1963–64 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1963–64 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams in 7 pools.

French Rugby Championship 1963–64
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Pau (3rd title)
Runners-up	Béziers
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The four first teams of each pool and the best four placed 5th qualified for the last 32.

Pau won the championship after beating Béziers in the final.

It was the third time Pau had won the championship.

Qualification round

Teams in bold qualified for the next round

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

"Last 32"

Teams in bold qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Brive	9-6
Chalon	Mazamet	3-0
Bayonne	Montauban	8-6
Racing	Castres	5-0
Narbonne	Grenoble	11-3
Mont de Marsan	Lannemezan	5-0
Montferrand	La Voulte	5-3
Cognac	Toulon	3-0
Béziers	Saint-Sever	17-6
Aurillac	Valence	9-6
Dax	La Rochelle	14-0
Graulhet	Bègles	11-9
Stadoceste	Vienne	11-0
Tulle	Romans	6-0
Agen	Angoulême	8-6
Lourdes	Cahors	13-5

Brive, the best placed team in the qualification round, was eliminated by Pau, the worst placed team to become the French Champions.

"Last 16"

Teams in bold qualified for the quarterfinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Chalon	3-0
Bayonne	Racing	3-3
Narbonne	Mont de Marsan	13-6
Montferrand	Cognac	16-6
Béziers	Aurillac	17-6
Dax	Graulhet	5-0
Stadoceste	Tulle	12-6
Agen	Lourdes	19-8

Quarterfinals

Teams in bold qualified for the semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Bayonne	11-6
Narbonne	Montferrand	11-0
Béziers	Dax	8-3
Stadoceste	Agen	6-0

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Narbonne	8-3
Béziers	Stadoceste	3-0

Final

Teams	Pau - Béziers
Score	14 - 0
Date	24 May 1964
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Robert Calmet
Line-up
Pau	Eugène Ruiz, André Abadie, Marc Etcheverry, Jean-Baptiste Doumecq, Jean-Pierre Saux, Bernard Vignette, Henri Cazabat, François Moncla, Jacques Dulucq, Jean Capdouze, Jacques Clavé, Jean Piqué, Christian Rouch, Roger Lhande, Robert Toyos
Béziers	Paul Ribot, Emile Bolzan, Claude Malet, Claude Vidal, Louis Gagnière, Gérard Bonneric, Roger Gensane, Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Michel Bernatas, Roger Bousquet, Jean Barrière, Jacques Fratangelle, Clément Grau, Paul Dedieu
Scorers
Pau	2 tries and 1 drop Capdouze, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Toyos
Béziers

External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1964 lnr.fr
• Finale 1964 finalesrugby.com