2000 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby explained

Spanish; Castilian: 56° Campeonato Argentino
Year:	2000
Champions:	Buenos Aires
Runnersup:	Tucumàn
Count:	29
Relegated:	Santa Fè and San Juan

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2000 was won by the selection Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of TucumànThe 21 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

Rugby Union in Argentina in 2000

National

• The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Atlético del Rosario
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

International

• In June Argentina beat Ireland in a test played in Buenos Aires.

• After, always in June, "the Pumas", visit for a four match tour. The lost both test matches (6-53 e 25-32). In November they played two matches in England, with a heavy loss against England

• Before the tour in England, Argentina hosted South Africa, losing the match 33-37.

• An "Argentina Development XV" won the South American Championship played in Montevideo

"Campeonato"

Two pools of 4 teams. The top two to the semi-finals, third and fourth to the relegation play-out.

Pool A

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1. Round width=90 7 October width=170 Buenos Aires width=50 70–7 width=170 Santa Fe width=200 Buenos Aires width=90 7 October width=170 Rosario width=50 30–11 width=170 San Juan width=200 Rosario

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2. Round width=90 14 October width=170 Rosario width=50 49–28 width=170 Santa Fe width=200 Rosario width=90 14 October width=170 San Juan width=50 18–49 width=170 Buenos Aires width=200 San Juan

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3. Round width=90 21 October width=170 Buenos Aires width=50 76–20 width=170 Rosario width=200 Buenos Aires width=90 21 October width=170 Santa Fe width=50 9–20 width=170 San Juan width=200 Buenos Aires

Standings

to semi-finals
to play-out

Place	Team	Games	Points	Table points
Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	195	45	150	6
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	99	115	−16	4
3	San Juan	3	1	0	2	49	88	−39	2
4	Santa Fè	3	0	0	3	44	139	−95	0

Pool B

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1. Round width=90 7 October width=170 Tucumán width=50 43–23 width=170 Mar del Plata width=200 Tucumán width=90 7 October width=170 Córdoba width=50 44–10 width=170 Cuyo width=200 Córdoba

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2. Round width=90 14 October width=170 Córdoba width=50 33–38 width=170 Mar del Plata width=200 Córdoba width=90 14 October width=170 Cuyo width=50 25–32 width=170 Tucumán width=200 San Juan

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3. Round width=90 21 October width=170 Tucumán width=50 32–21 width=170 Córdoba width=200 Tucumán width=90 21 October width=170 Mar del Plata width=50 6–16 width=170 Cuyo width=200 Mar del Plata

Standings

to semi-finals
to play-out

Place	Team	Games	Points	Table points
Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	96	69	27	6
2	Cordoba	3	1	0	2	98	80	18	2
3	Mar del Plata	3	1	0	2	67	81	−14	2
4	Cuyo	3	1	0	2	51	82	−31	2

Semi-finals

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Semi-finals width=90 28 October width=170 Tucumán width=50 38–35 width=170 Rosario width=200 Tucumán width=90 28 October width=170 Buenos Aires width=50 43–21 width=170 Córdoba width=200 Buenos Aires

Final

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Final width=90 4 November width=170 Tucumán width=50 16–35 width=170 Buenos Aires width=200 Tucumán

Play-out

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Play-out width=90 28 October width=170 San Juan width=50 24–27 width=170 Cuyo width=200 San Juan width=90 28 October width=170 Mar del Plata width=50 44–12 width=170 Santa Fe width=200 Mar del Plata

• Relegated: Santa Fè and San Juan

"Ascenso"

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1. Round width=90 width=170 Alto Valle width=50 9–19 width=170 Chubut width=200 Neuquen width=90 30 September width=170 Sur width=50 6–41 width=170 Noreste width=200 Bahía Blanca width=90 30 September width=170 Entre Rios width=50 5–26 width=170 Salta width=200 Paraná

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2. Round width=90 7 October width=170 Chubut width=50 21–18 width=170 Sur width=200 width=90 7 October width=170 Alto Valle width=50 36–16 width=170 Entre Rios width=200 Neuquen width=90 7 October width=170 Salta width=50 25–6 width=170 Noreste width=200 Salta

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3. Round width=90 14 October width=170 Chubut width=50 34–27 width=170 Entre Rios width=200 width=90 14 October width=170 Sur width=50 29–24 width=170 Salta width=200 Bahía Blanca width=90 14 October width=170 Noreste width=50 28–20 width=170 Alto Valle width=200

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4. Round width=90 21 October width=170 Entre Rios width=50 31–31 width=170 Noreste width=200 Paraná width=90 21 October width=170 Sur width=50 36–33 width=170 Alto Valle width=200 Bahía Blanca width=90 21 October width=170 Salta width=50 67–8 width=170 Chubut width=200 Salta

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5. Round width=90 28 October width=170 Alto Valle width=50 17–18 width=170 Salta width=200 Neuquen width=90 28 October width=170 Noreste width=50 5–12 width=170 Chubut width=200 width=90 28 October width=170 Entre Rios width=50 48–35 width=170 Sur width=200 Córdoba

Standings

Promoted to "Campeonato"

Place	Team	Games	Points	Table points
Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Salta	5	4	1	0	160	55	105	9
2	Chubut	5	3	1	1	94	126	−32	7
3	Sur	5	2	0	3	134	122	12	4
4	Entre Rios	5	2	1	2	114	175	−61	5
5	Noreste	5	2	1	2	79	101	−22	5
6		5	1	0	4	115	117	−2	2

"Promocional"

Pool A

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1. Round width=90 7 October width=170 Austral width=50 32–0 width=170 Oeste width=200 Comodoro Rivadavia width=90 7 October width=170 Centro width=50 23–27 width=170 La Rioja width=200

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2. Round width=90 14 October width=170 Centro width=50 6–19 width=170 Oeste width=200 width=90 14 October width=170 La Rioja width=50 16–10 width=170 Austral width=200 La Rioja

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3. Round width=90 21 October width=170 Austral width=50 17–10 width=170 Centro width=200 Comodoro Rivadavia width=90 21 October width=170 Oeste width=50 11–7 width=170 La Rioja width=200

Promoted to "Ascenso"
to play-out

Place	Team	Games	Points	Table points
Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Austral	3	2	0	1	59	26	33	4
2	Oeste	3	2	0	1	30	45	−15	4
3	La Rioja	3	2	0	1	47	44	3	4
4	Centro	3	0	0	3	39	60	−21	0

Pool B

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1. Round width=90 7 October width=170 Misiones width=50 20–35 width=170 Santiago del Estero width=200 Misiones width=90 7 October width=170 Formosa width=50 57–7 width=170 Jujuy width=200

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2. Round width=90 14 October width=170 Formosa width=50 3–35 width=170 Santiago del Estero width=200 width=90 14 October width=170 Jujuy width=50 10–15 width=170 Misiones width=200 Jujuy

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3. Round width=90 21 October width=170 Misiones width=50 40–30 width=170 Formosa width=200 Misiones width=90 21 October width=170 Santiago del Estero width=50 107–7 width=170 Jujuy width=200 Santiago del Estero

Standings

Promoted to "Ascenso"
to play-out

Place	Team	Games	Points	Table points
Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Santiago del Estero	3	2	0	1	174	30	144	4
2	Misiones	3	2	0	1	75	75	0	4
3	Formosa	3	2	0	1	90	82	8	4
4	Jujuy	3	0	0	3	24	176	−152	0

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 2000
• Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2001, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2000)