2012 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Eight teams divided in two pools. The two teams which finished top in their pool play in the semifinal, where the top team from Pool 3 plays the second team from Pool 4, and the top team from Pool 4 plays the second team from Pool 3. The winners of those two games are then put into a pool with the two teams which finished last in the Campeonato division. The two teams which finish first in that final pool will be in the Campeonato division the next year, while the two teams which finish last in that pool will be relegated to the Ascenso Division. Finally, the team which finishes last in Pool 4 plays the team which finishes last in Pool 3, with the loser being demoted the following year to Estimulo division.

First Round 3 March Santa Fe defeated Entre Rios 31 - 18 Santa Fe 3 March Santiago del Estero defeated Noreste 33 - 17 Santiago del Estero

Second Round 10 March Santa Fe defeated Noreste 24 - 12 Resistencia 10 March Entre Rios defeated Santiago del Estero 27 - 6 Santiago del Estero

Third Round 17 March Santa Fe draw Santiago del Estero 27 - 27 Santa Fe 17 March Entre Rios defeated Noreste 18 - 9 Paranà

Qualified for Semifinals

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Santa Fe	3	2	1	0	62	49	+ 13	5
2°	Entre Ríos	3	2	0	1	55	26	+ 29	4
3°	Santiago del Estero	3	1	1	1	66	71	- 5	3
4°	Noreste	3	0	0	3	38	75	- 37	0

First Round 3 March Alto Valle defeated Sur 34 - 22 3 March Chubut defeated Andina 21 - 12

Second Round 10 March Alto Valle defeated Andina 30 - 24 10 March Sur defeated Chubut 13 - 11

Third Round 17 March Alto Valle defeated Chubut 18 - 0 17 March Sur defeated Andina 30 - 7

Qualified for Semifinals

to play-out

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Alto Valle	3	3	0	0	82	46	+ 36	6
2°	Sur	3	2	0	1	65	52	+ 13	4
3°	Valle de Chubut	3	1	0	2	32	43	- 11	2
4°	Andina	3	0	0	3	43	81	- 38	0

Play-out 24 March Andina defeated Noreste 23 - 12

• Noreste demoted to Estimulo division

Semifinals 24 March Santa Fe defeated Sur 51 - 0 24 March Alto Valle defeated Entre Rios 25 - 11

First Round 7 April Santa Fe defeated San Juan 18 - 12 7 April Mar del Plata defeated Alto Valle 20 - 12

Second Round 14 April Alto Valle defeated San Juan 24 - 6 14 April Mar del Plata - Santa Fe 15 - 12

Third Round 28 April Alto Valle defeated Santa Fe 13 - 11 28 April San Juan - Mar del Plata 22 - 3

Promoted to "Campeonato" 2013

Relegated to "Ascenso" 2013

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1°	Alto Valle	3	2	0	1	49	37	+ 12	4
2°	Mar del Plata	3	2	0	1	38	46	- 8	4
3°	Santa Fe	3	1	0	2	41	40	+ 1	2
4°	San Juan	3	1	0	2	40	45	- 5	2

"URBA Desarollo" (a development team from Buenos Aires replaced Brazil. Ten teams total, split into two pools of five teams each. The top team from each pool play each other, with the winner moving up into the Ascenco Division the following year.

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Misiones	4	4	0	0	60	27	33	8
2	Formosa	4	3	0	1	81	38	43	6
3	Austral	4	2	0	2	67	20	47	4
4	Jujuy	4	1	0	3	31	65	-34	2
5	Santa Cruz	4	0	0	4	23	112	-89	0

• Misiones advanced to the final game.

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	URBA Desarollo	4	4	0	0	67	10	57	8
2	Oeste	4	3	0	1	37	27	10	6
3	Lagos del Sur	4	2	0	2	45	32	13	4
4	San Luis	4	1	0	3	20	33	-13	2
5	Tierra del Fuego	4	0	0	4	0	67	-67	0

• Oeste advanced to the final game.

• Oeste was promoted to the Ascenso Division

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• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 2011
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2012, GTE Gruppo Editorale (2011)
• (in Spanish) Torneo Argentino 2012:Zona Campeonato on rugbyfun.com.ar
• (in Spanish) Torneo Argentino 2012:Zona Ascenso on rugbyfun.com.ar
• Torneo estimulo 2012