Campeonato Argentino
Most recent season or competition: 2017 | |
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1945 [1] |
First season | 1945 |
Ceased | 2017 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | ![]() |
Confederation | UAR |
Last champion(s) | Buenos Aires (2018) |
Most titles | Buenos Aires (37 titles) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN |
Level on pyramid | 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 may only represented 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 them playing a play-off with the lowest two of the higher level for promotion to the Zona Campeonato. The last two of the pools played a play-off. The loser is 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 |
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1899 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | 37 | 2017 |
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1931 | Córdoba | Córdoba Province | 7 | 2012 |
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1945 | Mendoza | Mendoza Province | 1 | 2004 |
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1928 | Rosario | Rosario Department | 1 | 1965 |
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1951 | Salta | Salta Province | 0 | 0 |
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1944 | S.M. de Tucumán | Tucumán | 11 | 2014 |
List of champions
Since the first championship held in 1945 to the last season:[3]
Titles by team
Team | Titles | Years won |
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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
- ^ "Provincia" refers familiarly to the Buenos Aires Province.
- ^ "Capital" refers familiarly to the city of Buenos Aires, the "Capital Federal" of Argentina.
- ^ Between 1952 and 1955, the city of La Plata, was called "Ciudad Eva Perón", in honor of President Juan Domingo Perón's wife.
- ^ The format of the competition was changed.
- ^ a b c d No final played that season.
- ^ League format, Tucumán finished 1st of 6 with 17 points.[4]
- ^ League format, Buenos Aires finished 1st of 6 with 25 points.[5]
References
- ^ Campeonato Argentino at UAR website Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ El final de una época para el rugby argentino on Diario Uno, 2 October 2017
- ^ "Campeonato Argentino de Mayores at UAR website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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