1988 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

44th Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Champions	Tucumán (3rd title)
Runners-up	Buenos Aires.

The 1988 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was the 1988 version of the annual rugby competition held in Argentina in 1988. The winner, for the second consecutive year was Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn, who defeated the Buenos Aires Rugby Union in the final game.

The Campeonato Argentino consisted of 18 teams, divided into two divisions, based on the records of the individual teams. The top eight qualifiers competed in the final tournament for the title ("Campeonato"), while the others vied in the "Torneo de Classificacion" (qualifying tournament). At the end of the season, the bottom two teams from the upper division, were demoted to the lower division, while the champion and runner-up from the Torneao de Classification were promoted to the upper division.

Campeonato

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TUC	CBA	ROS	SFE
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	88	37	+51	6	Qualified for Semi-finals			20–16	43–3	25–18
2	Cordoba	3	2	0	1	65	45	+20	4			16–20		30–15	19–10
3	Rosario	3	1	0	2	75	77	−2	2			3–43	15–30		57–4
4	Santa Fè	3	0	0	3	32	101	−69	0	Relegated		18–25	10–19	4–57

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Tucumàn and Cordoba advanced to the semi-finals, while Santa Fè was demoted to the lower division.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		B-A	CUY	E-R	MdP
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	140	69	+71	6	Qualified for Semifinals			35–33	52–24	53–12
2	Cuyo	3	2	0	1	84	63	+21	4			33–35		24–18	27–10
3	Entre Rios	3	1	0	2	71	92	−21	2			24–52	18–24		29–16
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	38	109	−71	0	Relegated		12–53	10–27	16–29

Source:

Buenos Aires and Cuyo advanced to the semi-finals, while Mar del Plata was demoted to the lower division.

Semifinals

5 November 1988

Tucumàn	0-43	Cuyo

Estadio Mundialista, Mar del Plata

5 November 1988

Buenos Aires	62-6	Cordoba

Estadio Mundialista, Mar del Plata

Third place play-off

5 November 1988

Cordoba	31-27	Cuyo

Estadio Mundialista, Mar del Plata

Final

5 November 1988

Tucumàn	25-10	Buenos Aires
Try: Williams, Gianotti 1 meta tecnica Con: Sauze 2 Pen: Sauze 3		Try: Piran Pen: Piccardo Drop: Piccardo

Estadio Mundialista, Mar del Plata Referee: Miguel A. Peyrone (Rosario)

"Classificacion" Tournament

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		STG	NOE	SAL	MIS	JUJ
1	Santiago de l'Estero	4	3	0	1	122	58	+64	6			9–7	38–16	9–20	66–15
2	Noreste	4	3	0	1	88	42	+46	6		7–9		26–15	24–8	31–10
3	Salta	4	2	0	2	131	88	+43	4		16–38	15–26		24–18	76–6
4	Misiones	4	2	0	2	84	57	+27	4		20–9	8–24	18–24		38–0
5	Jujuy	4	0	0	4	31	211	−180	0		15–66	10–31	6–76	0–38

Source:

Promoted: Santiago de l'Estero (defeated Noreste in their head-to-dead match).

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		S-J	SUR	A-V	CHU	AUS
1	San Juan	4	4	0	0	133	42	+91	8			29–21	28–18	45–0	31–3
2	Sur	4	3	0	1	138	62	+76	6		21–29		41–0	30–15	46–18
3	Alto Valle	4	2	0	2	57	87	−30	4		18–28	0–41		22–6	17–12
4	Chubut	4	1	0	3	37	112	−75	2		0–45	15–30	6–22		16–15
5	Austral	4	0	0	4	48	110	−62	0		3–31	18–46	12–17	15–16

Source:

Promoted: San Juan

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1988

National

• The Buenos Aires Championship was won by San Isidro Club
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

International

• During 1988, France toured South America, playing eight games against South American Teams, splitting their two matches against the Pumas. Against the Pumas (managed by Hugo Porta, "Le Coqs" won the first test (18-15) but lost the second 18-6.

Further information: 1988 France rugby union tour of South America

• At the end of season, Argentina traveled to France, playing in 8 matches, with a 3-5 record. They lost both matches against the French national team, 29-9 and 28-18.

Further information: 1988 Argentina rugby union tour of France

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1988
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)