2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Tucumàn.

64° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	24
Champions	Buenos Aires (30th title)
Runners-up	Tucumàn.
Relegated	Mar del Plata

"Campeonato"

The eight Team participating were divided in due pools of 4. The first two of each pool admitted to semifinals, the last to play-out for relegation ("Finale descenso")

Pool 1

1.Round 1 March Buenos Aires - Cuyo 39 - 0 Buenos Aires 1 March Córdoba - Mar del Plata 22 - 13 Córdoba

2.Round 8 March Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires 14 - 45 Mar del Plata 8 March Córdoba - Cuyo 46 - 17 Córdoba

3.Round 15 March Buenos Aires - Córdoba 26 - 17 Buenos Aires 15 March Cuyo - Mar del Plata 21 - 10 Mendoza

Qualified for Semifinals

to relegation play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	110	31	+79	3	15
2	Córdoba	3	2	0	1	85	56	+29	1	9
3	Cuyo	3	1	0	2	38	95	-57	0	4
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	37	88	-51	0	0

Pool 2

1.Round 1 March Tucumán - Rosario 40 - 11 Tucumán 1 March Santa Fe - Salta 27 - 28 Santa Fe

2.Round 8 March Salta - Tucumán 3 - 32 Salta 8 March Santa Fe - Rosario 15 - 10 Santa Fe

3.Round 15 March Tucumán - Santa Fe 46 - 11 Tucumán 15 March Rosario - Salta 28 - 25 Rosario

Qualified for Semifinals

to relegation play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	118	25	+93	3	15
2	Rosario (*)	3	1	0	2	49	80	-31	1	5
3	Santa Fè (*)	3	1	0	2	53	84	-31	1	5
4	Salta (*)	3	1	0	2	56	87	-31	1	5

(*) The second place was assigned according to the number of tries scored (Rosario 6, Santa Fè 3, Salta 1)

Semifinals

Semifinals 29 March Buenos Aires - Rosario 24 - 21 Buenos Aires 29 March Tucumán - Córdoba 39 - 10 Tucumán

Final

5 April 2008

Tucumán	9-10	Buenos Aires
Pen: 5' 45' 59' Diego Mas		Try: 79' Agustín Costa Repetto Con: 80' Federico Serra Pen: 39' Federico Serra

Lawn Tennis Club, Tucumán Referee: Javier Mancuso (Cordóba)

Tucuman 15.Lucas Barrera Oro, 14.Aníbal Terán, 13.Ezequiel Faralle, 12.Agustín Vallejo, 11.Sebastián Ponce, 10.Diego Mas (60' Nicolás Sánchez), 9.Diego Ternavasio, 8.Agustín Guzmán ( 79' Rafael Garrido), 7.Nicolás Centurión, 6.Ignacio Haustein ( 56' Juan Pablo Lagarrigue), 5.Gabriel Pata Curello (capt), 4.Carlos Casares, 3.Bruno Cuezzo, 2.Ramón Vidal, 1.Felipe Betolli (61' Juan Ávila)
Buenos Aires: 15. Federico Serra Miras, 14. Agustín Gosio, 13. Juan Ignacio Gauthier, 12. Hernán Senillosa, 11. Pablo Gómez Cora (capt.), 10. Santiago Fernández ( 53` Benjamín Urdapilleta)), 9. Francisco Albarracín, 8. Alejandro Abadie, 7. Facundo López ( 55'Juan Pablo Mirenda), . 6. Alejandro Campos, 5. Felipe Aranguren, 4. James Stuart ( 53`Nahuel Neyra), 3. Francisco Lecot (53' Federico Sánchez), 2. Pablo Gambarini ( 64` Agustín Costa Repetto), 1. Gonzalo Begino

Play out

Play Out ("Finale Descenso") 29 March Mar del Plata - Salta 12 - 27 Mar del Plata 5 April Salta - Mar del Plata 39 - 10 Salta

• Champions: Buenos Aires
• Relegated: 'Mar del Plata'

Torneo "Ascenso"

Pool North 1

1.Round 1 March Santiago - La Rijoa 18 - 15 Santiago del Estero 1 March San Luis - Jujuy 41 - 11 San Luis

2.Round 8 March Jujuy - Santiago 6 - 24 San Salvador de Jujuy 8 March San Luis - La Rijoa 18 - 15 San Luis

3.Round 15 March Santiago - San Luis 43 - 0 Santiago del Estero 15 March La Rioja - Jujuy 15 - 42 La Rioja

Qualified for Semifinals

Place	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Santiago	3	3	0	0	85	21	+64	0	12
2	San Luis	3	2	0	1	59	69	-10	1	9
3	Jujuy	3	1	0	2	59	80	-21	1	5
4	La Rioja	3	0	0	3	45	78	-33	1	1

Pool North 2

1.Round 1 March Noreste - Misiones 48 - 10 Resistencia 1 March Entre Rios - Formosa 40 - 0 Paraná

2.Round 8 March Formosa - Noreste 10 - 57 Formosa 8 March Entre Rios - Misiones 22 - 6 Paraná

3.Round 15 March Noreste - Entre Rios 32 - 15 Resistencia 15 March Misiones - Formosa 10 - 7 Rosario

Qualified for Semifinals

Place	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Noreste	3	3	0	0	137	35	+102	3	15
2	Entre Rios	3	2	0	1	77	38	+39	1	9
3	Misiones	3	1	0	2	26	77	-51	0	4
4	Formosa	3	0	0	3	17	107	-90	1	1

Pool South 1

1.Round 1 March San Juan - Alto Valle 19 - 19 San Juan 1 March Sur - Oeste 34 - 0 Bahía Blanca

2.Round 8 March Oeste - San Juan 0 - 43 Junín 8 March Sur - Alto Valle 15 - 15 Bahía Blanca

3.Round 15 March San Juan - Sur 32 - 22 San Juan 15 March Alto Valle - Oeste 93 - 12 Neuquén

Qualified for Semifinals

Place	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	San Juan	3	2	1	0	94	41	+53	2	12
2	Alto Valle	3	1	2	0	127	46	+81	1	9'
3	Sur	3	1	1	1	71	47	+34	1	7
4	Oeste	3	0	0	3	12	170	-158	0	0

Pool South 2

1.Round 1 March Tierra del Fuego - Chubut 14 - 8 Ushuaia 1 March Lagos del Sur - Austral 13 - 34 Bariloche

2.Round 8 March Chubut - Austral 6 - 13 Trelew 8 March Lagos del Sur - Tierra del Fuego 25 - 5 Bariloche

3.Round 15 March Chubut - Austral 19 - 10 Trelew 15 March Austral - Tierra del Fuego 28 - 5 Comodoro Rivadavia

Qualified for Semifinals

Place	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Austral	3	3	0	0	75	24	+51	2	14
2	Chubut	3	1	0	2	33	37	-4	2	6
3	Lagos del Sur	3	1	0	2	48	58	-10	1	5
4	Tierra del Fuego	3	1	0	2	24	61	-37	0	4

Semifinals

Semifinals 29 March Noreste - Santiago del estero 29 - 17 Resistencia 29 March Austral - San Juan 12 - 26 Comodoro Rivadavia

Final

Final 5 April Noreste - San Juan 11 - 7 Resistencia

• Promoted: Noreste

External links

• (in Spanish) Results da rugbyfun.,com
• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2008
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2009, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2008)