After their Elite 1 teammates, it is now the turn of the Federal Team 1 to discover their opponents for the 2020/2021 season.
Qualifying phase: Distribution of the 36 teams into 4 pools of 9 teams established according to a geographical optimization criterion ensuring a distribution of Elite reserve teams (a minimum of 3 per pool).
Separation of the final phases for the "reserve" teams of the Elite clubs and the "one" teams: The final phase of the "reserve" teams of the Elite clubs will be separated from that of the "one" teams. The two highest ranked reserve teams from each pool at the end of the qualifying phase will qualify for the final phase of the Federal Challenge for reserve teams, which will start at ¼. The winner of the final will win the Federal Challenge of the "reserve" teams, which is an honorary title and not a title of French champion.
The two top ranked "one" teams from each pool at the end of the qualifying phase will qualify for the final phase, which will begin with the ¼ final. At the end of this final phase, the 2 finalist associations will be promoted to Elite 2 Female, the winner being crowned French Champion of Federal 1 Female.
In the event that one of the associations promoted from Fédérale 1 Feminine to Elite 2 Feminine refuses to be promoted to the higher division, the team ranked 9th in Elite 2 Feminine will be invited to remain in the division concerned. In the event that the two associations promoted to Elite 2 Women's refuse to be promoted to the next higher division, then the last two Elite 2 Women's teams will be invited to remain in the division concerned. è Principle to be validated.
The Amazons will find the teams of : Bourgoin, GUC, LOU, Montpellier, Toulon, Nimes, Chambéry-Ugine-Albertville & les Violettes bressanes.
Photo: K. Valentin
Auteur : FCG Rugby