Campeonato Argentino Explained

Campeonato Argentino
Last Season:2017
Sport:Rugby union
Founded:1945[1]
Inaugural:1945
Teams:12
Confed:UAR
Champion:Buenos Aires
Champ Season:2018
Most Champs:Buenos Aires (37 titles)
Tv:ESPN
Levels:1

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]

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 represented only a 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:

Teams

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

Team/UnionEstab.CityFeeder AreaTitles Last won
1899 37 2017
1931 7 2012
1945 1 2004
1928 1 1965
Salta 1951 0 0
1944 11 2014

List of champions

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

width=50pxSeasonwidth=250pxChampionwidth=250pxRunner-upwidth=100pxScore
1945Provincia Capital 5–4
1946Provincia Capital 9–6
1947Provincia Capital 18–4
1948Capital Provincia 20–18
1949Provincia Capital 16–12
1950Provincia Capital 6–0
1951Provincia Capital 16–6
1952Provincia Capital 6–0
1953Capital Provincia 10–9
1954Provincia La Plata 9–8
1955Capital Provincia 6–3
1956Provincia Capital 13–9
1957Capital Provincia 11–0
1958Capital Provincia 11–6
1959Provincia Capital 3–0
1960Provincia Capital 17–0
Mar del Plata16–0
Buenos Aires18–11
1963Buenos Aires9–3
1964Buenos Aires16–12
1965Rosario18–6
1966Buenos Aires38–3
1967Buenos Aires19–9
1968Buenos Aires18–3
1969Buenos Aires22–3
1970Buenos Aires38–0
1971Buenos Aires14–8
1972Buenos Aires33–3
1973Buenos Aires14–0
1974Buenos Aires16–13
1975Buenos Aires42–6
1976Buenos Aires19–9
1977Buenos Aires15–13
1978Buenos Aires31–18
1979Buenos Aires47–8
1980Buenos Aires6–3
1981Buenos Aires32–12
1982Buenos Aires59–19
1983Buenos Aires53–3
1984Buenos Aires74–7
1985Tucumán13–9
1986Buenos Aires24–15
1987Tucumán32–3
1988Tucumán25–10
1989Tucumán12–3
1990Tucumán27–13
1991Buenos Aires28–16
1992Tucumán16–11
1993Tucumán24–12
1994Buenos Aires22–13
1995Córdoba28–24
1996
1997
1998
1999Buenos Aires10–8
2000Buenos Aires35–16
2001Córdoba30–20
2002Buenos Aires
2003Buenos Aires17–16
2004Cuyo30–12
2005Tucumán28–9
2006Buenos Aires34–10
2007Buenos Aires27–10
2008Buenos Aires10–9
2009Córdoba15–12
2010Tucumán19–13
2011Córdoba18–16
2012Córdoba29–15
Rosario33–20
2014
2015 Buenos Aires
2016
2017

Titles by team

width=100pxTeamwidth=40pxTitleswidth=500pxYears won
37 1962, 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
Provincia 11 1945, 1956, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960
11 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014
7 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
Capital 5 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958
1 1961
1 1965
1 2004

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uar.com.ar/torneos_y_testmatches/default.asp?idtorneo=1 Campeonato Argentino at UAR website
  2. https://www.diariouno.com.ar/ovacion/rugby/el-final-de-una-epoca-en-el-rugby-argentino-10022017_HJb2Dl2reX El final de una época para el rugby argentino
  3. Web site: Campeonato Argentino de Mayores at UAR website . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131111193621/http://www.uar.com.ar/upload/pdfs/torneos/330-Historial%20-%20Campeonato%20Argentino%20Mayores.pdf# . 11 November 2013 . dead .