Elite One Championship 2018–2019


The 2018–19 Elite One Championship was the 84th season of France's domestic rugby league competition and 17th known as the Elite One Championship. Ten teams competed in the regular season playing 19 matches each from November 2018 to June 2019, with the top six teams playing a three-week finals series throughout June 2019.
Saint-Estève XIII Catalan won their second Elite One Championship beating minor premiers AS Carcassonne in the final 32–24 after finishing 2nd in the regular season.

Format

Regular season

Each team was scheduled to every other team twice, once at home and the other away. Each team then played another team again during Magic Weekend that was held on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Carcassonne, to make a total of 19 regular season matches for each team.

Finals series

At the end of the regular season, the top six of the regular season advance to the knockout stage. 1st and second receive a bye for the first week of finals as third plays sixth and fourth plays fifth, with the losers of both matches eliminated. First then plays the winner of Qualifying final 1 and second then plays the winner of Qualifying Final 2. The winners of these two matches play in Grand Final on 29 June at Stadium Municipal d'Albi in Albi.

Regular season

Magic Weekend

Magic Weekend was held on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, 2019, with all matches being played in Carcassonne. All match winners would be awarded 4 points instead of the regular 3.
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
13 April 18:00 Palau42–24 Saint-Gaudens
13 April 18:00 Lézignan18–14 Limoux
13 April 18:00 Toulouse30–31 Avignon
14 April 15:00 Villeneuve24–52 [Racing Club Racing Club Albi XIII|Albi XIII|Albi]
13 April 18:00 Saint-Estève Catalan22–30 Carcassonne

Finals series

Qualifying Finals

Limoux vs Albi



Semi-finals

Carcassonne vs Limoux



Catalan vs Lezignan



Final

Teams



Match Summary