Béziers and Périgueux finished in the two bottom spots, which would normally lead to automatic relegation to Fédérale 1.

However, Béziers were spared the drop when Bourgoin were forcibly relegated to Fédérale 1 for financial reasons.

The final is then played on neutral ground, and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14.

It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match,[2] a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match.

[3] France's bonus point system operates as follows:[3] Updated as of 21 May 2012[4] The home team is listed in the left column.