# 2011 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

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 round :
| 26 March | Tucumàn | - | Salta | 64-17 | S.Miguel de T. |
| 26 March | Cuyo | - | Mar del Plata | 33-27 | Mendoza |
2ª round :
| 2 April | Mar del Plata | - | Tucumàn | 29-30 | Mar del Plata |
| 2 April | Cuyo | - | Salta | 24-21 | Mendoza |
3ª round :
| 9 April | Tucumàn | - | Cuyo | 24-22 | S.Miguel de T. |
| 9 April | Salta | - | Mar del Plata | 26-25 | Salta |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tucumàn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 68 | +50 | 6 | Qualified for Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuyo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 72 | +7 | 4 | Qualified for Semifinals |
| 3 | Salta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mar del Plata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 88 | −50 | 0 | Relegation/promotion play-out |

### Pool 2

1ª round :
| 26 March | Rosario | - | Buenos Aires | 18-30 | Rosario |
| 26 March | Cordoba | - | Santa Fe | 70-3 | Córdoba |
2ª round :
| 2 April | Santa Fe | - | Rosario | 15-28 | Santa Fe |
| 2 April | Cordoba | - | Buenos Aires | 33-8 | Córdoba |
3ª round :
| 9 April | Rosario | - | Cordoba | 13-28 | Rosario |
| 9 April | Buenos Aires | - | Santa Fe | 83-16 | Buenos Aires |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cordoba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 24 | +107 | 6 | Qualified for Semifinals |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 77 | +44 | 4 | Qualified for Semifinals |
| 3 | Rosario | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 73 | −14 | 2 | |
| 4 | Santa Fe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 171 | −137 | 0 | Relegation/promotion play-out |

### Semifinals

* 16 April 2011
| Cordoba | 49-11 | Cuyo |
* Jockey Club, Cordoba Referee: Javier Pastrana, Buenos Aires
* 16 April 2011
| Tucumàn | 20-20 o.t. | Buenos Aires |
* Lawn Tennis, San Miguel de Tucumàn Referee: Javier Mancuso, Córdoba
Buenos Aires qualified after overtime, having scored the first try of the match.

### Final

* 23 April 2011
| Buenos Aires | 18-16 | Cordoba |
| Try: Galli Con: Suffern Quirno Pen: Cruz 2, Suffern Quirno | | Pen: Pez 6 |
* Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires Referee: Omar Alcócer, Tucumàn
’’’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 round :
| 26 March | Noreste | - | Santiago | 12-15 | Resistencia |
| 26 March | San Juan | - | Entre Rios | 27-12 | San Juan |
2ª round :
| 2 April | Entre Rios | - | Noreste | 9-11 | Paraná |
| 2 April | San Juan | - | Santiago | 41-16 | Argentina |
3ª round :
| 9 April | Noreste | - | San Juan | 25-15 | Resistencia |
| 9 April | Santiago | - | Entre Rios | 39-20 | Santiago del Estero |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Juan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 53 | +30 | 4 | Qualified for play-off for promotion |
| 2 | Santiago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 73 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Entre Rios | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 2 | |
| 4 | Noroeste | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 2 | Relegation/promotion play-out |
* San Juan to the play-off for promotion in "Torneo Campeonato"
* Entre Rios to play-out for relegation

### Pool 2

1ª round :
| 26 March | Alto Valle | . | Austral | 46-5 | Neuqeun |
| 26 March | Sur | . | Chubut | 21-25 | Bahia Blanca |
2ª round :
| 2 April | Chubut | . | Alto Valle | 14-25 | Trelwe |
| 2 April | Sur | . | Austral | 31-14 | Bahia Blanca |
3ª round :
| 9 April | Alto Valle | . | Sur | 30-13 | Nequeun |
| 9 April | Austral | . | Chubut | 27-35 | Comodoro Rivadavia |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alto Valle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 32 | +69 | 6 | Qualified for play-off for promotion |
| 2 | Chubut | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 73 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 69 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Austral | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 112 | −66 | 0 | Relegation/promotion play-out |
* 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"
* 16 April 2011
| Mar del Plata | 33-30 | Alto Valle |
* Mar del Plata
* 23 April 2011
| Alto Valle | 16-21 | Mar del Plata |
* Neuquen
* Mar del Plata remain in "Torneo Campeonato"
* 16 April 2011
| Santa Fe | 25-18 | San Juan |
* Santa Fe
* 23 April 2011
| San Juan | 14-6 | Santa Fe |
* San juan
* Santa Fe relegated in "Ascenso"
* San Juan promoted in "Campeonato"

### Relegation Play out

* 23 April 2011
| Noroeste | 42-20 | Austral |
* 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 1 :
| 31 March | Lagos del Sur | . | Formosa | 21-8 |
| 31 March | San Luis | . | Formosa | 22-5 |
| 31 March | San Luis | . | Lagos del Sur | 0-33 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lagos del Sur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 8 | +46 | 4 | Qualified for "Copa de Oro" |
| 2 | San Luis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 2 | Qualified for "Copa de Plata" |
| 3 | Formosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 43 | −30 | 0 | Qualified for "Copa de Bronce" |
Pool 2 :
| 31 March | Andina | . | Misiones | 19-0 |
| 31 March | Tierra del Fuego | . | Misiones | 5-7 |
| 31 March | Andina | . | Tierra del Fuego | 24-0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Andina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | +43 | 4 | Qualified for "Copa de Oro" |
| 2 | Misiones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 2 | Qualified for "Copa de Plata" |
| 3 | Tierra del Fuego | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 31 | −26 | 0 | Qualified for "Copa de Bronce" |
Pool 3 :
| 31 March | Jujuy | . | Santa Cruz | 8-8 |
| 31 March | Oeste | . | Santa Cruz | 35-0 |
| 31 March | Jujuy | . | Oeste | 0-15 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Oeste | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | +50 | 4 | Qualified for "Copa de Oro" |
| 2 | Jujuy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 1 | Qualified for "Copa de Plata" |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 43 | −35 | 1 | Qualified for "Copa de Bronce" |

### Copa de Oro

Copa de Oro :
| 2 April | Andina | . | Lagos del Sur | 12-11 |
| 2 April | Oeste | . | Lagos del Sur | 12-3 |
| 2 April | Andina | . | Oeste | 3-0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Andina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 4 | Promoted to "Ascenso" |
| 2 | Oeste | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 2 | |
| 3 | Lagos del Sur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 0 | |
* Andina promoted to the Tournament "Ascenso" 2012.

### Copa de Plata

Copa de Plata :
| 2 April | Misiones | . | San Luis | 21-0 |
| 2 April | Jujuy | . | San Luis | 34-0 |
| 2 April | Misiones | . | Jujuy | 12-10 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 4 | Misiones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 4 |
| 5 | Jujuy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 2 |
| 6 | San Luis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | −55 | 0 |

### Copa de bronce

Copa de Bronce :
| 2 April | Formosa | . | Tierra del Fuego | 14-31 |
| 2 April | Formosa | . | Santa Cruz | 5-36 |
| 2 April | Tierra del Fuego | . | Santa Cruz | 9-6 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 7 | Tierra del Fuego | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 4 |
| 8 | Santa Cruz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 2 |
| 9 | Formosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 67 | −48 | 0 |