2001 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

	Qualified for Semifinals
	to play out

	Qualified for Semifinals
	to play out

57° Campeonato Argentino
Champions	Córdoba (4th title)
Runners-up	Buenos Aires
Relegated	Chubut and Salta

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2001 was won by the selection of Unione di Córdoba that beat in the final the selection of Buenos Aires The 23 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

Rugby Union in Argentina in 2001

National

The title of Buenos Aires Champsionship was not assigned.
The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada.
The North-East Championship was won by Huirapuca SC.

International

In June the "Pumas" went to New Zealand for a series four matches. The won with Counties Manukau and Thames Valley, but lost with All Blacks and New Zealand Maori.

in July is Argentina, beat Italy (38-17)

In November "The Pumas" went to Europe. Plays four matches, winning the tests with Wales and Scotland.

The Pumas close the year hosting New Zealand. After a great match, they lost to a late try by the All Blacks (20-24)

In November a "development team" won the 2001 South American championship

"Campeonato"

Two pools di 4 teams. The first two to semifinals, third and fourth to the relegation playout.

Pool A

1.Round
8 oct.	Rosario	-	Buenos Aires	26 - 20	Rosario
8 oct.	Cuyo	-	Chubut	53 - 33	Mondoza

2.Round
13 oct.	Buenos Aires	-	Cuyo	39 - 28	Buenos Aires
13 oct.	Chubut	-	Rosario	17 - 6	Trelew

3.Round
20 oct.	Buenos Aires	-	Chubt	95 - 0	Buenos Aires
20 oct.	Rosario	-	Cuyo	33 - 21	Rosario

Ranking:

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Buenos Aires	3	2	0	1	154	54	100	4
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	63	60	3	4
3	Cuyo	3	1	0	2	104	103	1	2
4	Chubut	3	1	0	2	50	154	-104	2

Pool B

1.Round
8 oct.	Tucumán	-	Mar del Plata	33 - 24	Tucumán
8 oct.	Salta	-	Córdoba	17 - 28	Salta

2.Round
13 oct.	Tucumán	-	Salta	30 - 22	Tucumán
13 oct.	Córdoba	-	Mar del Palta	44 - 21	Córdoba

3.Round
20 oct.	Córdoba	-	Tucumán	35 - 30	Córdoba
20 oct.	Mar del Plata	-	Salta	24 - 20	Mar del Plata

Ranking:

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Córdoba	3	3	0	0	107	68	39	6
2	Tucumàn	3	2	0	1	93	81	12	4
3	Mar del Plata	3	1	0	2	69	97	-28	2
4	Salta	3	0	0	3	59	82	-23	0

Semifinals

Semifinals
26 oct.	Rosario	-	Córdoba	13 - 30
26 oct.	Buenos Aires	-	Tucumán	34 - 27

Final

Finale
28 oct.	Córdoba	-	Buenos Aires	30 - 20

Play Out

Play-out
27 oct.	Mar del Plata	-	Chubut	25 - 6
27 oct.	Cuyo	-	Salta	38 - 32

Relegated: Chubut and Salta

"Ascenso"

Pool A

1.Round
8 oct.	Entre Rios	-	Santa Fe	17 - 19
8 oct.	Noreste	-	Santiago del estero	64 - 0

2.Round
13 oct.	Santa Fe	-	Noreste	42 - 20
13 oct.	Santagio	-	Emtre Rios	18 - 58

3.Round
20 oct.	Entre Rios	-	Noreste	21 - 20
20 oct.	Santa Fe	-	Rosario	99 - 10

Ranking:

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	Santa Fè	3	3	0	0	160	44	116	6
2	Entre Rios	3	2	0	1	93	57	36	4
3	Noreste	3	1	0	2	104	63	41	2
4	Santiago de l'Estero	3	0	0	3	28	221	-193	0

Pool B

1.Round
8 oct.	Alto Valle	-	San Juan	11 - 45
8 oct.	Austral	-	Sur	32 - 45

2.Round
13 oct.	San Juan	-	Austral	27 - 9
13 oct.	Sur	-	Alto Valle	43 - 3

3.Round
20 oct.	Alto Valle	-	Austral	26 - 28
20 oct.	San Juan	-	Sur	18 - 9

Ranking:

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Team	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1	San Juan	3	3	0	0	90	29	61	6
2	Sur	3	2	0	1	97	53	44	4
3	Austral	3	1	0	2	69	98	-29	2
4	Alto Valle	3	0	0	3	40	116	-76	0

External links

(in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2001
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2002, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2001)

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