Touch France (TF) is the governing body of Touch rugby in France created in Grenoble in 2001.[1] It is a member of the Federation of International Touch (FIT) since 2004.[2]

Touch France
SportTouch rugby
Founded2001 Grenoble, France
PresidentJérôme Brahim
No. of teams60
CountryFrance
HeadquartersVence
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Free Touch (Paris) & Touch Rugby Toulon (Toulon)
Most titlesFree Touch (Paris)
Official websitewww.touchfrance.fr

Role

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Touch France aims to encourage and develop the practice of the game called Touch rugby (touch rugby or touch football) by applying the set of rules created by the Federation of International Touch (FIT). It manages and regulates the practice of Touch and defends the interests of this sport at local, national and international levels.

French national teams

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In the Touch Football World Cup or in the European Championships, France is represented through its national teams.

  • XO – Mixed Open
  • WO – Women Open
  • MO – Men Open
  • W27 – Women +27
  • M30 – Men +30
  • X30 – Mixed +30
  • M35 – Men +35
  • M40 – Men +40
  • X15 – Mixed U15
  • X18 – Mixed U18
  • G18 – Girls U18

French Championship

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The French Championship takes place every year since 2012. It was called CFCT as for Championnat de France des clubs de Touch (Touch Club French Championship) and is now called SuperTouch since 2019. A youth french touch championship has also been created in 2019 : the Supertouch Academies.

Year Category
Mixed Men U12 U15
2012 Free Touch (Paris) Free Touch (Paris)
2013 Free Touch (Paris) Free Touch (Paris)
2014[3] SMH Blues Touch (Saint-Martin-d'Hères) Nantes Touch Rugby (Nantes)
2015 SMH Blues Touch (Saint-Martin-d'Hères) Free Touch (Paris)
2016 SMH Blues Touch (Saint-Martin-d'Hères) Touch Rugby Toulon (Toulon)
2017 SMH Blues Touch (Saint-Martin-d'Hères) Touch Roosters 91 (Gif sur Yvette)
2018 SMH Blues Touch (Saint-Martin-d'Hères) Toulouse Touch (Toulouse)
2019[4][5] Free Touch (Paris) Touch Rugby Toulon (Toulon) Touch Roosters 91 (Gif sur Yvette) Touch Rugby Toulon (Toulon)

Main tournaments in France

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French teams

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Name City
Touch Digne – Rugby Club Dignois Digne-les-Bains (04)
Stade Niçois Nice (06)
SBM XV Nice Touch Nice (06)
Touch Azur Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06)
Lynx Rugby Coursegoules (06)
Phoenix touch Rugby Annonay Annonay (07)
Club Aurillac Rugby Touch – CARTouch Aurillac (15)
Atlantique Touch Rochelais La Rochelle (17)
Touch Rebel Union Club Bourges (TRUC) Bourges (18)
Rugby 7 Périgord Périgueux (24)
Toulouse Touch Toulouse (31)
Sau'Touch Cugnaux (31)
Touch Saint Magne Saint-Magne-de-Castillon (33)
Barbarians du Bérange Sussargues (34)
Ratafia Acigné Acigné (35)
Touch Freslon Le Rheu Le Rheu (35)
Touch Grenoble Grenoble (38)
Ass Too Touch Saint-Martin-d'Uriage (38)
RHCP Montbonnot (38)
SMH Blues Saint-Martin-d'Hères (38)
Touch RCTP Le Touvet (38)
Touch Rugby Pont-en-Royans Pont-en-Royans (38)
UATF Tullins (38)
RC Chartreuse Neron Saint-Egrève (38)
Les Touch'eurs Grenoble (38)
Nantes Touch Rugby Nantes (44)
Arrows Nantes Touch Nantes (44)
Purple Touch Rugby Nantes (44)
CJF Rugby Fleury-les-Aubrais Fleury-les-Aubrais (45)
Reims Touch Reims (51)
Touch Calais Calais (62)
Amicale du Touch de l’Ardrésis Ardres (62)
Volcanic Touch Beaumont/Clermont-Ferrand (63)
Clermont Touch Clermont-Ferrand (63)
OuistiTouch Arverne Clermont-Ferrand (63)
Baiona Touch Bayonne (64)
Touch Salses Salses-le-Château (66)
Touch Strasbourg Strasbourg (67)
INSA Strasbourg Strasbourg (67)
Dragon Air Touch 901 Cleebourg (67)
Touch Sélestat Giessen Sélestat (67)
Touch Atout Cœur Colmar (68)
FC Lyon XIII Lyon (69)
Canu Touch Lyon (69)
Touch Voglans Voglans (73)
O'vals Stars Val d'Europe (77)
Touch Pas Au Grisby (TPAG) Montesson (78)
Montauban Rugby Seven Montauban (82)
Touch Rugby Toulon Toulon, La Crau (83)
Rugby Club Dracénois Draguignan (83)
Touch Luby Villelaure (84)
St Sat Touch Rugby Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (84)
Bonkers – Stade Poitevin Poitiers (86)
Griffons de Montaigu Montaigu (85)
Touch Roosters 91 Gif-sur-Yvette (91)
Dourdan Hornets Touch Dourdan (91)
Milly Touch Val's Milly-la-Forêt (91)
Free Touch Rugby Issy-les-Moulineaux/Paris (92)
CdR Hurricanes (ex-Courant d'R) Châtillon (92)
Seventise Levallois-Perret (92)
Red Square Touch Rugby La Garenne-Colombes (92)
Rugby Club de Courbevoie Greyhounds Courbevoie (92)
Sèvres Chavilles Touch Sèvres (92)
CE Safran Massy Massy (91)
Touch Olympique de Nouméa Nouméa (98)
Stade Calédonien Touch Rugby Nouméa (98)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Touch France". touchfrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Federation of International Touch -". internationaltouch.org. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Finales du CFC 2014 : Le compte-rendu". touchrugby-tpag.com.
  4. ^ "Touch rugby : on connait les champions de France 2019". Rugby Amateur (in French). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. ^ "SUPERTOUCH Academies 2019". YouTube (in French). 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Gif-sur-Yvette accueille une compétition européenne de Touch Rugby". Essonne Info | Site d'actualité et d'information en Essonne (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Premier tournoi pour le Volcanic Touch". lamontagne.fr (in French). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.