1998 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
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ChampionsBuenos Aires (27th title)
Runners-upCordoba
| 54º Campeonato Argentino | |
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| Champions | Buenos Aires (27th title) |
| Runners-up | Cordoba |
The 1998 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Unione of Buenos Aires
The 22 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".
National
- The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Buenos Aires
- The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) was won by Tucumán
- The "National Championship for clubs" was won by Jockey Club de Rosario
- The first edition of Torneo del Interior (tournament with club outside Buenos Aires) was won by Jockey Club Córdoba
- The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by Hindú
- The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Tala
- The North-East Championship was won by Universitario de Tucumán
International
- Winning the third edition of Pan American Championship, the "Pumas" conquest the qualification for 1999 Rugby World Cup
- In JuneFrance visit Argentina, and won both test with "Pumas" (35-18 and 37-12)
- In August, is Romania to visit Argentina, for a five match tour, The test is won by Pumas 68-22
- Argentina national team, in September visit Japan for a short tour (two matches). With an experimental team. lost the test match against Japan national team (29-44). In November, The Pumas visit Europe. Played six match, with three losses with Italy, France and Wales in the test match.
- In October, Argentina, won as usual the 1998 South American Rugby Championship
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| Champion |
| Relegated to "Ascenso" |
| Place | Team | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
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| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 313 | 85 | 228 | 10 |
| 2 | Cordoba | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 142 | 47 | 8 |
| 3 | Rosario | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 211 | 154 | 57 | 6 |
| 4 | Tucumàn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 132 | 58 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuyo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 194 | -121 | 2 |
| 6 | Noroeste | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 324 | -269 | 0 |