1985–86 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1985–86 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Agen in the final.

Formula
The 40 clubs were divided in 4 pools of ten.

The best two teams of each pool were admitted directly to the "last 16", while the teams classified from 3rd to 6th played a barrage

Qualification round
The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

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Pool 1

 * Toulouse
 * Narbonne
 * Béziers
 * Brive
 * Graulhet
 * Romans
 * Mont-de-Marsan
 * Boucau
 * Stade Bagnérais
 * Lombez-Samatan


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Pool 2

 * Touloun
 * Biarritz 
 * Valence
 * Pau
 * Bayonne
 * Oloron
 * Hyères
 * La Voulte
 * Castres
 * Lavelanet


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Pool 3

 * Agen
 * Nîmes
 * Aurillac
 * Lourdes
 * Hagetmau
 * Le Creusot
 * Dax
 * Tyrosse
 * Tulle
 * Montauban


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Pool 4

 * Perpignan
 * Montferrand
 * RRC Nice
 * Racing
 * Stadoceste
 * Grenoble
 * Bourgoin-Jallieu
 * Bègles-Bordeaux
 * Carcassonne
 * Marmande
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Barrage
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

"Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Quarter of finals
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round