# 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season

The 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the inaugural season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 29 May.
On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 2021, effectively ending this season after two rounds of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach | Captain |
| Ceibos | Córdoba | Tala Rugby Club | 6,000 | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | Lautaro Bavaro |
| Corinthians | Santo André | Estádio Bruno José Daniel | 11,440 | Fernando Portugal | Arthur Bergo |
| Selknam | Santiago | Estadio Nacional | 40,000 | Pablo Lemoine | Ignacio Silva |
| Cafeteros Pro | Medellín | TBA | TBA | David Jaramillo | TBA |
| Olimpia Lions | Asunción | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | 3,000 | Raúl Pérez | Gabriel Ascárate |
| Peñarol | Montevideo | Estadio Charrúa | 14,000 | Pablo Bouza | Santiago Arata |

## Season format

Five of the six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which was to take place over 10 weeks and would consist of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing 4 matches at home and 4 matches away. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season would have moved on to the championship playoffs while the fifth-place club would have progressed to a challenge trophy playoff.
The challenge trophy would have been contested over two matches between the fifth-place regular season club and Cafeteros Pro. Each club would have hosted one match in this series.
The championship would have been contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.

## Regular season

The regular season began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 16 May.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ceibos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Selknam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Peñarol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | Olimpia Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 48 | −40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Challenge Trophy |

### Matches

The following were the matches for the 2020 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:
| Home \ Away | CEI | COR | OLI | PEN | SEL |
| Ceibos | | 27 Mar | 48–8 | 15 May | 24 Apr |
| Corinthians | 8 May | | 24 Apr | 20 Mar | 3 Apr |
| Olimpia Lions | 17 Apr | 13 Mar | | 27 Mar | 29 Apr |
| Peñarol | 3 Apr | 29 Apr | 8 May | | 13–15 |
| Selknam | 16–32 | 16 May | 21 Mar | 18 Apr | |

#### Week 1

* Bye/s: Corinthians

#### Week 2

* Bye/s: Peñarol

#### Week 3

* Bye/s: Ceibos

#### Week 4

* Bye/s: Selknam

#### Week 5

* Bye/s: Olimpia Lions

#### Week 6

* Bye/s: Corinthians

#### Week 7

* Bye/s: Peñarol

#### Week 8

* Bye/s: Ceibos

#### Week 9

* Bye/s: Selknam

#### Week 10

* Bye/s: Olimpia Lions

## Playoffs
### Challenge Trophy

The fifth-place regular season club would have contested the challenge trophy against Cafeteros Pro over two matches.

### Championship playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 May - | 22 May - |
| | | 29 May - | 29 May - |
| 22 May - | 22 May - | | |
| | | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 May - | 27 May - |

#### Final
## Player statistics
### Top scorers

The top try and point scorers during the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season until the season was cancelled were:
| Most points |
| No | Player | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Martín Elías | Ceibos | 22 |
| 2 | Santiago Videla | Selknam | 15 |
| 3 | Tomás Albornoz | Ceibos | 11 |
| 4 | Juan Daireaux | Ceibos | 10 |
| | Tomás Cubilla | Ceibos | 10 |
| | Facundo Cordero | Ceibos | 10 |
| 7 | Patricio Baronio | Selknam | 9 |
| 8 | Federico Favaro | Peñarol | 8 |
| 9 | Santiago Arata | Peñarol | 5 |
| | Manuel Montero | Olimpia | 5 |
| | Leonel Oviedo | Ceibos | 5 |
| | Ignacio Inchauspe | Ceibos | 5 |
| 13 | Máximo Ledesma | Olimpia | 3 |