Torneo del Noroeste explained

Torneo del Noroeste – Súper 10
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Number Of Teams:10
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Related Comps:Torneo del Oeste
Current Champions:Huirapuca (2022)
Most Successful Club:Universitario (T)
(24 titles)

The Torneo Regional del NOA (NorOeste Argentino – Argentine North-West), also known as Torneo del Noroeste, is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina.

Originally, only clubs from the Tucumán Rugby Union took part. In successive editions the competition added clubs from the unions of Jujuy, Salta, and Sgo. del Estero provinces. This yearly tournament has traditionally been dominated by Tucumán clubs. Clubs from the other 3 provinces have yet to win a title.

Universitario is the most successful team, with 24 titles won to date.

History

Rugby was first played in Tucumán in 1915 but the first official rugby team in the province –Club Natación y Gimnasia– would only be formed in 1936. Six years later Tucumán Rugby Club was founded, followed by Universitario Rugby Club in 1943 and Cardenales Rugby Club in 1944.

Those four clubs would go on to found the "Unión de Rugby del Norte" on 29 February 1944.

Although the URN was based in Tucumán Province it also dealt with fledgling clubs from the neighbouring provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Santiago del Estero. Later these provinces would go on to form their own unions in 1951, 1966 and 1968 respectively.

Although all four provinces take part in the regional Torneo del Noroeste, they still organise their own local competitions.

Format

As of 2022, 10 clubs from all 4 provinces took part in the tournament. The competition is divided into two zones. The four best placed teams qualify to "Zona Campeonato" to crown the champion of the season. The tournament uses a promotion and relegation system.

Champion and runner-up of Torneo del Noroeste 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.

Championships

Results

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1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950 bgcolor=#efefef style=text-align:center(not held)
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
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1966
1967
1968
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 bgcolor=#efefef style=text-align:center(not held due to Covid-19 pandemic)
2021
2022
Notes

Titles by team

width=150pxTeamwidth=50pxTitleswidth=500pxYears won
24 1946, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019
22 1944, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2021
14 1966, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2004, 2016, 2018
11 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
8 1947, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1995, 1996, 2017
5 1999, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2022
4 1954, 1964, 2002, 2013

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