1998 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1998 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Unione of Buenos Aires

54º Campeonato Argentino
ChampionsBuenos Aires (27th title)
Runners-upCordoba
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The 22 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1998

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National

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International

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  • Winning the third edition of Pan American Championship, the "Pumas" conquest the qualification for 1999 Rugby World Cup
  • In JuneFrance visit Argentina, and won both test with "Pumas" (35-18 and 37-12)
  • In August, is Romania to visit Argentina, for a five match tour, The test is won by Pumas 68-22
  • Argentina national team, in September visit Japan for a short tour (two matches). With an experimental team. lost the test match against Japan national team (29-44). In November, The Pumas visit Europe. Played six match, with three losses with Italy, France and Wales in the test match.

"Campeonato"

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1ª round
7 March Cordoba - Rosario 36-37 Cordoba
7 March Tucumàn - Cuyo 41-7 S.Miguel de T.
7 March Buenos Aires - Noreste 129-0 Buenos Aires
2ª round
14 March Noreste - Rosario 13-56 Resistencia
14 March Cuyo - Buenos Aires 12-62 Mendoza
14 March Cordoba - Tucumàn 42-38 Cordoba
3ª round
21 March Rosario - Cuyo 41-21 Rosario
21 March Tucumàn - Buenos Aires 13-27 S.Miguel de T.
21 March Noreste - Cordoba 25-43 Resistencia
4ª round
28 March Cordoba - Cuyo 41-3 Cordoba
28 March Buenos Aires - Rosario 54-31 Buenos Aires
28 March Tucumàn - Noreste 61-10 S.Miguel de T.
5ª round
4 April Buenos Aires - Cordoba 41-23 Buenos Aires
4 April Rosario - Tucumàn 46-30 Rosario
4 April Cuyo - Noreste 26-9 Mendoza
Champion
Relegated to "Ascenso"
Place Team Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Buenos Aires 5 5 0 0 313 85 228 10
2 Cordoba 5 4 0 1 189 142 47 8
3 Rosario 5 3 0 2 211 154 57 6
4 Tucumàn 5 2 0 3 190 132 58 4
5 Cuyo 5 1 0 4 73 194 -121 2
6 Noroeste 5 0 0 5 55 324 -269 0

"Ascenso"

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  MdP E-R SFE A-V S-J SAL
Mar del Plata –––– 34-21 35-36 27-16 48-30 22-10
Entre Rios 21-34 –––– 24-18 23-26 31-22 26-13
Santa Fè 36-35 18-24 –––– 55-19 19-20 29-26
Alto Valle 16-27 26-23 19-55 –––– 37-36 14-33
San Juan 30-48 22-31 20-19 36-37 –––– 38-33
Salta 10-22 13-26 26-29 33-14 33-38 ––––
Promoted to "Campeonato"
Relegated to "Promocional"
Place Team Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Mar del Plata 5 4 0 1 166 113 53 8
2 Entre Rios 5 3 0 2 125 113 12 6
3 Santa Fè 5 3 0 2 157 124 33 6
4 Alto Valle 5 2 0 3 112 174 -62 4
5 San Juan 5 2 0 3 146 168 -22 4
6 Salta 5 1 0 4 115 129 -14 2

Promossa: Mar del Plata , Retrocede: Salta

Promocional

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Pool A

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  SUR CHU AUS OES CEN
Sur –––– 35-15 39-6 42-7 77-6
Chubut 15-35 –––– 20-15 38-10 N.D.
Austral 6-39 15-20 –––– 20-12 26-6
Oeste 7-42 10-38 12-20 –––– 38-23
Centro 6-77 N.D. 6-26 23-38 ––––
Qualified for final
Place Team Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Sur 4 4 0 0 193 34 159 8
2 Chubut 3 2 0 1 73 60 13 4
3 Austral 3 2 0 1 67 77 -10 4
4 Oeste 4 1 0 3 67 123 -56 4
5 Centro 4 1 0 3 35 141 -106 4

Pool B

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  MIS RIJ STG JUJ FOR
Misiones –––– 26-25 24-20 28-20 38-7
La Rioja 25-26 –––– 29-16 12-3 24-7
Santiago 20-24 16-29 –––– 37-21 28-22
Jujuy 20-28 3-12 21-37 –––– 15-14
Formosa 7-38 7-24 22-28 14-15 ––––
Qualified for final
Place Team Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Misiones 4 4 0 0 116 72 44 8
2 La Rioja 4 3 0 1 90 52 38 6
3 Santiago 4 2 0 2 101 96 5 4
4 Jujuy 4 1 0 3 59 91 -32 2
5 Formosa 4 0 0 4 50 105 -55 0

Final

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2 May 1988
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  • Sur promoted to "Ascenso"
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  • (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 1998
  • (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)