The 2011 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2011, the most important tournament for provincial teams in Argentina, and the older national tournament was played between 26 March and 23 April. The victory rose to the selection of Unión Cordobesa de Rugby led by the former Italian national team player Ramiro Pez. Like in the previous season, the teams were divided on three levels ("Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional") with a promotion/relegation format between the levels.
"Campeonato" Two pools of four teams. The first two advanced semifinals, the last to relegation/promotion playoff.
Pool 1
1ª roundTucumàn - Salta64-17S.Miguel de T.26 MarchCuyo - Mar del Plata33-27Mendoza
2ª round2 AprilMar del Plata - Tucumàn29-30Mar del Plata2 AprilCuyo - Salta24-21Mendoza
3ª round9 AprilTucumàn - Cuyo24-22 S.Miguel de T.9 AprilSalta - Mar del Plata26-25Salta
Pool 2
1ª roundRosario - Buenos Aires18-30Rosario26 MarchCordoba - Santa Fe70-3Córdoba
2ª round2 AprilSanta Fe - Rosario15-28Santa Fe2 AprilCordoba - Buenos Aires33-8Córdoba
3ª round9 AprilRosario - Cordoba 13-28Rosario9 AprilBuenos Aires - Santa Fe83-16 Buenos Aires
Semifinals
Buenos Aires qualified after overtime, having scored the first try of the match.
Final
’’’Buenos Aires’’’ : 15.Dimas Suffern Quirno, 14.Francisco Bosch, 13.Simón Montes, 12.Marcelo Soiza (cap), 11.Germán Villamil, 10.Valentín Cruz (18' Bautista Güemes), 9. Francisco Cubelli (68’Francisco Albarracín), 8.Alejandro Galli, 7.Cristian Etchart, 6 Juan Pablo González Bonorino 5. Gonzalo Delguy, 4.Ramiro Herrera, 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela (68' Francisco Piccinini), 2.Francisco Lecot, 1. Conrado González Bravo. Coach: Rolando Martín, Diego Cash and Gustavo Cohen. Cordoba : 15. Gastón Revol, 14. Fernando Luna (76’ Federico Salazar), 13. Lisandro Gómez López, 12. Santiago Tobal (72’ Facundo Baglio), 11. Facundo Barrea, 10.Ramiro Pez, 9. Martín Manieri (76’ Mariano García, 8. Lucas Paschini (51-60’ Miguel Murer), 7. José Basile (cap.), 6. Rodrigo Bruno, 5. Hugo Schierano (48’ Gerardo Isaías), 4. Alejandro Allub, 3. Matías Narváez (45’ Gastón Cortés), 2. Federico Fortuna, 1. Daniel Rodríguez. Coach: Daniel Tobal, Guillermo Taleb and Javier Fiori.
"Ascenso"
Pool 1
1ª roundNoreste - Santiago12-15Resistencia26 MarchSan Juan - Entre Rios27-12San Juan
2ª round2 AprilEntre Rios - Noreste9-11Paraná2 AprilSan Juan - Santiago41-16Argentina
3ª round9 AprilNoreste - San Juan25-15 Resistencia9 AprilSantiago - Entre Rios39-20 Santiago del Estero
San Juan to the play-off for promotion in "Torneo Campeonato" Entre Rios to play-out for relegation
Pool 2
1ª roundAlto Valle . Austral46-5Neuqeun26 MarchSur . Chubut21-25Bahia Blanca
2ª round2 AprilChubut . Alto Valle 14-25Trelwe2 AprilSur . Austral31-14Bahia Blanca
3ª round9 AprilAlto Valle . Sur30-13Nequeun9 AprilAustral . Chubut27-35 Comodoro Rivadavia
Alto Valle to the play-off for promotion in "Torneo Campeonato" Austral to the play-out for relegation
Play off for promotion in "Campeonato" The winner of each pool of "ascenso" play against one of the last of the pools of "Campeonato"
Mar del Plata remain in "Torneo Campeonato"
Santa Fe relegated in "Ascenso" San Juan promoted in "Campeonato"
Relegation Play out
Austral relegated in the "Promocional" tournament
Promocional New formula: the nine teams play a tournament called "Super 9" in two days with match with reduced time All the match were played in Junin The winner of the "Copa " were promoted to "Ascenso"Finali il 2 April con promozione alla"Ascenso" della vincente della "Copa de oro"
First phase
Pool 1Lagos del Sur . Formosa21-831 MarchSan Luis . Formosa22-531 MarchSan Luis . Lagos del Sur0-33
Pool 2Andina . Misiones19-031 MarchTierra del Fuego . Misiones5-731 MarchAndina . Tierra del Fuego24-0
Pool 3Jujuy . Santa Cruz8-831 MarchOeste . Santa Cruz35-031 MarchJujuy . Oeste0-15
Copa de Oro
Copa de Oro2 AprilAndina . Lagos del Sur12-112 AprilOeste . Lagos del Sur12-32 AprilAndina . Oeste3-0
Andina promoted to the Tournament "Ascenso" 2012.
Copa de Plata
Copa de Plata2 AprilMisiones . San Luis21-02 AprilJujuy . San Luis34-02 AprilMisiones . Jujuy12-10
Copa de bronce
Copa de Bronce2 AprilFormosa . Tierra del Fuego14-312 AprilFormosa . Santa Cruz5-362 AprilTierra del Fuego . Santa Cruz9-6
External links Memorias de la UAR 2011 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2012, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2011) Torneo Argentino 2011 on rugby fun Torneo Argentino 2011 Zona Ascenso on rugby fun