2012 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 2012 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was the 66th version of the annual rugby competition held in Argentina in 2012. It was played between 3 March and 28 April of that year. The winner was Cordobesa, who defeated Rosario in the final game.

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

68th Campeonato Argentino
Champions	Córdoba (7th title)
Runners-up	Rosario
Relegated	San Juan

The Campeonato Argentino consisted of 28 teams, divided into three divisions, "Campeonato", "Ascenso" and "Estimulo", based on the records of the individual teams. For the first time since 1950, national teams from outside Argentina were admitted into the competition, with teams from Uruguay and Chile being admitted to the Campeonato division, and Brasil and Paraguay admitted to the Estimulo division.

"Campeonato"

Preliminary

The preliminary round consisted of ten teams divided in two pools of five teams each. The top three of each pool made it to the final pool. The final six teams then played in a round robin tournament, from which the top two teams played for the championship.

• Pool 1

Qualified for final pool

to "ascenso" finals

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Córdoba	4	4	0	0	109	38	+ 71	8
2	Tucumán	4	3	0	1	133	71	+ 62	6
3	Salta	4	2	0	2	65	58	+ 7	4
4	Chile	4	1	0	3	54	115	- 61	2
5	San Juan	4	0	0	4	47	126	- 79	0

• Pool 2

Qualified for final pool

to "ascenso" finals

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Buenos Aires	4	3	0	1	125	43	+ 82	6
2	Rosario	4	3	0	1	124	81	+ 43	6
3	Cuyo	4	2	0	2	82	128	- 46	4
4	Uruguay	4	1	0	3	69	83	- 14	2
5	Mar del Plata	4	1	0	3	53	118	- 65	2

Round robin

First phase results. Winners in bold.

First Round 10 March Córdoba defeated Tucumán 31 - 18 Cordoba, Jockey Club. 10 March Buenos Aires defeated Cuyo 32 - 3 San Isidro, CASI

Second Round 17 March Córdoba defeated Salta 19 - 14 Salta, Jockey Club 17 March Rosario defeated Buenos Aires 30 - 23 Rosario, Jockey Club

Third Round 24 March Tucumán defeated Salta 22 - 17 San Miguel de Tucuman 24 March Rosario defeated Cuyo 57 - 20 Mendoza, Marista RC

Second phase results. Winners in bold.

First Round 7 April Córdoba defeated Buenos Aires 24 - 21 Tala Rugby Club, Córdoba 7 April Rosario defeated Tucumán 34 - 29 Jockey Club, Rosario 7 April Salta defeated Cuyo 28 - 23 Mendoza Rugby Club, Mendoza

Second Round 14 April Salta defeated Rosario 19 - 16 Jockey Club, Salta 14 April Córdoba defeated Cuyo 42- 34 Los Tordos RC, Mendoza 14 April Buenos Aires defeated Tucumán 18 - 6 CASI, San Isidro

Third Round 21 April Rosario defeated Córdoba 22 - 3 Jockey Club, Rosario 21 April Tucumán defeated Cuyo 42 - 22 Lawn Tennis, Tucumán 21 April Buenos Aires defeated Salta 24 - 16 CASI, San Isidro

Qualified for final

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Rosario	5	4	0	1	162	91	+ 71	8
2°	Córdoba	5	4	0	1	119	109	+ 10	8
3°	Buenos Aires	5	3	0	2	118	79	+ 39	6
4°	Tucumán	5	2	0	3	117	122	+ 5	4
5°	Salta	5	2	0	3	94	104	- 10	4
6°	Cuyo	5	0	0	5	102	201	- 99	0

Championship game

28 April 2012

Rosario	15 - 29	Córdoba

Jockey Club, Rosario

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Second Division: Zona Ascenso

Eight teams divided in two pools. The two teams which finished top in their pool play in the semifinal, where the top team from Pool 3 plays the second team from Pool 4, and the top team from Pool 4 plays the second team from Pool 3. The winners of those two games are then put into a pool with the two teams which finished last in the Campeonato division. The two teams which finish first in that final pool will be in the Campeonato division the next year, while the two teams which finish last in that pool will be relegated to the Ascenso Division. Finally, the team which finishes last in Pool 4 plays the team which finishes last in Pool 3, with the loser being demoted the following year to Estimulo division.

Pool 3

First Round 3 March Santa Fe defeated Entre Rios 31 - 18 Santa Fe 3 March Santiago del Estero defeated Noreste 33 - 17 Santiago del Estero

Second Round 10 March Santa Fe defeated Noreste 24 - 12 Resistencia 10 March Entre Rios defeated Santiago del Estero 27 - 6 Santiago del Estero

Third Round 17 March Santa Fe draw Santiago del Estero 27 - 27 Santa Fe 17 March Entre Rios defeated Noreste 18 - 9 Paranà

Qualified for Semifinals

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Santa Fe	3	2	1	0	62	49	+ 13	5
2°	Entre Ríos	3	2	0	1	55	26	+ 29	4
3°	Santiago del Estero	3	1	1	1	66	71	- 5	3
4°	Noreste	3	0	0	3	38	75	- 37	0

Pool 4

First Round 3 March Alto Valle defeated Sur 34 - 22 3 March Chubut defeated Andina 21 - 12

Second Round 10 March Alto Valle]] defeated Andina 30 - 24 10 March Sur defeated Chubut 13 - 11

Third Round 17 March Alto Valle defeated Chubut 18 - 0 17 March Sur defeated Andina 30 - 7

Qualified for Semifinals

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Alto Valle	3	3	0	0	82	46	+ 36	6
2°	Sur	3	2	0	1	65	52	+ 13	4
3°	Valle de Chubut	3	1	0	2	32	43	- 11	2
4°	Andina	3	0	0	3	43	81	- 38	0

Playout

Play-out 24 March Andina defeated Noreste 23 - 12

• Noreste demoted to Estimulo division

Semifinals

Semifinals 24 March Santa Fe defeated Sur 51 - 0 24 March Alto Valle defeated Entre Rios 25 - 11

Final pool

First Round 7 April Santa Fe defeated San Juan 18 - 12 7 April Mar del Plata defeated Alto Valle 20 - 12

Second Round 14 April Alto Valle defeated San Juan 24 - 6 14 April Mar del Plata - Santa Fe 15 - 12

Third Round 28 April Alto Valle defeated Santa Fe 13 - 11 28 April San Juan - Mar del Plata 22 - 3

Promoted to "Campeonato" 2013

Relegated to "Ascenso" 2013

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Alto Valle	3	2	0	1	49	37	+ 12	4
2°	Mar del Plata	3	2	0	1	38	46	- 8	4
3°	Santa Fe	3	1	0	2	41	40	+ 1	2
4°	San Juan	3	1	0	2	40	45	- 5	2

Torneo "Estimulo"

"URBA Desarollo" (a development team from Buenos Aires replaced Brazil. Ten teams total, split into two pools of five teams each. The top team from each pool play each other, with the winner moving up into the Ascenco Division the following year.

Pool 5

	MIS	FOR	AUS	JUJ	SCr
Misiones	––––	12-8	7-5	14-7	27-7
Formosa	8-12	––––	6-5	29-12	38-9
Austral	5-7	5-6	––––	22-0	35-7
Jujuy	7-14	12-29	0-22	––––	12-0
Santa Cruz	7-27	9-38	7-35	0-12	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Misiones	4	4	0	0	60	27	33	8
2	Formosa	4	3	0	1	81	38	43	6
3	Austral	4	2	0	2	67	20	47	4
4	Jujuy	4	1	0	3	31	65	-34	2
5	Santa Cruz	4	0	0	4	23	112	-89	0

• Misiones advanced to the final game.

Pool 6

	URBA	OES	LdS	SLS	TdF
URBA Desarollo	––––	14-0	19-10	10-0	24-0
Oeste	0-14	––––	10-3	15-10	12-0
Lagos del Sur	10-19	3-10	––––	8-3	24-0
San Luis	0-10	10-15	3-8	––––	7-0
Tierra del Fuego	0-24	0-12	0-24	0-7	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	URBA Desarollo	4	4	0	0	67	10	57	8
2	Oeste	4	3	0	1	37	27	10	6
3	Lagos del Sur	4	2	0	2	45	32	13	4
4	San Luis	4	1	0	3	20	33	-13	2
5	Tierra del Fuego	4	0	0	4	0	67	-67	0

• Oeste advanced to the final game.

Final

31 March 2012

Oeste	12 - 6	Misiones

• Oeste was promoted to the Ascenso Division

External Links and Bibliography

• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2011
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2012, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2011)
• (in Spanish) Torneo Argentino 2012:Zona Campeonato on rugbyfun.com.ar
• (in Spanish) Torneo Argentino 2012:Zona Ascenso on rugbyfun.com.ar
• Torneo estimulo 2012