Torneo de Córdoba (rugby union) explained

Torneo de Primera División (Córdoba)
Current Season:2023
Sport:Rugby union
Teams:11 (Primera División)
Confed:UCR
Champion:Córdoba AC
Champ Season:2023
Most Champs:Tala (24 titles)
Related Comps:URBA Top 12
Levels:2

The Torneo de Córdoba, officially named Torneo de Primera División, is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The tournament involves clubs affiliated to the Córdoba Rugby Union (UCR), and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year.

The 2019 edition is named "Enrique Rudy Schmal" in honour of a former president of the UCR, died in 2018.[1]

Format

The tournament is contested by 11 clubs, 8 from the last Primera División season plus the 3 best placed teams of Torneo de Ascenso in the previous season. Teams are split into two zones, where they play each other in a single round-robin format. The four best placed teams of each zone qualify for the "Súper 8" tournament, while the rest of the teams play a promotion and relegation playoff.[2]

Champion and runner-up of Torneo de Córdoba qualify for the Nacional de Clubes, the main club competition of Argentina while the other best placed teams qualify for Torneo del Interior, the national club competition outside Buenos Aires.

List of championships

Since 1931, all the champions year-by-year:[3]

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1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937 Córdoba RC
1938 Córdoba RC
1939 San Martín
1940 San Martín
1941
1942
1943 San Martín
1944 Gimnasia y Esgrima
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953 Escuela de Aviación
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 Jockey Club (Villa María)
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 Urú Curé
2020 (not held)
2021
2022
2023
Notes:

Titles by club

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24 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
20 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977
1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013
1952, 1955, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2023
12 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1993, 2021, 2022
San Martín 3 1939, 1940, 1943
Córdoba RC 2 1937, 1938
Gimnasia y Esgrima 1 1944
Escuela de Aviación 1 1953
1 2002
Jockey Club (Villa María) 1 2009
Urú Curé 1 2019

Notes and References

  1. https://viapais.com.ar/cordoba/783772-fallecio-el-abogado-y-ex-titular-de-la-union-cordobesa-de-rugby-enrique-schmal/ Falleció el ex titular de la UCR, Enrique Schmal
  2. http://www.unioncordobesaderugby.com.ar/es/2018/03/torneo-oficial-de-primera-division-2018-javier-pelado-morra/ Torneo Oficial de Primera División
  3. http://www.unioncordobesaderugby.com.ar/es/2017/07/historial-de-campeones-cordobeses/ Historial de Campeones cordobeses