Coupe de France Lord Derby

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The Coupe de France Lord Derby (Template:Literal translation), or just Coupe Lord Derby ('Lord Derby Cup'), is the premier knockout competition for the sport of rugby league football in France, as well as the name of its championship trophy.[1][2][3] The tournament was first contested in 1934–35, which also marked the inaugural season of the French Rugby League Championship.[3][4]

Each round is played in single-elimination mode.[5] The Lord Derby Cup was previously open to all professional and amateur clubs,[5] but since the 2023–2024 edition has been limited to teams in the top two divisions.[6]

Format

For much of the tournament's history, games played at predetermined or mutually agreed upon neutral sites were the norm. While Toulouse struggled to field a stable team in the new code until 1937, it was still the go-to host city for many games during the tournament's formative years,[7] both because it was viewed as a key market and because the relationship with rugby union authorities was much less contentious there than elsewhere in the country.[8] In fact, Stade Toulousain considered renting its Stade Ernest-Wallon to the French Rugby League for the 1939 Lord Derby Cup final, before organizers settled on Stade du TOEC.[7] In the modern era, games at predetermined sites were gradually reduced to encourage fan attendance, and are typically only used in the last two rounds.[5]

While all divisions have been actively encouraged to send teams in recent times,[5] the level of amateur participation has varied over the years.[9] In the 2023–24 season, only teams in the top two divisions, Elite 1 and Elite 2, took part in the competition.[6]

Trophy

Following in the footsteps of his father Frederick, patron of ice hockey's Stanley Cup, Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, donated the silver trophy that bears his name to inaugural French Cup champions US Lyon-Villeurbanne in 1935. Stanley was honorary president of the Rugby Football League, a former minister and former British ambassador in Paris.[10] The trophy was actually not presented to the Lyon players during the French Cup final. Rather, it was handed over to them one week later on 12 May 1935 by John Wilson, general secretary of the Rugby Football League, at Stade Buffalo near Paris, during a special Cup Winners' Match against Challenge Cup champions Castleford, for which Lyon had qualified by virtue of their domestic cup win.[11][12]

The actual name of the trophy, as engraved on the bowl, is Coupe de Lord Derby, although the more natural-sounding "Coupe Lord Derby" is almost always preferred. Among the rugby league crowd, the cup is affectionately known as La vieille dame ('The Old Lady').[9][13] Since 2017, each player from the winning team has received a replica of the cup for him to keep, which is slightly smaller than the original at Template:Convert in height.[14]

Notable cup runs

Cinderella runs

The Lord Derby Cup has historically been dominated by first division teams. Nonetheless, one-off wins by lower division clubs are not unheard of, and a handful of underdogs have produced cinderella runs over the years. In 1983, fourth-level side Le Soler advanced to the semifinals, beating top-flight club Pia in the process, before losing to powerhouse XIII Catalan.[15] In 2005, third-level team Salses beat two Elite 1 teams (Lyon-Villeurbanne and Villeneuve-sur-Lot) before bowing out in the semifinals as well, this time to Limoux.[15]

Toulouse curse

Toulouse Olympique has endured many heartbreaks in the Lord Derby Cup, losing all of its first six finals, including three straight between 1962 and 1964. One of star player Georges Aillères' career regrets was never hoisting the Lord Derby Cup while playing for his longtime club, despite making it to four finals with them.[16] Ironically, he won the trophy in his only season played away from Toulouse, in 1965 with Lézignan.[17] Toulouse would eventually break the curse in 2014, in their seventh final appearance.[13][18]

Satellite tournaments

Junior French Cup

The equivalent of the Lord Derby Cup for Under-19 players is the Coupe Luc-Nitard ('Luc Nitard Cup'), whose final has traditionally been played as a curtain-raiser to the Lord Derby Cup final.[5]

Other cup competitions

To provide minor league clubs with a more accessible level of competition, the French federation has maintained a trio of secondary cup tournaments which are reserved for them. Each of these tournaments is marketed as a "Coupe de France" in its own right, although in practice they more closely fit the definition of a league cup.[5] They are:

List of Finals

Results

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Year Winners Score Runner-up Venue Attendance Ref.
1934–35 Template:League icon Lyon 22–7 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Jacques-Thomas, Toulouse 6,000
1935–36 File:Cote Basque colours.png Côte Basque 15–8 Template:League icon Villeneuve Parc de Suzon, Talence 12,600
1936–37 Template:League icon Villeneuve 12–6 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Parc de Suzon, Talence 12,100
1937–38 Template:Leagueicon Roanne 36–12 Template:League icon Villeneuve Stade des Minimes, Toulouse 11,000
1938–39 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 7–3 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Stade du TOEC, Toulouse 15,200
1939–40 Final did not take place due to the Second World War Template:Efn
1940–44 Rugby league banned by Vichy regime
1944–45 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 23–14 Template:League icon Carcassonne Parc des Princes, Paris
1945–46 Template:League icon Carcassonne 27–7 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Jacques-Chapou, Toulouse 18,000
1946–47 Template:League icon Carcassonne 24–5 Template:Leagueicon Avignon Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1947–48 Template:Leagueicon Marseille 5–4 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Jacques-Chapou, Toulouse
1948–49 Template:Leagueicon Marseille 12–9 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 24,000
1949–50 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 12–5 Template:League icon Lyon Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 13,500
1950–51 Template:League icon Carcassonne 22–10 Template:League icon Lyon Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1951–52 Template:League icon Carcassonne 28–9 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 14,384
1952–53 Template:League icon Lyon 9–8 Template:League icon Villeneuve Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan 12,200
1953–54 Template:League icon Lyon 17–15 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Joseph-Lombard, Cavaillon 8,000
1954–55 Template:Leagueicon Avignon 18–10 Template:Leagueicon Marseille Stade de la Roseraie, Carpentras 11,600
1955–56 Template:Leagueicon Avignon 25–12 Template:Leagueicon Bordeaux Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan 5,800
1956–57 Template:Leagueicon Marseille 11–0 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 16,633
1957–58 Template:League icon Villeneuve 20–8 Template:Leagueicon Avignon Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan 5,473
1958–59 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 7–0 Template:Leagueicon Avignon Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 11,000
1959–60 Template:League icon Lézignan 7–4 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan 15,800
1960–61 Template:League icon Carcassonne 5–2 Template:League icon Lézignan Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan
1961–62 Template:Leagueicon Roanne 16–10 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 8,395
1962–63 Template:League icon Carcassonne 5–0 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 5,100
1963–64 Template:League icon Villeneuve 10–2 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 5,166
1964–65 Template:Leagueicon Marseille 13–8 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 8,294
1965–66 Template:League icon Lézignan 22–7 Template:League icon Villeneuve Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 10,067
1966–67 Template:League icon Carcassonne 10–4 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 16,250
1967–68 Template:League icon Carcassonne 9–2 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 6,400
1968–69 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 15–8 Template:League icon Villeneuve Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 9,532
1969–70 Template:League icon Lézignan 14–8 Template:League icon Villeneuve Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 7,460
1970–71 Template:Leagueicon Marseille 17–2 Template:League icon Lézignan Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 6,310
1971–72 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève 12–5 Template:League icon Villeneuve Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 8,250
1972–73 Template:League icon Saint-Gaudens 22–8 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 10,300
1973–74 Template:League icon Albi 21–11 Template:League icon Lézignan Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 6,580
1974–75 Template:League icon Pia 9–4 Template:Leagueicon Marseille Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 9,021
1975–76 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 23–8 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 6,395
1976–77 Template:League icon Carcassonne 21–16 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 10,085
1977–78 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 18–7 Template:League icon Lézignan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 15,939
1978–79 Template:League icon Villeneuve 15–5 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stadium Municipal, Albi 6,642
1979–80 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 18–8 Template:League icon Carcassonne Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8,783
1980–81 Final cancelled Template:Efn
1981–82 Template:Leagueicon Avignon 18–12 Template:League icon Carcassonne Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 4,663
1982–83 Template:League icon Carcassonne 10–3 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 7,235
1983–84 Template:League icon Villeneuve 18–7 Template:League icon Limoux Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 6,851
1984–85 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 24–7 Template:League icon Limoux Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 11,362
1985–86 Template:League icon Le Pontet 35–10 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne
1986–87 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève 20–10 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8590
1987–88 Template:League icon Le Pontet 5–2 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 5,000
1988–89 Template:Leagueicon Avignon 12–11 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève Stadium Municipal, Albi 6,000
1989–90 Template:League icon Carcassonne 22–8 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève Stadium Municipal, Albi 6,832
1990–91 Template:League icon Saint-Gaudens 30–4 Template:League icon Pia Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 6,000
1991–92 Template:League icon Saint-Gaudens 22–10 Template:League icon RC Carpentras Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 7,000
1992–93 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève 12–10 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 6,401
1993–94 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève 14–12 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne
1994–95 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève 28–8 Template:League icon Pia Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 6,000 [20]
1995–96 Template:League icon Limoux 39–12 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 9,000 [21]
1996–97 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan 25–24Template:Efn Template:League icon Limoux Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 8,000 [22]
1997–98 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève 38–0 Template:Leagueicon Avignon Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 7,000 [23]
1998–99 Template:League icon Villeneuve 20–5 Template:League icon Lézignan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 9,000 [24]
1999–2000 Template:League icon Villeneuve 34–14 Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 9,000 [25]
2000–01 Template:League icon Union Treiziste Catalane 38–17 Template:League icon Limoux Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8,000 [26]
2001–02 Template:League icon Villeneuve 27–18 Template:League icon Pia Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 8,500 [27]
2002–03 Template:League icon Villeneuve 16–14 Template:League icon Pia Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 7,000
2003–04 Template:League icon Union Treiziste Catalane 36–24 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 10,500
2004–05 Template:League icon Union Treiziste Catalane 31–12 Template:League icon Limoux Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 11,000
2005–06 Template:League icon Pia 36–20 Template:League icon Lézignan Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 9,344
2006–07 Template:League icon Pia 30–14 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 5,500
2007–08 Template:League icon Limoux 17–14 Template:League icon Albi Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 7,751 [28]
2008–09 Template:League icon Carcassonne 18–16 Template:League icon Limoux Stadium Municipal, Albi 6,697 [29]
2009–10 Template:League icon Lézignan 18–14 Template:League icon Limoux Parc des Sports, Avignon 8,140 [30]
2010–11 Template:League icon Lézignan 27–18 Template:League icon Pia Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 5,350 [31]
2011–12 Template:League icon Carcassonne 14–12 Template:League icon Pia Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 6,892 [32]
2012–13 Template:Leagueicon Avignon 38–37 Template:League icon Limoux Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 6,877 [33]
2013–14 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse 46–10 Template:League icon Carcassonne Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 6,763 [34]
2014–15 Template:League icon Lézignan 27–25 Template:League icon Saint-Estève XIII Catalan Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 4,124 [35]
2015–16 Template:League icon Saint-Estève XIII Catalan 33–16 Template:League icon Limoux Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne 4,200 [36]
2016–17 Template:League icon Carcassonne 30–24 Template:League icon Lézignan Parc des Sports, Avignon 5,500 [37]
2017–18 Template:League icon Saint-Estève XIII Catalan 30–26Template:Efn Template:League icon Limoux Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 5,243 [38]
2018–19 Template:League icon Carcassonne 22–6 Template:League icon Saint-Estève XIII Catalan Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 5,000 [39]
2019–20 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France [40]
2020–21 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France [41]
2021–22 Competition abandoned due to a resurgence of COVID-19 induced by the Omicron variant [42]
2022–23 Template:League icon Carcassonne 36–12 Template:League icon Albi Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan 4,102 [43]
2023–24 Template:League icon Carcassonne 22–6 Template:League icon Lézignan Stade Gilbert-Brutus, Perpignan [44]
2024–25 Template:League icon Saint-Estève XIII Catalan 26–18 Template:League icon Albi Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne [45]

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