1994 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1994 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Cordoba. The 21 teams participating, were divide in three levels : "Campeonato" (assigning the title), "Ascenso", "Clasificacion".

50° Campeonato Argentino
Champions	Buenos Aires (25th title)
Runners-up	Cordoba
Relegated	Santa Fè and Salta

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1994

National

• The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Buenos Aires
• The "Campeonato Juvenil" (Under 19 championship) was won by Cordoba
• The "National Championship for clubs" was won by San Isidro Club, beating in the final La Tablada
• The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by San Isidro Club
• The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Los Tarcos

International

• Argentina, beating United States, obtained the qualification to 1995 Rugby World Cup
• Scotland visit Argentina. Pumas won both test match against "Pumas" (16-15), (19-27)

• Argentina visit South Africa, losing both tests against "Springboks"

• Queensland Reds, visited Argentina playing six match against provincial selections.

"Campeonato"

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

Pool "A"

	CBA	TUC	! CUY	SFE
Cordoba	––––	27-22	39-29	59-13
Tucumàn	22-27	––––	32-13	56-29
Cuyo	29-39	13-32	––––	28-20
Santa Fè	13-59	29-56	20-28	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Cordoba	3	3	0	0	125	64	+61	6
2	Tucumàn	3	2	0	1	110	69	+41	4
3	Cuyo	3	1	0	2	70	91	-21	2
4	Santa Fè	3	0	0	3	62	143	-81	0

Pool "B"

	B.A.	ROS	S-J	SAL
Buenos Aires	––––	25-25	69-19	107-16
Rosario	25-25	––––	23-12	112-6
San Juan	16-69	12-23	––––	22-20
Salta	16-107	6-112	20-22	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Buenos Aires	3	2	1	0	201	57	144	5
2	Rosario	3	2	1	0	160	43	117	5
3	San Juan	3	1	0	2	50	112	-62	1
4	Salta	3	0	0	3	42	241	-199	0

Semifinals

6 May 1994

Buenos Aires	v	Tucumàn

El Coloso Rosario Referee: Stuart Piercey (England)

8 May 1994

Rosario	23-25	Cordoba

El Coloso Rosario Referee: Kevin Ricketts (England)

Final

9 May 1994

Buenos Aires	22-13	Cordoba

C.A. Rosario, Rosario[1] Referee: Stuart Piercey (England)

"Ascenso"

Pool A

	NOE	STG	ER	CUE
Noroeste	––––	39-3	28-20	83-8
Santiago	3-39	––––	25-13	33-24
Entre Rios	20-28	13-25	––––	95-0
Cuenca del Salado	8-83	24-33	0-95	––––

Promoted

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Noroeste	3	3	0	0	150	31	+119	6
2	Santiago	3	2	0	1	61	75	-15	4
3	Entre Rios	3	1	0	2	128	53	+75	2
4	Cuenca del Salado	3	0	0	3	32	211	-179	0

Pool B

	MdP	SUR	A-V	AUS
Mar del Plata	––––	26-12	38-5	78-3
Sur	12-26	––––	23-13	64-8
Alta Valle	5-38	13-23	––––	35-17
Austral	3-78	8-64	17-35	––––

Promoted

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Mar del Plata	3	3	0	0	142	20	122	6
2	Sur	3	2	0	1	99	47	52	4
3	Alta Valle	3	1	0	2	53	78	-25	2
4	Austral	3	0	0	3	28	177	-149	0

"Clasificacion"

Pool A

	MIS	FOR	JUJ
Misiones	––––	31-10	x-x
Formosa	10-31	––––	x-x
Jujuy[2]	x-x	x-x	––––

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Misiones	1	1	0	0	31	10	21	2
2	Formosa	1	0	0	1	10	31	-21	0
3	Jujuy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Promoted: Misiones

Pool B

	CEN	CHU	OES
Centro	––––	22-17	60-6
Chubut	17-22	––––	22-19
Oeste	6-60	19-22	––––

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Centro	2	2	0	0	82	23	59	4
2	Chubut	2	1	0	1	39	41	-2	2
3	Oeste	2	0	0	2	25	82	-57	0

Promoted: Centro

Notes

1. Originally, the match must be played in the El Coloso del Parque on 7 May, but was delayed due bad weather condition. For the same reason was cancelled the 3-4th place final
2. forfeited

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1994
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)