The 1993 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by selection of Tucumàn that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario.
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1993
National Was played the first edition of National Championship for clubs, won by San Isidro Club that beat Tucumán Rugby Club in the final The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Cordoba The "Campeonato Juvenil" (Under 19 championship) was won by Buenos Aires The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by San Isidro Club The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Jockey Club Córdoba The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán Rugby Club
International Argentina won the South American Rugby Championship, winning, as usual, all the matches. Winning that tournament, the "Pumas" obtain to play in 1994 the final of American zone of 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifying against United States. Argentina won both the test matches against Japan during the 1993 Japan rugby union tour of Argentina. Argentina lost (26-29) (23-52) both match against "Springbkos" during the 1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina, the first after the end of apartheid, winning also a match against, the South African "Development" team
Torneo "campeonato" The better eight teams played for title. They were divided in two pools of four, the first two each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated in secondo division
Pool "A" Tuc.RosS JM d PTucumàn––––33-2024-2152-10Rosario20-33––––40-1434-22San Juan21-2414-40––––23-12Mar del Plata10-5222-3412-23––––
Qualified for SemifinalsRelegated Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff. 1 Tucumàn 3 3 0 0 109 51 +58 6 2 Rosario 3 2 0 1 94 69 +25 4 3 San Juan 3 1 0 2 58 76 -18 2 4 Mar del Plata 3 0 0 3 44 109 -65 0
Pool "B" B.A.CbaCuyNOR Buenos Aires––––44-1633-2744-0Córdoba16-44––––31-3056-6Cuyo27-3330-31––––24-24Noroeste0-446-5624-24––––
Qualified for SemifinalsRelegated Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff. 1 Buenos Aires 3 3 0 0 121 43 78 6 2 Córdoba 3 2 0 1 103 80 23 4 3 Cuyo 3 0 1 2 81 88 -7 1 4 Noroeste 3 0 1 2 30 124 - 94 1
Semifinals
Third place final
Final
"Ascenso" tournament
Pool C S.FèSurA-VChuSanta Fè––––43-2622-2157-15Sur21-22––––18-1565-5Alta Valle26-4315-18––––25-15Chubut15-575-6515-25––––
promotedRelegated Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff. 1 Santa Fè 3 3 0 0 122 62 60 6 2 Sur 3 2 0 1 404 42 62 4 3 Alta Valle 3 1 0 2 66 76 - 10 2 4 Chubut 3 0 0 3 35 147 - 112 0
Pool D SALSTGE-R MISSalta––––29-2128-3339-16Santiago 21-29––––27-1649-10Entre Rios33-2816-27––––35-17Misiones 16-3910-4917-35––––
promotedRelegated Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff. 1 Salta 3 3 0 0 96 70 26 6 2 Santiago 3 2 0 1 97 55 42 4 3 Entre Rios 3 1 0 2 84 72 12 2 4 Misiones 3 0 0 3 43 123 -80 0
Promoted: Salta Relegated:Misiones
"Classificacion" Tournament
Pool "A" AUSOESCENAustral––––39-1035-24Oeste 10-39––––19-5Centro24-355-19––––
promoted Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff. 1 Austral 2 3 0 0 74 34 40 4 2 Oeste 2 1 0 2 29 44 -15 2 3 Centro 2 0 0 2 29 54 - 25 0
Promoted: Austral
Pool "B"
CUEJUJCuenca d.S.––––43-20Jujuy20-43–––– promoted Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff. 1 Cuenca del Salado 1 1 0 0 76 29 47 2 2 Jujuy 1 0 0 1 34 68 -34 0
Promoted: Cuenca del Salado
External links Memorias de la UAR 1993 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)