2002 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2002 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires

58° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	24
Champions	Buenos Aires (30th title)
Runners-up	Rosario
Relegated	Mar del Plata

The 24 teams participating were divided on three levels : "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Desarrollo".

"Campeonato"

Si torna al Pool unico a 6 teams

1.Round 2 March Mar del Plata - Tucumán 20 - 45 Mar del Plata 2 March Córdoba - Cuyo 35 - 19 Córdoba 2 March Buenos Aires - Rosario 21 - 21 Buenos Aires

2. Round 9 March Tucumán - Córdoba 42 - 13 Tucumán 9 March Rosario - Mar del Plata 41 - 6 Rosario 9 March Cuyo - Buenos Aires 18 - 33 Mendoza

3. Round 16 March Buenos Aires - Tucumán 35 - 30 Buenos Aires 16 March Mar del Plata - Córdoba 28 - 24 Mar del Plata 16 March Rosario - Buenos Aires 20 - 12 Rosario

4.Round 23 March Tucumán - Cuyo 50 - 25 Tucumán 23 March Buenos Aires - Mar del Plata 38 - 19 Buenos Aires 23 March Córdoba - Rosario 18 - 27 Córdoba

5. Round 30 March Cuyo - Mar del Plata 32 - 19 Mendoza 30 March Rosario - Tucumán 21 - 20 Rosario 30 March Córdoba - Buenos Aires 10 - 32 Córdoba

• Ranking:

Champions

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Buenos Aires	5	4	1	0	159	98	61	9
2	Rosario	5	4	1	0	130	77	53	9
3	Tucumàn	5	3	0	2	184	114	70	6
4	Córdoba	5	1	0	4	100	148	-48	2
5	Cuyo	5	1	0	4	106	157	-51	2
6	Mar del Plata	5	1	0	4	92	177	-85	2

"Ascenso"

Pool South

1.round 2 March Austral - Sur 16 - 3 2 March San Juan - Chubut 27 - 13

2.round 9 March Salta - Noreste 18 - 0 9 March Santa Fe - Entre Rios 25 - 31

3.round 16 March Entre Rios - Noreste 25 - 31 16 March Santa Fe - Salta 29 - 19

• Ranking:

Qualified for finals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	San Juan	3	2	0	1	94	59	35	4
2	Chubut	3	2	0	1	66	64	2	4
3	Sur	3	1	0	2	40	88	-48	2
4	Austral	3	1	0	2	62	51	11	2

Pool North

1.Round 2 March Salta - Entre Rios 40 - 26 2 March Noreste - Santa Fe 22 - 15

2.Round 9 March Salta - Noreste 18 - 0 9 March Santa Fe - Entre Rios 25 - 31

3.Round 16 March Entre Rios - Noreste 25 - 31 16 March Santa Fe - Salta 29 - 19

• Ranking

Qualified for finals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Salta	3	2	0	1	77	55	22	4
2	Noreste	3	2	0	1	53	58	-5	4
3	Santa Fè	3	1	0	2	67	72	-5	2
4	Entre Rios	3	1	0	2	82	94	-12	2

Semifinals

Semifinals 23 March Salta - Chubut 24 - 14 23 March San Juan - Noreste 31 - 33

Final

Finale 30 March Salta - Noreste 26 - 6

• Promoted: Salta
• Relegated: Entre Rios and Austral

"Desarollo" (development)

New name and formula for the third level of the championship

Pool North

1.Round 2 March Formosa - Santiago del estero 30 - 52 2 March Misiones - Jujuy 72 - 8

2. Round 9 March Jujuy - Formosa 42 - 19 9 March Santiago del estero - La Rioja 77 - 0

3. Round 16 March La Rioja - Jujuy 38 - 14 16 March Formosa - Misiones 77 - 27

4.Round 23 March Misiones - La Rioja 20 - 5 23 March Jujuy - Santiago del estero 27 - 60

5. Round 30 March Santiago del estero - Misiones 39 - 13 30 March La Rioja - Formosa -

• Ranking

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Santiago de l'Estero	4	4	0	0	228	59	169	8
2	Misiones	4	3	0	1	132	74	58	6
3	La Rioja	3	1	0	2	43	111	-68	2
4	Jujuy	4	1	0	3	91	189	-98	2
5	Formosa	3	0	0	3	60	121	-61	0

Promossa: Santiago de l'Estero

Pool South

1.Round 2 March Centro - URBA "B" 7 - 54 2 March Alto Valle - Oeste 45 - 17

2.Round 9 March Alto Valle - URBA "B" 7 - 30 9 March Oeste - Centro 11 - 18

3.Round 16 March Tierra del Fuego - Alto Valle 6 - 29 16 March Oeste - URBA "B" 11 - 26

4.Round 23 March Alto Valle - Centro 28 - 17 28 March Centro - Tierra del Fuego 16 - 26

5.Round 30 March Oeste - Tierra del Fuego 22 - 24 1 April URBA "B" - Tierra del Fuego 102 - 14

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Alto Valle	4	3	0	1	109	70	39	6
2	Tierra del Fuego	4	2	0	2	70	169	-99	4
3	Centro	4	1	0	3	58	119	-61	2
4	Oeste	4	0	0	4	61	113	-52	0
	Buenos Aires B (out of ranking)	4	4	0	0	212	39	173	8

External links

• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2002
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2003, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2002)