GaudensRLcolours.PNG Saint-Gaudens	32–26	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve

Source:

Finals

At the end of the regular season, the top six in the table advanced to the knockout stage. First and second received a bye for the first week of finals as third played sixth (Qualifying Final 1) and fourth played fifth (Qualifying Final 2), with the losers of both matches eliminated.

Bracket

	Elimination-finals					Semi-finals					Grand Final
						1	Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan	23
	4	SO Avignon	18			4	SO Avignon	16
	5	AS Carcassonne	16								1	Limoux Grizzlies	28
											4	SO Avignon	34
						1	Limoux Grizzlies	30
	3	Lézignan Sangliers	28			3	Lézignan Sangliers	10
	6	Albi	24

Grand Final

1 July 2018

SO Avignon	34–28	Limoux Grizzlies
	Report

Stade Municipal d'Albi, Albi Attendance: 5,000

References

Sources

• https://www.scorespro.com/rugby-league/france/elite-1/2017-2018/results/

External links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Hc1Ra9kLk