2000 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

56° Campeonato Argentino
Champions	Buenos Aires (29th title)
Runners-up	Tucumàn
Relegated	Santa Fè and
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The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2000 was won by the selection Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Tucumàn The 21 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

Rugby Union in Argentina in 2000[]

National[]

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by Atlético del Rosario
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

International[]

• In June Argentina beat Ireland in a test played in Buenos Aires.

• After, always in June, "the Pumas", visit for a four match tour. The lost both test matches (6-53 e 25-32). In November they played two matches in England, with a heavy loss against England

• Before the tour in England, Argentina hosted South Africa, losing the match 33-37.

• An "Argentina Development XV" won the South American Championship played in Montevideo

"Campeonato"[]

Two pools of 4 teams. The first two to semifinals, third and fourth to relegation playout.

Pool A[]

1.Round 7 October Buenos Aires - Santa Fe 70 - 7 Buenos Aires 7 October Rosario - 30 - 11 Rosario

2.Round 14 October Rosario - Santa Fe 49 - 28 Rosario 14 October - Buenos Aires 18 - 49 San Juan

3.Round 21 October Buenos Aires - Rosario 76 - 20 Buenos Aires 21 October Santa Fe - 9 - 20 Buenos Aires

Ranking:

to semifinals

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	195	45	150	6
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	99	115	-16	4
3		3	1	0	2	49	88	-39	2
4	Santa Fè	3	0	0	3	44	139	-95	0

Pool B[]

1.Round 7 October Tucumán - Mar del Plata 43 - 23 Tucumán 7 October Córdoba - Cuyo 44 - 10 Córdoba

2.Round 14 October Córdoba - Mar del Plata 33 - 38 Córdoba 14 October Cuyo - Tucumán 25 - 32 San Juan

3.Round 21 October Tucumán - Córdoba 32 - 21 Tucumán 21 October Mar del Plata - Cuyo 6 - 16 Mar del Plata

Ranking

to semifinals

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	96	69	27	6
2	Cordoba	3	1	0	2	98	80	18	2
3	Mar del Plata	3	1	0	2	67	81	-14	2
4	Cuyo	3	1	0	2	51	82	-31	2

Semifinals[]

Semifinals 28 October Tucumán - Rosario 38 - 35 Tucumán 28 October Buenos Aires - Córdoba 43 - 21 Buenos Aires

Final[]

Finale 4 November Tucumán - Buenos Aires 16 - 35 Tucumán

Play-out[]

Play Out 28 October - Cuyo 24 - 27 San Juan 28 October Mar del Plata - Santa Fe 44 - 12 Mar del Plata

• Relegated : Santa Fè and

"Ascenso"[]

1.Round 30 September - 9 - 19 Neuquen 30 September - 6 - 41 Bahía Blanca 30 September Entre Rios - 5 - 26 Paraná

2.Round 7 October - 21 - 18 7 October - Entre Rios 36 - 16 Neuquen 7 October - 25 - 6 Salta

3.Round 14 October - Entre Rios 34 - 27 14 October - 29 - 24 Bahía Blanca 14 October - 28 - 20

4.Round 21 October Entre Rios - 31 - 31 Paraná 21 October - 36 - 33 Bahía Blanca 21 October - 67 - 8 Salta

5.Round 28 October - 17 - 18 Neuquen 28 October - 5 - 12 28 October Entre Rios - 48 - 35 Córdoba

Ranking:

Promoted to "Campeonato"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		5	4	1	0	160	55	105	9
2		5	3	1	1	94	126	-32	7
3		5	2	0	3	134	122	12	4
4	Entre Rios	5	2	1	2	114	175	-61	5
5		5	2	1	2	79	101	-22	5
6		5	1	0	4	115	117	-2	2

"Promocional"[]

Pool A[]

1.Round 7 October - 32 - 0 Comodoro Rivadavia 7 October - 23 - 27

2.Round 14 October - 6 - 19 14 October - 16 - 10

3.Round 21 October - 17 - 10 Comodoro Rivadavia 21 October - 11 - 7

Promoted to "Ascenso"

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		3	2	0	1	59	26	33	4
2		3	2	0	1	30	45	-15	4
3		3	2	0	1	47	44	3	4
4		3	0	0	3	39	60	-21	0

Pool B[]

1.Round 7 October - 20 - 35 Misiones 7 October - 57 - 7

2.Round 14 October - 3 - 35 14 October - 10 - 15 Jujuy

3.Round 21 October - 40 - 30 Misiones 21 October - 107 - 7 Santiago del estero

Ranking:

Promoted to "Ascenso"

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		3	2	0	1	174	30	144	4
2		3	2	0	1	75	75	0	4
3		3	2	0	1	90	82	8	4
4		3	0	0	3	24	176	-152	0

External links[]

• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2000
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2001, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2000)