Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina. Originally, the competition involved 16 teams from most provincial unions. From 2009, the competition was reduced to only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from the Buenos Aires tournament.
[edit] Formula
[edit] 1993 to 2008
From 1993 to 2008, the competition involved 16 clubs, which were divided into four different zones. The top two clubs of each zone proceeded to the quarter-finals of the competition. The 16 clubs were chosen from their own championships; eight from Buenos Aires, two each from the Northeast, Litoral and Córdoba and one from both Cuyo and Mar del Plata.
[edit] 2009 onwards
In 2009 the Torneo del Interior was re-launched for clubs outside of URBA. The new formula of this tournament coincided with a complete overhaul of the Nacional de Clubes system.
From 2009, only 4 clubs qualify to the Nacional de Clubes, two from Interior and two from URBA. The competition starts directly at the semi-final level as follows:
Semi-final 1: Winners Interior vs Runners-up URBA
Semi-final 2: Winners URBA vs Runners-up Interior
The inaugural season of the new formula saw Duendes take on CASI and Hindú take on Uni Tucumán, with Duendes beating Hindú in the final.
[edit] Finals
- (*) Shared title after the match finished in a tie.
[edit] Titles by team
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- 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010
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- 1993, 1994, 2006, 2008
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- 2004, 2009, 2011
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- 1995
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- 1997
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- 1998 (shared)
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- 1998 (shared)
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- 1999
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- 2002
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- 2007
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Nacional de Clubes
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