1993 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

	Qualified for Semifinals
	Relegated

	Qualified for Semifinals
	Relegated

49° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	21
Champions	Tucumàn (7th title)
Runners-up	Unión de Rugby de Rosario
Relegated	Mar del Plata and Noroeste

The 1993 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by selection of Tucumàn that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario.

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1993

National

Was played the first edition of National Championship for clubs, won by San Isidro Club that beat Tucumán Rugby Club in the final
The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Cordoba
The "Campeonato Juvenil" (Under 19 championship) was won by Buenos Aires
The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by San Isidro Club
The "Cordoba Province Championship was won by Jockey Club Córdoba
The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán Rugby Club

International

Argentina won the South American Rugby Championship, winning, as usual, all the matches. Winning that tournament, the "Pumas" obtain to play in 1994 the final of American zone of 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifying against United States.
Argentina won both the test matches against Japan during the 1993 Japan rugby union tour of Argentina.
Argentina lost (26-29) (23-52) both match against "Springbkos" during the 1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina, the first after the end of apartheid, winning also a match against, the South African "Development" team

Torneo "campeonato"

The better eight teams played for title. They were divided in two pools of four, the first two each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated in secondo division

Pool "A"

	Tuc.	Ros	S J	M d P
Tucumàn	––––	33-20	24-21	52-10
Rosario	20-33	––––	40-14	34-22
San Juan	21-24	14-40	––––	23-12
Mar del Plata	10-52	22-34	12-23	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	109	51	+58	6
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	94	69	+25	4
3	San Juan	3	1	0	2	58	76	-18	2
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	44	109	-65	0

Pool "B"

	B.A.	Cba	Cuy	NOR
Buenos Aires	––––	44-16	33-27	44-0
Córdoba	16-44	––––	31-30	56-6
Cuyo	27-33	30-31	––––	24-24
Noroeste	0-44	6-56	24-24	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	121	43	78	6
2	Córdoba	3	2	0	1	103	80	23	4
3	Cuyo	3	0	1	2	81	88	-7	1
4	Noroeste	3	0	1	2	30	124	- 94	1

Semifinals

8 may 1993

Buenos Aires	16 - 24	Rosario

CA Posadas, Misiones

8 may 1993

Tucumàn	25-22	Córdoba

CA Posadas, Misiones

Third place final

9 may 1993

Buenos Aires	32-30	Córdoba

CA Posadas, Misiones

Final

9 may 1993

Tucumàn	24-12	Rosario

CA Posadas, Misiones

"Ascenso" tournament

Pool C

	S.Fè	Sur	A-V	Chu
Santa Fè	––––	43-26	22-21	57-15
Sur	21-22	––––	18-15	65-5
Alta Valle	26-43	15-18	––––	25-15
Chubut	15-57	5-65	15-25	––––

promoted
Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Santa Fè	3	3	0	0	122	62	60	6
2	Sur	3	2	0	1	404	42	62	4
3	Alta Valle	3	1	0	2	66	76	- 10	2
4	Chubut	3	0	0	3	35	147	- 112	0

Pool D

	SAL	STG	E-R	MIS
Salta	––––	29-21	28-33	39-16
Santiago	21-29	––––	27-16	49-10
Entre Rios	33-28	16-27	––––	35-17
Misiones	16-39	10-49	17-35	––––

promoted
Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Salta	3	3	0	0	96	70	26	6
2	Santiago	3	2	0	1	97	55	42	4
3	Entre Rios	3	1	0	2	84	72	12	2
4	Misiones	3	0	0	3	43	123	-80	0

Promoted: Salta Relegated:Misiones

"Classificacion" Tournament

Pool "A"

	AUS	OES	CEN
Austral	––––	39-10	35-24
Oeste	10-39	––––	19-5
Centro	24-35	5-19	––––

promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Austral	2	3	0	0	74	34	40	4
2	Oeste	2	1	0	2	29	44	-15	2
3	Centro	2	0	0	2	29	54	- 25	0

Promoted: Austral

Pool "B"

	CUE	JUJ
Cuenca d.S.	––––	43-20
Jujuy	20-43	––––

promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Cuenca del Salado	1	1	0	0	76	29	47	2
2	Jujuy	1	0	0	1	34	68	-34	0

Promoted: Cuenca del Salado

External links

Memorias de la UAR 1993
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)

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