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
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1945^[1]
First season	1945
Ceased	2017; 7 years ago (2017)
No. of teams	12
Country	Argentina
Confederation	UAR
Last champion(s)	Buenos Aires (2018)
Most titles	Buenos Aires (37 titles)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Level on pyramid	1

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:

• Zona Campeonato, which contained the 8 best unions;
• Zona Ascenso, with the next best 8 teams divided in two pools, with the winner of each pool playing off against one of the bottom two teams of the higher level for promotion to the Zona Campeonato. The bottom team in each pool played off, the loser being 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 Aires	1899	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Province	37	2017
Córdoba	1931	Córdoba	Córdoba Province	7	2012
Cuyo	1945	Mendoza	Mendoza Province	1	2004
Rosario	1928	Rosario	Rosario Department	1	1965
Salta	1951	Salta	Salta Province	0	0
Tucumán	1944	S.M. de Tucumán	Tucumán	11	2014

List of champions

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

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1945	Provincia ^[note 1]	Capital ^[note 2]	5–4
1946	Provincia	Capital	9–6
1947	Provincia	Capital	18–4
1948	Capital	Provincia	20–18
1949	Provincia	Capital	16–12
1950	Provincia	Capital	6–0
1951	Provincia	Capital	16–6
1952	Provincia	Capital	6–0
1953	Capital	Provincia	10–9
1954	Provincia	La Plata ^[note 3]	9–8
1955	Capital	Provincia	6–3
1956	Provincia	Capital	13–9
1957	Capital	Provincia	11–0
1958	Capital	Provincia	11–6
1959	Provincia	Capital	3–0
1960	Provincia	Capital	17–0
1961	Mar del Plata	Rosario	16–0
1962	Buenos Aires	Rosario	18–11
1963	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	9–3
1964	Buenos Aires	Rosario	16–12
1965	Rosario	Buenos Aires	18–6
1966	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	38–3
1967	Buenos Aires	Rosario	19–9
1968	Buenos Aires	Rosario	18–3
1969	Buenos Aires	Rosario	22–3
1970	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	38–0
1971	Buenos Aires	Rosario	14–8
1972	Buenos Aires	Rosario	33–3
1973	Buenos Aires	Cuyo	14–0
1974	Buenos Aires	Cuyo	16–13
1975	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	42–6
1976	Buenos Aires	Cuyo	19–9
1977	Buenos Aires	Rosario	15–13
1978	Buenos Aires	Rosario	31–18
1979	Buenos Aires	Rosario	47–8
1980	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	6–3
1981	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	32–12
1982	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	59–19
1983	Buenos Aires	Cuyo	53–3
1984	Buenos Aires	Entre Ríos	74–7
1985	Tucumán	Buenos Aires	13–9
1986	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	24–15
1987	Tucumán	Córdoba	32–3
1988	Tucumán	Buenos Aires	25–10
1989	Tucumán	Rosario	12–3
1990	Tucumán	Cuyo	27–13
1991	Buenos Aires	Rosario	28–16
1992	Tucumán	Córdoba	16–11
1993	Tucumán	Rosario	24–12
1994	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	22–13
1995	Córdoba	Tucumán	28–24
1996	Buenos Aires and Córdoba	–	– ^[note 4]^[note 5]
1997	Córdoba	–	– ^[note 5]
1998	Buenos Aires	–	– ^[note 5]
1999	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	10–8
2000	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	35–16
2001	Córdoba	Buenos Aires	30–20
2002	Buenos Aires	Rosario	– ^[note 5]
2003	Buenos Aires	Rosario	17–16
2004	Cuyo	Córdoba	30–12
2005	Tucumán	Cuyo	28–9
2006	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	34–10
2007	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	27–10
2008	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	10–9
2009	Córdoba	Tucumán	15–12
2010	Tucumán	Rosario	19–13
2011	Córdoba	Buenos Aires	18–16
2012	Córdoba	Rosario	29–15
2013	Tucumán	Rosario	33–20
2014	Tucumán	Córdoba	^[note 6]
2015	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	–^[note 7]
2016	Buenos Aires	Cuyo	–
2017	Buenos Aires	Tucumán	–

Titles by team

Team	Titles	Years won
Buenos Aires	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
Tucumán	11	1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014
Córdoba	7	1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
Capital	5	1948, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958
Mar del Plata	1	1961
Rosario	1	1965
Cuyo	1	2004

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 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
2. El final de una época para el rugby argentino on Diario Uno, 2 October 2017
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
4. . Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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