Campeonato Argentino

The Campeonato Argentino de Mayores (also known as Campeonato Argentino) was an annual rugby union competition held in Argentina for provincial teams. The Campeonato Argentino was strictly amateur, and only players from local clubs were allowed to play. It was organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR), with the last season held in 2017.[2]

Campeonato Argentino
Most recent season or competition:
2017
SportRugby union
Founded1945 [1]
Inaugural season1945
Ceased2017 (2017)
No. of teams12
Country Argentina
ConfederationUAR
Last
champion(s)		Buenos Aires
(2018)
Most titlesBuenos Aires (37 titles)
TV partner(s)ESPN
Level on pyramid1

The competing teams represented the unions of the rugby provinces that make up the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). Some of these unions represented more than one province, for example the "Noreste" (North east) side represented the provinces of Chaco and Corrientes. Other unions may only represented part of a province, most notably the unions that make up the province of Buenos Aires and also the unions of Santa Fe and Rosario, both within the borders of the province of Santa Fe.

In the 2012 edition, the national teams of Chile and Uruguay participated at the Zona Campeonato, while the national teams of Brazil and Paraguay played in the third level.

Also in 2015 Uruguay enters in the competition with a team at Zona Ascenso. The same for Paraguay, from in 2016, in order to compete in Super 9.

Format

The competition was made up of three divisions:

  • Zona Campeonato, which contained the 8 best unions;
  • Zona Ascenso, with the next best 8 teams divided in two pools, with the winner of them playing a play-off with the lowest two of the higher level for promotion to the Zona Campeonato. The last two of the pools played a play-off. The loser is relegated to Zona Estímulo.
  • Super 9 (or Zona Estímulo) with 9 teams. The winner was promoted to Zona Ascenso.

Teams

Unions participating in the last season ("Zona Campeonato") held in 2017 were:

Team/Union Estab. City Feeder Area Titles Last won
Buenos Aires1899Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Province372017
Córdoba1931CórdobaCórdoba Province72012
Cuyo1945MendozaMendoza Province12004
Rosario1928RosarioRosario Department11965
Salta1951SaltaSalta Province00
Tucumán1944S.M. de TucumánTucumán112014

List of champions

Since the first championship held in 1945 to the last season:[3]

Season Champion Runner-up Score
1945Provincia [note 1]Capital [note 2]5–4
1946ProvinciaCapital9–6
1947ProvinciaCapital18–4
1948CapitalProvincia20–18
1949ProvinciaCapital16–12
1950ProvinciaCapital6–0
1951ProvinciaCapital16–6
1952ProvinciaCapital6–0
1953CapitalProvincia10–9
1954ProvinciaLa Plata [note 3]9–8
1955CapitalProvincia6–3
1956ProvinciaCapital13–9
1957CapitalProvincia11–0
1958CapitalProvincia11–6
1959ProvinciaCapital3–0
1960ProvinciaCapital17–0
1961Mar del PlataRosario16–0
1962Buenos AiresRosario18–11
1963Buenos AiresCórdoba9–3
1964Buenos AiresRosario16–12
1965RosarioBuenos Aires18–6
1966Buenos AiresTucumán38–3
1967Buenos AiresRosario19–9
1968Buenos AiresRosario18–3
1969Buenos AiresRosario22–3
1970Buenos AiresCórdoba38–0
1971Buenos AiresRosario14–8
1972Buenos AiresRosario33–3
1973Buenos AiresCuyo14–0
1974Buenos AiresCuyo16–13
1975Buenos AiresTucumán42–6
1976Buenos AiresCuyo19–9
1977Buenos AiresRosario15–13
1978Buenos AiresRosario31–18
1979Buenos AiresRosario47–8
1980Buenos AiresCórdoba6–3
1981Buenos AiresTucumán32–12
1982Buenos AiresTucumán59–19
1983Buenos AiresCuyo53–3
1984Buenos AiresEntre Ríos74–7
1985TucumánBuenos Aires13–9
1986Buenos AiresTucumán24–15
1987TucumánCórdoba32–3
1988TucumánBuenos Aires25–10
1989TucumánRosario12–3
1990TucumánCuyo27–13
1991Buenos AiresRosario28–16
1992TucumánCórdoba16–11
1993TucumánRosario24–12
1994Buenos AiresCórdoba22–13
1995CórdobaTucumán28–24
1996Buenos Aires and Córdoba-– [note 4][note 5]
1997Córdoba-– [note 5]
1998Buenos Aires-– [note 5]
1999Buenos AiresTucumán10–8
2000Buenos AiresTucumán35–16
2001CórdobaBuenos Aires30–20
2002Buenos AiresRosario– [note 5]
2003Buenos AiresRosario17–16
2004CuyoCórdoba30–12
2005TucumánCuyo28–9
2006Buenos AiresTucumán34–10
2007Buenos AiresTucumán27–10
2008Buenos AiresTucumán10–9
2009CórdobaTucumán15–12
2010TucumánRosario19–13
2011CórdobaBuenos Aires18–16
2012CórdobaRosario29–15
2013TucumánRosario33-20
2014TucumánCórdoba[note 6]
2015Buenos AiresCórdoba–[note 7]
2016Buenos AiresCuyo–
2017Buenos AiresTucumán–

Titles by team
Team Titles Years won
Buenos Aires371962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017
Provincia111945, 1956, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960
Tucumán111985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014
Córdoba71995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
Capital51948, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958
Mar del Plata11961
Rosario11965
Cuyo12004

Notes
  1. "Provincia" refers familiarly to the Buenos Aires Province.
  2. "Capital" refers familiarly to the city of Buenos Aires, the "Capital Federal" of Argentina.
  3. Between 1952 and 1955, the city of La Plata, was called "Ciudad Eva Perón", in honor of President Juan Domingo Perón's wife.
  4. The format of the competition was changed.
  5. No final played that season.
  6. League format, Tucumán finished 1st of 6 with 17 points.[4]
  7. League format, Buenos Aires finished 1st of 6 with 25 points.[5]

References
  1. Campeonato Argentino at UAR website Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. El final de una época para el rugby argentino on Diario Uno, 2 October 2017
  3. "Campeonato Argentino de Mayores at UAR website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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