The Elite 1 Wheelchair Championship is the highest level of wheelchair rugby league in France.
Starting in 2023, the previous year's league champions play the previous year's British Super League champions in the European Club Challenge.
Wheelchair rugby league was developed by French rugby league players and coaches, Robert Fassolette and Wally Salvan, in 2000. The first competition was played by three teams, Vichy, Roanne and Beauvais, as part of a French Téléthon. Meetings establishing the official rules of the sport took place in 2002 and in the same year a Trophy of France tournament took place in Vichy with six teams taking part. The sport spread to the south of France with the establishment of teams from Perpignan, Cahors, and Montauban in 2004, and the inclusion of wheelchair rugby league in a national development program that provided equipment to numerous regional sports centres. The French competition was the world's first thought it is unknown at what point the league became the Elite One Championship, named after the highest tier of the French running game at the time. In the 2006âÂÂ07 season, the three-team Championship was won by Vichy. In the 2011âÂÂ12 season, six teams competed in the Championship and six more took part in development tournaments. The following season there were four teams in the Elite 1 competition and six in Elite 2. In the 2013âÂÂ14 season this was restructured as a single Championship of ten teams, but the growth of the sport meant that the following season there were 15 teams divided between Elite 1 and 2 as well as several reserve teams. In the 2023âÂÂ24 season, the Elite 1 had six teams below which were the Elite 2 and National divisions. The season was also the first for which French Rugby League Federation used the name Para Rugby XIII rather than (XIII Wheelchair) for the sport. For the 2024âÂÂ25 season, it was announced that the Elite championship would have 11 teams divided between two pools from which teams would qualify for the play-offs.
For 2025âÂÂ26 season, the teams are divided into two pools and play a double round robin competition. These are followed by play-offs and a grand final.
As of 2025âÂÂ26 the teams are: