2002 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

58° Campeonato Argentino
Number of teams	24
Champions	Buenos Aires (30th title)
Runners-up	Rosario
Relegated	Mar del Plata
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The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2002 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires

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		3	2	0	1	94	59	35	4
2		3	2	0	1	66	64	2	4
3		3	1	0	2	40	88	-48	2
4		3	1	0	2	62	51	11	2

Pool North[]

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

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

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

• Ranking

Qualified for finals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		3	2	0	1	77	55	22	4
2		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 - 24 - 14 23 March - 31 - 33

Final[]

Finale 30 March - 26 - 6

• Promoted:
• Relegated: Entre Rios and

"Desarollo" (development)[]

New name and formula for the third level of the championship

Pool North[]

1.Round 2 March - 30 - 52 2 March - 72 - 8

2. Round 9 March - 42 - 19 9 March - 77 - 0

3. Round 16 March - 38 - 14 16 March - 77 - 27

4.Round 23 March - 20 - 5 23 March - 27 - 60

5. Round 30 March - 39 - 13 30 March - -

• Ranking

Promoted

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		4	4	0	0	228	59	169	8
2		4	3	0	1	132	74	58	6
3		3	1	0	2	43	111	-68	2
4		4	1	0	3	91	189	-98	2
5		3	0	0	3	60	121	-61	0

Promossa:

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		4	3	0	1	109	70	39	6
2		4	2	0	2	70	169	-99	4
3		4	1	0	3	58	119	-61	2
4		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)