Campeonato Argentino


The Campeonato Argentino de Mayores 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, with the last season held in 2017.
The competing teams represented the unions of the rugby provinces that make up the Argentine Rugby Union. Some of these unions represented more than one province, for example the "Noreste" 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:
Unions participating in the last season held in 2017 were:
Team/UnionEstab.CityFeeder AreaTitlesLast won
Buenos Aires1899Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Province372017
Córdoba1931CórdobaCórdoba Province72012
Cuyo1945MendozaMendoza Province12004
Rosario1928RosarioRosario Department11965
Salta1951SaltaSalta Province00
Tucumán1944S.M. de TucumánTucumán112014

List of champions

Since the first championship held in 1945 to the last season:
SeasonChampionRunner-upScore
1945Provincia Capital 5–4
1946ProvinciaCapital9–6
1947ProvinciaCapital18–4
1948CapitalProvincia20–18
1949ProvinciaCapital16–12
1950ProvinciaCapital6–0
1951ProvinciaCapital16–6
1952ProvinciaCapital6–0
1953CapitalProvincia10–9
1954ProvinciaLa Plata 9–8
1955CapitalProvincia6–3
1956ProvinciaCapital13–9
1957CapitalProvincia11–0
1958CapitalProvincia11–6
1959ProvinciaCapital3–0
1960ProvinciaCapital17–0
1961Mar del PlataRosario16–0
1962Buenos AiresRosario18–11
1963Buenos AiresCórdoba9–3
1964Buenos AiresRosario16–12
1965RosarioBuenos Aires18–6
1966Buenos AiresTucumán38–3
1967Buenos AiresRosario19–9
1968Buenos AiresRosario18–3
1969Buenos AiresRosario22–3
1970Buenos AiresCórdoba38–0
1971Buenos AiresRosario14–8
1972Buenos AiresRosario33–3
1973Buenos AiresCuyo14–0
1974Buenos AiresCuyo16–13
1975Buenos AiresTucumán42–6
1976Buenos AiresCuyo19–9
1977Buenos AiresRosario15–13
1978Buenos AiresRosario31–18
1979Buenos AiresRosario47–8
1980Buenos AiresCórdoba6–3
1981Buenos AiresTucumán32–12
1982Buenos AiresTucumán59–19
1983Buenos AiresCuyo53–3
1984Buenos AiresEntre Ríos74–7
1985TucumánBuenos Aires13–9
1986Buenos AiresTucumán24–15
1987TucumánCórdoba32–3
1988TucumánBuenos Aires25–10
1989TucumánRosario12–3
1990TucumánCuyo27–13
1991Buenos AiresRosario28–16
1992TucumánCórdoba16–11
1993TucumánRosario24–12
1994Buenos AiresCórdoba22–13
1995CórdobaTucumán28–24
1996Buenos Aires and Córdoba-–
1997Córdoba-–
1998Buenos Aires-–
1999Buenos AiresTucumán10–8
2000Buenos AiresTucumán35–16
2001CórdobaBuenos Aires30–20
2002Buenos AiresRosario–
2003Buenos AiresRosario17–16
2004CuyoCórdoba30–12
2005TucumánCuyo28–9
2006Buenos AiresTucumán34–10
2007Buenos AiresTucumán27–10
2008Buenos AiresTucumán10–9
2009CórdobaTucumán15–12
2010TucumánRosario19–13
2011CórdobaBuenos Aires18–16
2012CórdobaRosario29–15
2013TucumánRosario33-20
2014TucumánCórdoba
2015Buenos AiresCórdoba–
2016Buenos AiresCuyo–
2017Buenos AiresTucumán–

Titles by team