1999 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Number of teams21

ChampionsBuenos Aires (28th title)

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1999 was based on the selection of the Argentine Rugby Union (Unione di Buenos Aires).

The 21 teams participating were divided into three levels : "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

National

The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Rosario
The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) was won by Tucumán.
The "National Championship for clubs" was won by La Tablada
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 San Isidro Club
The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Tala
The North-East Championship was won by Huirapuca

It was a great year for Argentina Rugby Union: at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, the "Pumas" obtained an historical qualification to the quarter-finals, beating Ireland in the play-off. In the quarter-final the Pumas were beaten by France.
Previously in August, Argentina visited Scotland and Ireland for a four match tour, in order to prepare the World Cup. A victory against Scotland and a loss with Ireland, are the most important results.

In June was Wales to visit Argentina for a five match tour, winning both the test with Pumas (36-26 and 23-16)

In June France 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
In April there were the events for the "Centenary of Argentine Rugby". In 17 April, there was a match between the Pumas and an international selection called "Resto del Mundo" (Rest of the World). The "Pumas" won 49–21.

There were no relegation due to the return to an "eight teams formula" per 2000.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion	S-J	SFE	E-R	A-V	SUR	NOE
1	San Juan	5	4	1	0	169	109	+60	9	Promoted		26–26	23–16	52–19	19–16	49–32
2	Santa Fè	5	3	1	1	147	108	+39	7	Promoted	26–26		25–21	33–20	16–19	47–22
3	Entre Rios	5	3	0	2	92	69	+23	6		16–23	21–25		19–3	12–6	24–12
4	Alto Valle	5	2	0	3	103	149	−46	4		19–52	20–33	3–19		29–25	32–20
5	Sur	5	2	0	3	100	109	−9	4		16–19	19–16	6–12	25–29		34–33
6	Noroeste	5	0	0	5	119	186	−67	0		32–49	22–47	12–24	20–32	33–34

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	MIS	FOR	STG
1	Misiones	2	2	0	13	10	+3	4	Qualified for Zone final		13–10	N.D.
2	Formosa	2	1	1	10	13	−3	2		10–13		N.D.
3	Santiago	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0–ND	0–ND

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	SAL	RIJ	JUJ
1	Salta	2	2	0	165	5	+160	4	Qualified for Zone final		76–5	89–0
2	La Rioja	2	1	1	23	79	−56	2		5–76		18–3
3	Jujuy	2	0	2	3	107	−104	0		0–89	3–18

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	CHU	AUS	OES
1	Chubut	2	2	0	77	7	+70	4	Qualified for Final		29–0	48–7
2	Austral	2	1	1	39	46	−7	2		0–29		39–17
3	Oeste	2	0	2	24	87	−63	0		7–48	17–39

v t e Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
Provincial sides	Buenos Aires Córdoba Cuyo Entre Rios Mar del Plata Rosario Santa Fe Tucuman
Guest teams	Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay B
Seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Misiones	6-73	Salta