1999 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

55° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	21
Champions	Buenos Aires (28th title)
Runners-up	Tucumàn

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1999 è stato dalthe selection of Unione di Buenos Aires The 21 teams participating were divided on three levels : "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1999

National

The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Rosario
The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) was won by Tucumán.
The "National Championship for clubs was won by La Tablada
The first edition of Torneo del Interior (tournament with club outside Buenos Aires) was won by Jockey Club Córdoba
The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by San Isidro Club
The "Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
The North-East Championship was won by Huirapuca

International

It was a great year for Argentina Rugby Union : at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, the "Pumas" obtained an historical qualification to quarter of final, beating in the play-off, the Ireland. In the quarter the Pumas were beaten by France.
Previously in August, Argentina visited Scotland and Ireland for a four match tour, in order to prepare the World Cup. A victory against Scotland and a loss with Ireland, are the most important results.

In June was Wales to visit Argentina for a five match tour, winning both the test with Pumas (36-26 and 23-16)

In JuneFrance visit Argentina, and won both test with "Pumas" (35-18 and 37-12)
In August, is Romania to visit Argentina, for a five match tour, The test is won by Pumas 68-22
Argentina national team, in September visit Japan for a short tour (two matches). With an experimental team. lost the test match against Japan national team (29-44). In November, The Pumas visit Europe. Played six match, with three losses with Italy, France and Wales in the test match.

In October, Argentina, won as usual the 1998 South American Rugby Championship
In April there were the events for the "Centenary of Argentine Rugby". In April 17, there was a match between the Pumas and an international selection called "Resto del Mundo" (Rest of the World). The "Pumas" won 49-21.

"Campeonato"

There were no relegation due the return to an "eight teams formula" per 2000.

1.Round
6 march	Cuyo	-	Córdoba	23 - 32	Mendoza
6 march	Mar del Plata	-	Tucumán	6 - 41	Mar del Plata
6 march	Rosario	-	Buenos Aires	10 - 37	Rosario

2.Round
13 march	Rosario	-	Mar del Plata	30 - 17	Rosario
13 march	Buenos Aires	-	Cuyo	91 - 3	Buenos Aires
13 march	Tucumán	-	Córdoba	29 - 9	Tucumán

3.Round
20 march	Cuyo	-	Rosario	60 - 17	Mendoza
20 march	Buenos Aires	-	Tucumán	30 - 16	Buenos Aires
20 march	Córdoba	-	Mar del Plata	39 - 20	Córdoba

4.Round
27 march	Rosario	-	Córdoba	23 - 10	Rosario
27 march	Cuyo	-	Tucumán	14 - 58	Mendoza
27 march	Mar del Plata	-	Buenos Aires	39 - 20	Mar del Plata

5.Round
3 April	Córdoba	-	Buenos Aires	28 - 42	Mendoza
3 April	Tucumán	-	Rosaio	40 - 21	Tucumán
3 April	Mar del Plata	-	Cuyo	16 - 27	Córdoba

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Buenos Aires	5	5	0	0	292	80	212	10
2	Tucumàn	5	4	0	1	184	80	104	8
3	Rosario	5	3	0	2	161	126	35	6
4	Cordoba	5	2	0	3	118	137	-19	4
5	Cuyo	5	1	0	4	86	244	-158	2
6	Mar del Plata	5	0	0	5	82	256	-174	0

"Ascenso"

	S-J	SFE	E-R	A-V	SUR	NOE
San Juan	––––	26-26	23-16	52-19	19-16	49-32
Santa Fè	26-26	––––	25-21	33-20	16-19	47-22
Entre Rios	16-23	21-25	––––	19-3	12-6	24-12
Alto Valle	19-52	20-33	3-19	––––	29-25	32-20
Sur	16-19	19-16	6-12	25-29	––––	34-33
Noroeste	32-49	22-47	12-24	20-32	33-34	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	San Juan	5	4	1	0	169	109	60	9
2	Santa Fè	5	3	1	1	147	108	39	7
3	Entre Rios	5	3	0	2	92	69	23	6
4	Alto Valle	5	2	0	3	103	149	-46	4
5	Sur	5	2	0	3	100	109	-9	4
6	Noroeste	5	0	0	5	119	186	-67	0

"Promocional"

Zone North

Pool 1 (withdraw of Samtiago)

	MIS	FOR	STG
Misiones	––––	13-10	N.D.
Formosa	10-13	––––	N.D.
Santiago	0-ND	0-ND	––––

Qualified for Zone final

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Misiones	2	2	0	0	13	10	3	4
2	Formosa	2	1	0	1	10	13	-3	2
3	Santiago	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Pool 2

	SAL	RIJ	JUJ
Salta	––––	76-5	89-0
La Rioja	5-76	––––	18-3
Jujuy	0-89	3-18	––––

Qualified for Zone final

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Salta	2	2	0	0	165	5	160	4
2	La Rioja	2	1	0	1	23	79	-56	2
3	Jujuy	2	0	0	2	3	107	-104	0

Zone Final

1 may 1999

Misiones	6-73	Salta

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Zone South

	CHU	AUS	OES
Chubut	––––	29-0	48-7
Austral	0-29	––––	39-17
Oeste	7-48	17-39	––––

Qualified for Final

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Chubut	2	2	0	0	77	7	70	4
2	Austral	2	1	0	1	39	46	-7	2
3	Oeste	2	0	0	2	24	87	-63	0

Final

22 may 1999

Chubut	12-20	Salta

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Due the restructuration of championship, both teams were promoted

External links

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

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