Torneo del Interior

Torneo del Interior
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1998
Number of teams 16 (Zona Campeonato)
Country  Argentina
Holders Cardenales RC (2015)
Most titles La Tablada, Duendes (3 titles each)
Website Torneo del Interior
Broadcast partner ESPN

The Torneo del Interior is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. Teams qualify from the Litoral, Noroeste, Centro, Noreste, Pampeana, Oeste and Patagónico tournaments.

The tournament took place from 1998–2004, then was re-launched in 2009, in an effort to bring provincial clubs to the same level as the teams from Buenos Aires.[1]

Buenos Aires clubs take part in the Torneo de la URBA, a parallel competition organised by the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires. From 2013 on, the top nine teams from the Torneo del Interior qualify for the Nacional de Clubes, where they compete with the top seven teams from the Torneo de la URBA.[2]

Formula

The 32 teams are split into two divisions, the Zona Campeonato and Zona Ascenso, both made up of 16 teams. In the second half of the season, both zones start again with the 8 best ranked teams, concluding with semi-finals and a final.

Zona Campeonato

Qualification to this division: 6 clubs from Noroeste, 4 from Litoral, 3 from Centro, 2 from Oeste and 1 from Pampeana.[3]

Zona Ascenso

Qualification to this division: 3 from Litoral, 3 from Pampeana, 2 clubs from Centro, 2 from Noroeste, 2 from Noreste, 2 from Oeste and 2 from Patagónico.[3]

Championships

Below is the list of finals contested from 1998 to date:[4]

Finals

Season Champion Runner-up Score
1998Jockey Club CórdobaMarista25–13
1999Jockey Club CórdobaDuendes26–13
2000Jockey Club RosarioTala26–22
2001La TabladaCardenales21–16
2002Jockey Club RosarioUniversitario (T)32–28
2003DuendesCardenales22–20
2004TalaLos Tarcos35–26
2005
(Not held)
2006
(Not held)
2007
(Not held)
2008
(Not held)
2009DuendesUniversitario (T)35–21
2010La TabladaCardenales25–18
2011La TabladaDuendes37–27
2012DuendesCardenales40-21
2013DuendesTala36-6
2014Urú CuréLos Tordos RC25-11
2015Cardenales RCLos Tordos RC26-16

Titles by team

Team Titles Years won
Duendes42003, 2009, 2012,2013
La Tablada32001, 2010, 2011
Jockey Club Córdoba21998, 1999
Jockey Club Rosario22000, 2002
Tala12004
Urú Curé12014
Cardenales RC12015

See also

References

  1. ↑ Torneo del Interior at UAR website
  2. ↑ "Nuevo Torneo Nacional de Clubes a partir del 2014" Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. uar.com.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Torneo del Interior 2013". uar.com.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Historial Torneo del Interior


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