1992 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1992 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the Tucumàn who gained their title after the defeat of Córdoba. The 19 teams were divided in the championship; "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Classificacion".

48° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	19
Champions	Tucumàn (6th title)
Runners-up	Córdoba

That year in Argentine rugby

National

• The "Campeonato Juvenil" (Under 19 championship) was won by Buenos Aires
• The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by Asociación Alumni
• The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Córdoba Athletic Club
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán Rugby Club

International

• France rugby union team toured Argentina in Argentina. France won both the official test match against the Pumas.

• The "Pumas" toured Europe in October and November, and won all three test-matches played, against Spain., Romania and France

"Campeonato" tournament

The better eight teams played for title. They were divided in two pools of four, the first two from each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated in secondo division

Pool "A"

	Tuc.	Cuy	B.A.	S.Fè
Tucumàn	––––	37-23	28-22	34-12
Cuyo	23-37	––––	39-17	30-13
Buenos Aires	22-28	17-39	––––	66-22
Santa Fè	12-34	13-30	22-66	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	99	57	42	6
2	Cuyo	3	2	0	1	92	67	25	4
3	Buenos Aires	3	1	0	2	105	89	16	2
4	Santa Fè	3	0	0	3	47	130	-83	0

Pool "B"

	Cba	Ros	S J	E R
Córdoba	––––	30-26	58-10	33-13
Rosario	26-30	––––	74-17	118-39
San Juan	10-58	17-74	––––	..10-6
Entre Rios	13-33	39-118	6-10	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Córdoba	3	3	0	0	121	49	72	6
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	216	86	130	4
3	San Juan	3	1	0	2	37	138	-99	2
4	Entre Rios	3	0	0	3	58	161	- 103	0

Relegated:Entre Rios

Semifinals

31 October 1992

Córdoba	43-12	Cuyo

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

31 October 1992

Tucumàn	37-30	Rosario

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

Third place final

1 November 1992

Cuyo	28-24	Rosario

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

Final

1 November 1992

Tucumàn	16-11	Córdoba

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

"Ascenso" Tournament

Pool C

	MdP	Sur	A-V	Cnt
Mar del Plata	––––	21-10	52-22	99-0
Sur	10-21	––––	30-23	93-3
Alta Valle	22-52	23-30	––––	47-7
Centro	0-99	3-93	7-47	––––

Promoted

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Mar del Plata	3	3	0	0	121	49	72	6
2	Sur	3	2	0	1	218	86	132	4
3	Alta Valle	3	1	0	2	37	138	-101	2
4	Centro	3	0	0	3	58	161	-103	0

Pool D

	NOE	SAL	STG	MIS
Noroeste	––––	27-20	28-7	27-14
Salta	20-27	––––	12-13	88-17
Santiago	7-28	13-12	––––	17-32
Misiones	14-27	17-88	32-17	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Noroeste	3	3	0	0	82	41	41	6
2	Salta[1]	3	1	0	2	120	57	63	2
3	Santiago	3	1	0	2	37	72	- 25	2
4	Misiones	3	1	0	2	63	132	- 69	2

"Classificacion" Tournament

	CHU	AUS	OES
Chubut	––––	44-5	32-24
Austral	5-44	––––	29-24
Oeste	24-32	24-29	––––

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Chubut	2	3	0	0	76	29	47	4
2	Austral	2	1	0	2	34	68	-34	2
3	Oeste	2	0	0	2	48	61	- 13	0

Notes

1. Salta classified second for better point difference in direct matches against Samtiago and Msiones

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1992
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)