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Elite One Championship 2018–19
League	Elite One Championship
Duration	19 rounds
Teams	10
Broadcast partners	beIN Sports Radio Marseillette
2018–19 season
Champions	Saint-Estève Catalan 2nd Elite One title
League leaders	AS Carcassonne
Biggest home win	AS Carcassonne 50 – 4 Toulouse Olympique Broncos (22 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Albi RL 54 – 10 Toulouse Olympique Broncos (26 May 2019)
Top point-scorer(s)	Aurelien Decarnin 154
Top try-scorer(s)	Romain Franco 24
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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.

Teams

Elite One Championship
Team	Stadium	Location
Albi RL	Stadium Mazicou	Albi, Tarn
SO Avignon	Parc des Sports (Avignon)	Avignon, Vaucluse
AS Carcassonne	Stade Albert Domec	Carcassonne, Aude
FC Lézignan	Stade du Moulin	Lézignan-Corbières, Aude
Limoux Grizzlies	Stade de l'Aiguille	Limoux, Aude
Palau XIII Broncos	Stade Georges Vaills	Palau-del-Vidre, Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Estève Catalan	Stade Municipal	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Gaudens Bears	Stade Jules Ribet	Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
Toulouse Olympique Broncos	Stade des Minimes	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
Villeneuve Leopards	Stade Max Rousie	Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

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 (Qualifying Final 1) and fourth plays fifth (Qualifying Final 2), 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

Home and Away

Home \ Away	ALB	AVI	CAR	LÉZ	LIM	PAL	STE	STG	TOU	VIL
Albi		47–4	36–24	28–24	36–24	26–27	18–42	26–10	8–34	30–16
Avignon	22–34		26–22	10–36	28–32	12–24	16–54	40–18	22–16	12–20
Carcassonne	22–8	16–19		34–26	19–18	20–0	18–20	44–24	50–4	30–16
Lézignan	10–20	28–20	29–22		34–4	58–43	36–10	34–6	48–28	20–44
Limoux	26–16	48–10	14–31	22–16		30–14	22–20	42–12	42–22	20–12
Palau	38–42	32–16	40–46	4–42	16–20		24–32	14–24	30–36	16–20
Saint-Estève Catalan	42–24	56–22	12–36	24–30	46–18	36–24		24–20	38–30	34–22
Saint-Gaudens	18–48	38–14	10–40	26–24	26–36	24–44	26–28		20–16	20–22
Toulouse	10–54	6–30	22–60	20–50	12–56	35–26	10–50	46–10		26–48
Villeneuve	40–8	20–10	18–24	30–14	12–24	40–34	14–18	24–32	30–18

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.

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 April 18:00	Palau	42–24	Saint-Gaudens
13 April 18:00	Lézignan	18–14	Limoux
13 April 18:00	Toulouse	30–31	Avignon
14 April 15:00	Villeneuve	24–52	Albi
13 April 18:00	Saint-Estève Catalan	22–30	Carcassonne

Table

2018-19 Elite One Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Carcassonne	19	14	0	5	588	364	+224	6	48	Semi-Finals
2	Saint-Estève XIII Catalan (C)	19	14	0	5	608	440	+168	3	45
3	Lézignan	19	12	0	7	577	409	+168	6	42	Qualifying-Finals
4	Limoux Grizzlies	19	13	0	6	512	400	+112	3	42
5	Albi RL	19	12	0	7	561	457	+104	3	39
6	Villeneuve Leopards	19	10	0	9	472	442	+30	6	36
7	Palau XIII Broncos	19	5	0	14	492	583	−91	11	26
8	SO Avignon	19	6	0	13	365	577	−212	7	25
9	Saint-Gaudens Bears	19	5	0	14	388	608	−220	4	19
10	Toulouse Olympique Broncos	19	4	0	15	421	704	−283	5	17

Finals series

	Qualifying Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
						Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne
	Stade de l'Aiguille, Limoux					1	Carcassonne	20
	4	Limoux	26			4	Limoux	16			Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi
	5	Albi	24								1	Carcassonne	24
						Stade Municipal, Saint-Estève					2	Saint-Estève Catalan	32
	Stade du Moulin, Lézignan					2	Saint-Estève Catalan	38
	3	Lézignan	35			3	Lézignan	18
	6	Villeneuve	20

Qualifying Finals

Limoux vs Albi

Limoux Grizzlies	26 – 24	Albi RL
Tries: Thomas Lasvenes (5') 1 Maxime Péault (23') 1 Henry Noki (45') 1 Mathieu Mayans (54') 1 Mickaël Murcia (68') 1 Goals: Mickaël Murcia 2 (68' pen, 72') Allan Torreilles 1 (45')	1st: 8 – 12 2nd: 18 – 12	Tries: 2 (9', 68') Jye Ballinger 1 (12') Nittim Pedrero 1 (77') Cédric Mazars Goals: 4 Baptiste Fabre (9', 12', 68', 77')

Lezignan vs Villeneuve

FC Lézignan	35 – 20	Villeneuve Leopards
Tries: Cyril Stacul (33', 69') 2 Benjamin Tort (3') 1 Valentin Ferret (45') 1 Lilian Albert (39') 1 Maxime Benausse (73') 1 Goals: Damien Cardace 5 (19', 33', 39', 69', 73') Field Goals: Amine Miloudi (79') 1	1st: 22 – 10 2nd: 13 – 10	Tries: 2 (22', 54') Maxence Carrasco 1 (13') Loïc Marira 1 (64') Dorian Brioux Goals: 2 Aurelien Decarnin (13', 64')

Semi-finals

Carcassonne vs Limoux

Carcassonne	20 – 16 (a.e.t)	Limoux Grizzlies
Tries: Bastien Canet (5') 1 Luc Franco (50') 1 Tony Tumusa (77') 1 Nabil Djalout (82') 1 Goals: Alexis Albérola 2 (5', 17' pen)	1st: 8 – 6 2nd: 8 – 10 ET: 4 – 0	Tries: 1 (66') Thomas Lasvenes Goals: 6 Mickaël Murcia (20' pen, 35' pen, 38' pen, 54' pen, 59' pen, 66')

Catalan vs Lezignan

Saint-Estève Catalan	38 – 18	FC Lézignan
Tries: Arthur Romano (9', 21') 2 Robin Brochon (17', 68') 2 Ben Pomeroy (29') 1 Romain Franco (56', 78') 2 Goals: Joan Guasch 5 (13' pen, 17', 43' pen, 68', 78' )	1st: 20 – 12 2nd: 18 – 6	Tries: 1 (3') Michaël Tribillac 1 (36') Florian Bousquet 1 (67') Amine Miloudi Goals: 3 Damien Cardace (3', 36', 67')

Final

Teams

Match Summary

Carcassonne	24 – 32	Saint-Estève Catalan
Tries: Jamie Anderson (7') 1 Vincent Albert (15') 1 Luc Franco (27') 1 Alexis Escamilla (30') 1 Goals: Alexis Albérola 2 (15', 27', 30', 61' pen) Sin Bins: Julien Agullo (65') Nabil Djalout (79')	1st: 22 – 4 2nd: 2 – 28	Tries: 1 (25') Ben Pomeroy 1 (41') Paul Seguier 1 (42') Arthur Mourgue 1 (50') Ugo Perez 1 (68') Alexis Meresta-Doucet Goals: 1 (41') Joan Guasch 5 Robin Brochon (42', 50', 55' pen, 68', 73' pen) Sin Bins:(50') Arnaud Bartes (79') Hugo Salabio

References

1. "Elite 1 2018/2019 (France): Results". scorespro. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
2. "Carcassonne : un "Magic Week-end" très festif". L'Independant. 13 April 2019.
3. "Le FC Lézignan-Corbières se replace, mais se cherche encore". L'Independant. 15 April 2019.
4. "Rugby à XIII (Elite 1) : Lézignan et Limoux en demi-finales !". L'Independant. 16 June 2019.
5. "FC Lézignan-Corbières XIII : une victoire et des adieux pour Tisseyre et Amilas". L'Independant. 17 June 2019.
6. "Un petit point en or prive Limoux de la finale". L'Independant. 24 June 2019.
7. "XIII Lézignan : l'exceptionnelle saison du FCL n'est pas finie". L'Independant. 24 June 2019.
8. "Elite 1 : exploit de Saint-Estève/XIII Catalan qui devient champion de France face à Carcassonne XIII (32-24)". L'Independant. 29 June 2019.

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• 2019 in French rugby league