# 2000 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2000 was won by the selection Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Tucumàn The 21 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".

## Rugby Union in Argentina in 2000
### National

* The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Atlético del Rosario
* The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
* The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

### International

* In June Argentina beat Ireland in a test played in Buenos Aires.
* After, always in June, "the Pumas", visit for a four match tour. The lost both test matches (6-53 e 25-32). In November they played two matches in England, with a heavy loss against England
* Before the tour in England, Argentina hosted South Africa, losing the match 33-37.
* An "Argentina Development XV" won the South American Championship played in Montevideo

## "Campeonato"

Two pools of 4 teams. The top two to the semi-finals, third and fourth to the relegation play-out.

### Pool A

1. Round :
| 7 October | Buenos Aires | 70–7 | Santa Fe | Buenos Aires |
| 7 October | Rosario | 30–11 | San Juan | Rosario |
2. Round :
| 14 October | Rosario | 49–28 | Santa Fe | Rosario |
| 14 October | San Juan | 18–49 | Buenos Aires | San Juan |
3. Round :
| 21 October | Buenos Aires | 76–20 | Rosario | Buenos Aires |
| 21 October | Santa Fe | 9–20 | San Juan | Buenos Aires |
Standings
* to semi-finals
* to play-out
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 45 | 150 | 6 |
| 2 | Rosario | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 115 | −16 | 4 |
| 3 | San Juan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 88 | −39 | 2 |
| 4 | Santa Fè | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 139 | −95 | 0 |

### Pool B

1. Round :
| 7 October | Tucumán | 43–23 | Mar del Plata | Tucumán |
| 7 October | Córdoba | 44–10 | Cuyo | Córdoba |
2. Round :
| 14 October | Córdoba | 33–38 | Mar del Plata | Córdoba |
| 14 October | Cuyo | 25–32 | Tucumán | San Juan |
3. Round :
| 21 October | Tucumán | 32–21 | Córdoba | Tucumán |
| 21 October | Mar del Plata | 6–16 | Cuyo | Mar del Plata |
Standings
* to semi-finals
* to play-out
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Tucumàn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 69 | 27 | 6 |
| 2 | Cordoba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 80 | 18 | 2 |
| 3 | Mar del Plata | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 81 | −14 | 2 |
| 4 | Cuyo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 82 | −31 | 2 |

### Semi-finals

Semi-finals :
| 28 October | Tucumán | 38–35 | Rosario | Tucumán |
| 28 October | Buenos Aires | 43–21 | Córdoba | Buenos Aires |

### Final

Final :
| 4 November | Tucumán | 16–35 | Buenos Aires | Tucumán |

### Play-out

Play-out :
| 28 October | San Juan | 24–27 | Cuyo | San Juan |
| 28 October | Mar del Plata | 44–12 | Santa Fe | Mar del Plata |
* Relegated: Santa Fè and San Juan

## "Ascenso"

1. Round :
| 30 September | Alto Valle | 9–19 | Chubut | Neuquen |
| 30 September | Sur | 6–41 | Noreste | Bahía Blanca |
| 30 September | Entre Rios | 5–26 | Salta | Paraná |
2. Round :
| 7 October | Chubut | 21–18 | Sur | |
| 7 October | Alto Valle | 36–16 | Entre Rios | Neuquen |
| 7 October | Salta | 25–6 | Noreste | Salta |
3. Round :
| 14 October | Chubut | 34–27 | Entre Rios | |
| 14 October | Sur | 29–24 | Salta | Bahía Blanca |
| 14 October | Noreste | 28–20 | Alto Valle | |
4. Round :
| 21 October | Entre Rios | 31–31 | Noreste | Paraná |
| 21 October | Sur | 36–33 | Alto Valle | Bahía Blanca |
| 21 October | Salta | 67–8 | Chubut | Salta |
5. Round :
| 28 October | Alto Valle | 17–18 | Salta | Neuquen |
| 28 October | Noreste | 5–12 | Chubut | |
| 28 October | Entre Rios | 48–35 | Sur | Córdoba |
Standings
* Promoted to "Campeonato"
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Salta | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 55 | 105 | 9 |
| 2 | Chubut | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 126 | −32 | 7 |
| 3 | Sur | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 122 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | Entre Rios | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 175 | −61 | 5 |
| 5 | Noreste | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 101 | −22 | 5 |
| 6 | Alto Valle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 115 | 117 | −2 | 2 |

## "Promocional"
### Pool A

1. Round :
| 7 October | Austral | 32–0 | Oeste | Comodoro Rivadavia |
| 7 October | Centro | 23–27 | La Rioja | |
2. Round :
| 14 October | Centro | 6–19 | Oeste | |
| 14 October | La Rioja | 16–10 | Austral | La Rioja |
3. Round :
| 21 October | Austral | 17–10 | Centro | Comodoro Rivadavia |
| 21 October | Oeste | 11–7 | La Rioja | |
* Promoted to "Ascenso"
* to play-out
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Austral | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 26 | 33 | 4 |
| 2 | Oeste | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 4 |
| 3 | La Rioja | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Centro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 0 |

### Pool B

1. Round :
| 7 October | Misiones | 20–35 | Santiago del Estero | Misiones |
| 7 October | Formosa | 57–7 | Jujuy | |
2. Round :
| 14 October | Formosa | 3–35 | Santiago del Estero | |
| 14 October | Jujuy | 10–15 | Misiones | Jujuy |
3. Round :
| 21 October | Misiones | 40–30 | Formosa | Misiones |
| 21 October | Santiago del Estero | 107–7 | Jujuy | Santiago del Estero |
Standings
* Promoted to "Ascenso"
* to play-out
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Santiago del Estero | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 30 | 144 | 4 |
| 2 | Misiones | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Formosa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 82 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | Jujuy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 176 | −152 | 0 |