# 1998 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

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".

## Rugby Union in Argentina in 1998
### 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

## "Campeonato"

1ª round :
| 7 March | Cordoba | - | Rosario | 36-37 | Cordoba |
| 7 March | Tucumàn | - | Cuyo | 41-7 | S.Miguel de T. |
| 7 March | Buenos Aires | - | Noreste | 129-0 | Buenos Aires |
2ª round :
| 14 March | Noreste | - | Rosario | 13-56 | Resistencia |
| 14 March | Cuyo | - | Buenos Aires | 12-62 | Mendoza |
| 14 March | Cordoba | - | Tucumàn | 42-38 | Cordoba |
3ª round :
| 21 March | Rosario | - | Cuyo | 41-21 | Rosario |
| 21 March | Tucumàn | - | Buenos Aires | 13-27 | S.Miguel de T. |
| 21 March | Noreste | - | Cordoba | 25-43 | Resistencia |
4ª round :
| 28 March | Cordoba | - | Cuyo | 41-3 | Cordoba |
| 28 March | Buenos Aires | - | Rosario | 54-31 | Buenos Aires |
| 28 March | Tucumàn | - | Noreste | 61-10 | S.Miguel de T. |
5ª round :
| 4 April | Buenos Aires | - | Cordoba | 41-23 | Buenos Aires |
| 4 April | Rosario | - | Tucumàn | 46-30 | Rosario |
| 4 April | Cuyo | - | Noreste | 26-9 | Mendoza |
* Champion
* Relegated to "Ascenso"
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 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 |

## "Ascenso"

| | MdP | E-R | SFE | A-V | S-J | SAL |
| Mar del Plata | –––– | 34-21 | 35-36 | 27-16 | 48-30 | 22-10 |
| Entre Rios | 21-34 | –––– | 24-18 | 23-26 | 31-22 | 26-13 |
| Santa Fè | 36-35 | 18-24 | –––– | 55-19 | 19-20 | 29-26 |
| Alto Valle | 16-27 | 26-23 | 19-55 | –––– | 37-36 | 14-33 |
| San Juan | 30-48 | 22-31 | 20-19 | 36-37 | –––– | 38-33 |
| Salta | 10-22 | 13-26 | 26-29 | 33-14 | 33-38 | –––– |
* Promoted to "Campeonato"
* Relegated to "Promocional"
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Mar del Plata | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 113 | 53 | 8 |
| 2 | Entre Rios | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 113 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | Santa Fè | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 124 | 33 | 6 |
| 4 | Alto Valle | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 174 | -62 | 4 |
| 5 | San Juan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 168 | -22 | 4 |
| 6 | Salta | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 115 | 129 | -14 | 2 |
Promossa: Mar del Plata , Retrocede: Salta

## Promocional
### Pool A

| | SUR | CHU | AUS | OES | CEN |
| Sur | –––– | 35-15 | 39-6 | 42-7 | 77-6 |
| Chubut | 15-35 | –––– | 20-15 | 38-10 | N.D. |
| Austral | 6-39 | 15-20 | –––– | 20-12 | 26-6 |
| Oeste | 7-42 | 10-38 | 12-20 | –––– | 38-23 |
| Centro | 6-77 | N.D. | 6-26 | 23-38 | –––– |
* Qualified for final
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Sur | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 34 | 159 | 8 |
| 2 | Chubut | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 60 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | Austral | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 77 | -10 | 4 |
| 4 | Oeste | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 123 | -56 | 4 |
| 5 | Centro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 141 | -106 | 4 |

### Pool B

| | MIS | RIJ | STG | JUJ | FOR |
| Misiones | –––– | 26-25 | 24-20 | 28-20 | 38-7 |
| La Rioja | 25-26 | –––– | 29-16 | 12-3 | 24-7 |
| Santiago | 20-24 | 16-29 | –––– | 37-21 | 28-22 |
| Jujuy | 20-28 | 3-12 | 21-37 | –––– | 15-14 |
| Formosa | 7-38 | 7-24 | 22-28 | 14-15 | –––– |
* Qualified for final
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Misiones | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 72 | 44 | 8 |
| 2 | La Rioja | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 52 | 38 | 6 |
| 3 | Santiago | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 96 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Jujuy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 91 | -32 | 2 |
| 5 | Formosa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 105 | -55 | 0 |

### Final

* 2 May 1988
| Sur | 47-24 | Misiones |
* Sur promoted to "Ascenso"