2011 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 2011 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2011, the most important tournament for provincial teams in Argentina, and the older national tournament was played between 26 March and 23 April. The victory rose to the selection of Unión Cordobesa de Rugby led by the former Italian national team player Ramiro Pez. Like in the previous season, the teams were divided on three levels ("Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional") with a promotion/relegation format between the levels.

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

67° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	25
Champions	Cordoba (6th title)
Runners-up	Buenos Aires
Relegated	Santa Fe

"Campeonato"

Two pools of four teams. The first two advanced semifinals, the last to relegation/promotion playoff.

Pool 1

1ª round 26 March Tucumàn - Salta 64-17 S.Miguel de T. 26 March Cuyo - Mar del Plata 33-27 Mendoza

2ª round 2 April Mar del Plata - Tucumàn 29-30 Mar del Plata 2 April Cuyo - Salta 24-21 Mendoza

3ª round 9 April Tucumàn - Cuyo 24-22 S.Miguel de T. 9 April Salta - Mar del Plata 26-25 Salta

Qualified for Semifinals

to relegation/promotion play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	118	68	+50	6
2	Cuyo	3	2	0	1	79	72	+7	4
3	Salta	3	1	0	2	56	63	-7	2
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	38	88	-50	0

Pool 2

1ª round 26 March Rosario - Buenos Aires 18-30 Rosario 26 March Cordoba - Santa Fe 70-3 Córdoba

2ª round 2 April Santa Fe - Rosario 15-28 Santa Fe 2 April Cordoba - Buenos Aires 33-8 Córdoba

3ª round 9 April Rosario - Cordoba 13-28 Rosario 9 April Buenos Aires - Santa Fe 83-16 Buenos Aires

Qualified for Semifinals

to relegation/promotion play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Cordoba	3	3	0	0	131	24	+107	6
2	Buenos Aires	3	2	0	1	121	77	+44	4
3	Rosario	3	1	0	2	59	73	-14	2
4	Santa Fe	3	0	0	3	34	171	-137	0

Semifinals

16 April 2011

Cordoba	49-11	Cuyo

Jockey Club, Cordoba Referee: Javier Pastrana, Buenos Aires

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16 April 2011

Tucumàn	20-20 o.t.	Buenos Aires

Lawn Tennis, San Miguel de Tucumàn Referee: Javier Mancuso, Córdoba

Buenos Aires qualified after overtime, having scored the first try of the match.

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Final

23 April 2011

Buenos Aires	v	Cordoba
Try: Galli Con: Suffern Quirno Pen: Cruz 2, Suffern Quirno		Pen: Pez 6

Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires Referee: Omar Alcócer, Tucumàn

’’’Buenos Aires’’’ : 15.Dimas Suffern Quirno, 14.Francisco Bosch, 13.Simón Montes, 12.Marcelo Soiza (cap), 11.Germán Villamil , 10.Valentín Cruz (18' Bautista Güemes), 9. Francisco Cubelli (68’Francisco Albarracín), 8.Alejandro Galli, 7.Cristian Etchart, 6 Juan Pablo González Bonorino
5. Gonzalo Delguy, 4.Ramiro Herrera, 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela (68' Francisco Piccinini), 2.Francisco Lecot, 1. Conrado González Bravo. Coach; Rolando Martin, Diego Cash and Gustavo Cohen.
Cordoba : 15. Gastón Revol, 14. Fernando Luna (76’ Federico Salazar), 13. Lisandro Gómez López, 12. Santiago Tobal (72’ Facundo Baglio), 11. Facundo Barrea, 10.Ramiro Pez, 9. Martín Manieri (76’ Mariano García, 8. Lucas Paschini (51-60’ Miguel Murer), 7. José Basile (cap.), 6. Rodrigo Bruno, 5. Hugo Schierano (48’ Gerardo Isaías), 4. Alejandro Allub, 3. Matías Narváez (45’ Gastón Cortés), 2. Federico Fortuna, 1. Daniel Rodríguez. Coach: Daniel Tobal, Guillermo Taleb and Javier Fiori.

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"Ascenso"

Pool 1

1ª round 26 March Noreste - Santiago 12-15 Resistencia 26 March San Juan - Entre Rios 27-12 San Juan

2ª round 2 April Entre Rios - Noreste 9-11 Paraná 2 April San Juan - Santiago 41-16 Argentina

3ª round 9 April Noreste - San Juan 25-15 Resistencia 9 April Santiago - Entre Rios 39-20 Santiago del Estero

Qualified for play-off for promotion

to relegation/promotion play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	San Juan	3	2	0	1	83	53	+30	4
2	Santiago	3	2	0	1	70	73	-3	4
3	Entre Rios	3	1	0	2	43	75	-32	2
4	Noroeste	3	1	0	2	46	41	5	2

• San Juan to the play-off for promotion in "Torneo Campeonato"
• Entre Rios to play-out for relegation

Pool 2

1ª round 26 March Alto Valle . Austral 46-5 Neuqeun 26 March Sur . Chubut 21-25 Bahia Blanca

2ª round 2 April Chubut . Alto Valle 14-25 Trelwe 2 April Sur . Austral 31-14 Bahia Blanca

3ª round 9 April Alto Valle . Sur 30-13 Nequeun 9 April Austral . Chubut 27-35 Comodoro Rivadavia

Qualified for play-off for promotion

to relegation/promotion play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Alto Valle	3	2	0	0	101	32	+69	6
2	Chubut	3	2	0	1	74	73	+1	4
3	Sur	3	1	0	2	65	69	-4	2
4	Austral	3	0	0	3	46	112	-66	0

• Alto Valle to the play-off for promotion in "Torneo Campeonato"
• Austral to the play-out for relegation

Play off for promotion in "Campeonato"

The winner of each pool of "ascenso" play against one of the last of the pools of "Campeonato"

16 April 2011

Mar del Plata	33-30	Alto Valle

Mar del Plata

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23 April 2011

Alto Valle	16-21	Mar del Plata

Neuquen

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• Mar del Plata remain in "Torneo Campeonato"

16 April 2011

Santa Fe	25-18	San Juan

Santa Fe

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23 April 2011

San Juan	14-6	Santa Fe

San juan

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• Santa Fe relegated in "Ascenso"
• San Juan promoted in "Campeonato"

Relegation Play out

23 April 2011

Noroeste	42-20	Austral

• Austral relegated in the "Promocional" tournament

Promocional

New formula: the nine teams play a tournament called "Super 9" in two days with match with reduced time All the match were played in Junin The winner of the "Copa " were proted to "Ascenso"Finali il 2 April con promozione alla"Ascenso" della vincente della "Copa de oro"

First phase

Pool 1 31 March Lagos del Sur . Formosa 21-8 31 March San Luis . Formosa 22-5 31 March San Luis . Lagos del Sur 0-33

Qualified for "Copa de Oro"

Qualified for "Copa de Plata"

Qualified for "Copa de Bronce"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Lagos del Sur	2	2	0	0	54	8	+46	4
2	San Luis	2	1	0	1	22	38	-16	2
3	Formosa	2	0	0	2	13	43	-30	0

Pool 2 31 March Andina . Misiones 19-0 31 March Tierra del Fuego . Misiones 5-7 31 March Andina . Tierra del Fuego 24-0

Qualified for "Copa de Oro"

Qualified for "Copa de Plata"

Qualified for "Copa de Bronce"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Andina	2	2	0	0	43	0	+43	4
2	Misiones	2	1	0	1	7	24	-17	2
3	Tierra del Fuego	2	0	0	2	5	31	-26	0

Pool 3 31 March Jujuy . Santa Cruz 8-8 31 March Oeste . Santa Cruz 35-0 31 March Jujuy . Oeste 0-15

Qualified for "Copa de Oro"

Qualified for "Copa de Plata"

Qualified for "Copa de Bronce"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Oeste	2	2	0	0	50	0	+50	4
2	Jujuy	2	0	1	1	8	23	-15	1
3	Santa Cruz	2	0	1	1	8	43	-35	1

Copa de Oro

Copa de Oro 2 April Andina . Lagos del Sur 12-11 2 April Oeste . Lagos del Sur 12-3 2 April Andina . Oeste 3-0

Promoted to "Ascenso"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Andina	2	2	0	0	15	11	+4	4
2	Oeste	2	1	0	1	12	6	+6	2
3	Lagos del Sur	2	0	0	2	14	24	-10	0

• Andina promoted to the Tournament "Ascenso" 2012.

Copa de Plata

Copa de Plata 2 April Misiones . San Luis 21-0 2 April Jujuy . San Luis 34-0 2 April Misiones . Jujuy 12-10

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
4	Misiones	2	2	0	0	33	10	+23	4
5	Jujuy	2	1	0	1	44	12	+32	2
6	San Luis|	2	0	0	2	0	55	-55	0

Copa de bronce

Copa de Bronce 2 April Formosa . Tierra del Fuego 14-31 2 April Formosa . Santa Cruz 5-36 2 April Tierra del Fuego . Santa Cruz 9-6

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
7	Tierra del Fuego	2	2	0	0	40	20	+20	4
8	Santa Cruz	2	1	0	1	42	14	+28	2
9	Formosa	2	0	0	2	19	67	-48	0

External links

• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2011
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2012, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2011)
• (in Spanish) Torneo Argentino 2011 on rugby fun
• (in Spanish) Torneo Argentino 2011 Zona Ascenso on rugby fun