What if?

What if Paris Saint-Germain had won?

Real result: Evian Thonon Gaillard beat Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by March 7, 2015, 458 days later, after 14 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Lyon → Marseille → Montpellier → Nantes → Lille → Nice → Bastia → Monaco → Rennes → Montpellier → Lille → Bastia

What if Paris Saint-Germain had won?

Real result: Toulouse FC beat Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by October 19, 2024, 160 days later.

The alternate belt: Nice

What if Paris Saint-Germain had won?

Real result: FC Nantes beat Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 24, 1997, 1,145 days later, after 18 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Montpellier → Bordeaux → Strasbourg → Lille → Rennes → Cannes → Auxerre → Rennes → PSG → Auxerre → Strasbourg → Rennes

What if AS Monaco had won?

Real result: OGC Nice beat AS Monaco 4–0 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by January 21, 2018, 134 days later, after 3 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Lyon → Lille → PSG

What if Paris Saint-Germain had won?

Real result: OGC Nice beat Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by December 5, 2025, 224 days later, after 7 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Strasbourg → Angers → Lyon → Rennes → Nice → PSG → Monaco

What if RC Strasbourg had won?

Real result: Paris Saint-Germain beat RC Strasbourg 2–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by January 27, 1979, 74 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Nantes

What if Paris Saint-Germain had won?

Real result: Olympique Lyon beat Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by August 27, 2017, 546 days later, after 15 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Monaco → Bordeaux → Angers → Marseille → EA Guingamp → Toulouse → SM Caen → Montpellier → Monaco → Lyon → SM Caen → Nantes

What if FC Nantes had won?

Real result: Stade Rennes beat FC Nantes 2–0 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by April 23, 1966, 163 days later, after 8 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Sochaux → Bordeaux → Strasbourg → Lille → Toulouse → Bordeaux → Nice → Rouen

What if FC Lorient had won?

Real result: Stade Brest beat FC Lorient 2–0 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Olympique Lyon, not Paris FC.

The alternate belt: Toulouse → PSG → Lyon → Toulouse → Lyon

What if Stade Brest had won?

Real result: AS Monaco beat Stade Brest 2–0 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Olympique Lyon, not Paris FC.

The alternate belt: Auxerre → Lyon → Toulouse → Lyon

What if AS Monaco had won?

Real result: Paris FC beat AS Monaco 4–1 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by May 10, 2026, 30 days later.

The alternate belt: Lille

What if Paris FC had won?

Real result: Lille OSC beat Paris FC 1–0 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to AS Monaco, not Paris FC.

The alternate belt: Rennes → Marseille → Monaco

What if Lille OSC had won?

Real result: AJ Auxerre beat Lille OSC 2–0 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to OGC Nice, not Paris FC.

The alternate belt: Nice

What if AJ Auxerre had won?

Real result: RC Lens beat AJ Auxerre 5–2 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Olympique Lyon, not Paris FC.

The alternate belt: Angers → Rennes → Lyon

What if RC Lens had won?

Real result: RC Strasbourg beat RC Lens 2–1 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Le Mans, not Paris FC.

The alternate belt: Lorient → Le Mans

What if RC Strasbourg had won?

Real result: Paris FC beat RC Strasbourg 2–1 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to RC Strasbourg, not Paris FC.