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 [AS AS Béziers Hérault|Béziers Hérault|Béziers] in the final.

Context

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was won by France.
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat Pau par 14 - 9.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Pool 1

AuchBéziersSBUC

Pool 2

AngoulêmeBayonne

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Brive

Le CreusotLourdes
Foix TulleLa Voulte
Port-Vendres
'''Racing'''

Pool 6

Vichy

Hendaye
Saint-GironsPauAgen
Saint-SeverLannemezan
'''Vienne'''

Pool 7

La RochelleTyrosseMazametBiarritz

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Vienne	14-3
Mazamet	Stadoceste	12-0
Pau	Aurillac	11-5
Racing	Chambéry	5-3
Dax	Perpignan	8-0
Lannemezan	Castres	3-0
La Rochelle	La Voulte	3-3
Toulon	Cognac	6-0
Béziers	Tyrosse	8-0
Brive	Grenoble	9-3
Cahors	Bayonne	13-9
Biarritz	Montauban	5-3
Lourdes	Angoulême	13-3
SBUC	Auch	3-0
Tulle	Mont-de-Marsan	6-6
Graulhet	Vichy	6-3

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Mazamet	11-3
Pau	Racing	8-3
Dax	Lannemezan	9-3
La Rochelle	Toulon	3-0
Béziers	Brive	15-9
Cahors	Biarritz	9-0
Lourdes	SBUC	16-3
Tulle	Graulhet	6-0

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Pau	11-3
Dax	La Rochelle	6-3
Béziers	Cahors	3-0
Lourdes	Tulle	12-6

Semifinals

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