1999 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

55° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	21
Champions	Buenos Aires (28th title)
Runners-up	Tucumàn

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1999 was based on the selection of the Argentine Rugby Union (Unione di Buenos Aires).

The 21 teams participating were divided into three levels : "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1999

National

• The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Rosario
• The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) was won by Tucumán.
• The "National Championship for clubs" was won by La Tablada
• The first edition of Torneo del Interior (tournament with club outside Buenos Aires) was won by Jockey Club Córdoba
• The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by San Isidro Club
• The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Huirapuca

International

• It was a great year for Argentina Rugby Union: at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, the "Pumas" obtained an historical qualification to the quarter-finals, beating Ireland in the play-off. In the quarter-final the Pumas were beaten by France.
• Previously in August, Argentina visited Scotland and Ireland for a four match tour, in order to prepare the World Cup. A victory against Scotland and a loss with Ireland, are the most important results.

Further information: 1999 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Ireland

• In June was Wales to visit Argentina for a five match tour, winning both the test with Pumas (36-26 and 23-16)

Further information: 1999 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina

• In June France 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.

Further information: 1998 Argentina rugby union tour of Japan and Europe

• In October, Argentina, won as usual the 1998 South American Rugby Championship
• In April there were the events for the "Centenary of Argentine Rugby". In 17 April, there was a match between the Pumas and an international selection called "Resto del Mundo" (Rest of the World). The "Pumas" won 49–21.

"Campeonato"

There were no relegation due to the return to an "eight teams formula" per 2000.

1.Round
6 March	Cuyo	-	Córdoba	23 - 32	Mendoza
6 March	Mar del Plata	-	Tucumán	6 - 41	Mar del Plata
6 March	Rosario	-	Buenos Aires	10 - 37	Rosario

2.Round
13 March	Rosario	-	Mar del Plata	30 - 17	Rosario
13 March	Buenos Aires	-	Cuyo	91 - 3	Buenos Aires
13 March	Tucumán	-	Córdoba	29 - 9	Tucumán

3.Round
20 March	Cuyo	-	Rosario	60 - 17	Mendoza
20 March	Buenos Aires	-	Tucumán	30 - 16	Buenos Aires
20 March	Córdoba	-	Mar del Plata	39 - 20	Córdoba

4.Round
27 March	Rosario	-	Córdoba	23 - 10	Rosario
27 March	Cuyo	-	Tucumán	14 - 58	Mendoza
27 March	Mar del Plata	-	Buenos Aires	39 - 20	Mar del Plata

5.Round
3 April	Córdoba	-	Buenos Aires	28 - 42	Mendoza
3 April	Tucumán	-	Rosaio	40 - 21	Tucumán
3 April	Mar del Plata	-	Cuyo	16 - 27	Córdoba

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Buenos Aires	5	5	0	0	292	80	+212	10	Champion
2	Tucumàn	5	4	0	1	184	80	+104	8
3	Rosario	5	3	0	2	161	126	+35	6
4	Cordoba	5	2	0	3	118	137	−19	4
5	Cuyo	5	1	0	4	86	244	−158	2
6	Mar del Plata	5	0	0	5	82	256	−174	0

Source:

"Ascenso"

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion		S-J	SFE	E-R	A-V	SUR	NOE
1	San Juan	5	4	1	0	169	109	+60	9	Promoted			26–26	23–16	52–19	19–16	49–32
2	Santa Fè	5	3	1	1	147	108	+39	7			26–26		25–21	33–20	16–19	47–22
3	Entre Rios	5	3	0	2	92	69	+23	6			16–23	21–25		19–3	12–6	24–12
4	Alto Valle	5	2	0	3	103	149	−46	4			19–52	20–33	3–19		29–25	32–20
5	Sur	5	2	0	3	100	109	−9	4			16–19	19–16	6–12	25–29		34–33
6	Noroeste	5	0	0	5	119	186	−67	0			32–49	22–47	12–24	20–32	33–34

Source:

"Promocional"

Zone North

• Pool 1 (withdraw of Samtiago)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MIS	FOR	STG
1	Misiones	2	2	0	0	13	10	+3	4	Qualified for Zone final			13–10	N.D.
2	Formosa	2	1	0	1	10	13	−3	2			10–13		N.D.
3	Santiago	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0–ND	0–ND

Source:

• Pool 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SAL	RIJ	JUJ
1	Salta	2	2	0	0	165	5	+160	4	Qualified for Zone final			76–5	89–0
2	La Rioja	2	1	0	1	23	79	−56	2			5–76		18–3
3	Jujuy	2	0	0	2	3	107	−104	0			0–89	3–18

Source:

• Zone Final

1 May 1999

Misiones	6-73	Salta

Zone South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHU	AUS	OES
1	Chubut	2	2	0	0	77	7	+70	4	Qualified for Final			29–0	48–7
2	Austral	2	1	0	1	39	46	−7	2			0–29		39–17
3	Oeste	2	0	0	2	24	87	−63	0			7–48	17–39

Source:

Final

22 May 1999

Chubut	12-20	Salta

Because of the restructuring of the championship, both teams were promoted.

External links

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