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French Top 16 LIVE

The French Club Chess Championship Top 16 aka Championnat de France d’échecs des clubs takes place May 22 – June 1, 2025 in Belfort, France. In Top 16, the top sixteen teams in France compete in teams of eight players and players during these eleven days. The teams are divided into two groups of 8. In each group, they clash with each other in seven rounds. At the end of this phase, the first four of each group progress to the elimination phase. See the pairings below.

The games take place every day at 2.30 p.m., except for the first round, which starts at 3 p.m. and the last at 1.15 p.m. Chessdom will cover daily the event, which is one of the Top Chess Competitions in The Chess Calendar (see more events of Europe here). Top 16 will also be part of the Chessdom Newsletter, you can signup for free with your email in the form below

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Scroll down for a full list of Top 16 winners and medalists.


Compétitions par équipes top 16
Ronde 1
C’Chartres Echecs Tremblay-En-France
Mulhouse Philidor Le Mans
Cannes Echecs Lyon Olympique Echecs
Metz Fischer Bois-Colombes
Ronde 2
Tremblay-En-France Bois-Colombes
Lyon Olympique Echecs Metz Fischer
Le Mans Cannes Echecs
C’Chartres Echecs Mulhouse Philidor
Ronde 3
Mulhouse Philidor Tremblay-En-France
Cannes Echecs C’Chartres Echecs
Metz Fischer Le Mans
Bois-Colombes Lyon Olympique Echecs
Ronde 4
Tremblay-En-France Lyon Olympique Echecs
Le Mans Bois-Colombes
C’Chartres Echecs Metz Fischer
Mulhouse Philidor Cannes Echecs
Ronde 5
Cannes Echecs Tremblay-En-France
Metz Fischer Mulhouse Philidor
Bois-Colombes C’Chartres Echecs
Lyon Olympique Echecs Le Mans
Ronde 6
Tremblay-En-France Le Mans
C’Chartres Echecs Lyon Olympique Echecs
Mulhouse Philidor Bois-Colombes
Cannes Echecs Metz Fischer
Ronde 7
Metz Fischer Tremblay-En-France
Bois-Colombes Cannes Echecs
Lyon Olympique Echecs Mulhouse Philidor
Le Mans C’Chartres Echecs

Winners of Top 16


Year Winner Silver Bronze
1981 Strasbourg Rouen Issy-Les-Moulineaux
1982 Strasbourg Paris FDR Issy-Les Moulineaux
1983 Strasbourg Paris CMC Paris FDR
1984 Strasbourg Montpellier Paris CMC
1985 Clichy Strasbourg Paris CMC
1986 Paris Caïssa Clichy Paris CMC
1987 Clichy Cannes Paris CMC
1988 Clichy Strasbourg Meudon
1989 Clichy Cannes Meudon
1990 Lyon-Oyonnax Cannes Clichy
1991 Lyon-Oyonnax Clichy Cannes
1992 Lyon-Oyonnax Clichy Auxerre
1993 Lyon-Oyonnax Clichy Belfort
1994 Lyon-Oyonnax Clichy Belfort
1995 Lyon-Oyonnax Clichy Cannes
1996 Clichy Cannes Auxerre
1997 Clichy Auxerre Cannes
1998 Auxerre Montpellier Clichy
1999 Clichy Monaco Mulhouse
2000 Clichy Montpellier Monaco
2001 Monaco Cannes Clichy
2002 Monaco Cannes Nice
2003 Paris NAO Clichy Cannes
2004 Paris NAO Monaco Cannes
2005 Paris NAO Cannes Nice
2006 Paris NAO Monaco Clichy
2007 Clichy Cannes Paris Chess XV
2008 Clichy Cannes Montpellier
2009 Évry Clichy Châlons-en-Champagne
2010 Châlons-en-Champagne Évry Marseille
2011 Marseille Clichy Évry
2012 Clichy Châlons-en-Champagne Évry
2013 Clichy Châlons-en-Champagne Bischwiller
2014 Clichy Bischwiller Mulhouse
2015 Bischwiller Clichy Bois-Colombes
2016 Clichy Bischwiller Mulhouse
2017 Clichy Bischwiller Nice
2018 Bischwiller Clichy Bois-Colombes
2019 Bischwiller Asnières Mulhouse
2020 No championship
2021 Bischwiller Asnières Clichy
2022 Bischwiller Asnières Clichy
2023 Asnières Le Grand Échiquier Bischwiller C’Chartres Échecs
2024 C’Chartres Échecs Bischwiller Asnières Le Grand Échiquier