# 2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Tucumàn.

## "Campeonato"

The eight Team participating were divided in due pools of 4. The first two of each pool admitted to semifinals, the last to play-out for relegation ("Finale descenso")

### Pool 1

1.Round :
| 1 March | Buenos Aires | - | Cuyo | 39 - 0 | Buenos Aires |
| 1 March | Córdoba | - | Mar del Plata | 22 - 13 | Córdoba |
2.Round :
| 8 March | Mar del Plata | - | Buenos Aires | 14 - 45 | Mar del Plata |
| 8 March | Córdoba | - | Cuyo | 46 - 17 | Córdoba |
3.Round :
| 15 March | Buenos Aires | - | Córdoba | 26 - 17 | Buenos Aires |
| 15 March | Cuyo | - | Mar del Plata | 21 - 10 | Mendoza |
* Qualified for Semifinals
* to relegation play-out
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Bonus | Table points |
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 31 | +79 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Córdoba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 56 | +29 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Cuyo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 95 | -57 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Mar del Plata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 88 | -51 | 0 | 0 |

### Pool 2

1.Round :
| 1 March | Tucumán | - | Rosario | 40 - 11 | Tucumán |
| 1 March | Santa Fe | - | Salta | 27 - 28 | Santa Fe |
2.Round :
| 8 March | Salta | - | Tucumán | 3 - 32 | Salta |
| 8 March | Santa Fe | - | Rosario | 15 - 10 | Santa Fe |
3.Round :
| 15 March | Tucumán | - | Santa Fe | 46 - 11 | Tucumán |
| 15 March | Rosario | - | Salta | 28 - 25 | Rosario |
* Qualified for Semifinals
* to relegation play-out
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Bonus | Table points |
| 1 | Tucumàn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 25 | +93 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Rosario (*) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 80 | -31 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Santa Fè (*) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 84 | -31 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Salta (*) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 87 | -31 | 1 | 5 |
(*) The second place was assigned according to the number of tries scored (Rosario 6, Santa Fè 3, Salta 1)

### Semifinals

Semifinals :
| 29 March | Buenos Aires | - | Rosario | 24 - 21 | Buenos Aires |
| 29 March | Tucumán | - | Córdoba | 39 - 10 | Tucumán |

### Final

* 5 April 2008
| Tucumán | 9-10 | Buenos Aires |
| Pen: 5' 45' 59' Diego Mas | | Try: 79' Agustín Costa Repetto Con: 80' Federico Serra Pen: 39' Federico Serra |
* Lawn Tennis Club, Tucumán Referee: Javier Mancuso (Cordóba)
Tucuman 15.Lucas Barrera Oro, 14.Aníbal Terán, 13.Ezequiel Faralle, 12.Agustín Vallejo, 11.Sebastián Ponce, 10.Diego Mas (60' Nicolás Sánchez), 9.Diego Ternavasio, 8.Agustín Guzmán ( 79' Rafael Garrido), 7.Nicolás Centurión, 6.Ignacio Haustein ( 56' Juan Pablo Lagarrigue), 5.Gabriel Pata Curello (capt), 4.Carlos Casares, 3.Bruno Cuezzo, 2.Ramón Vidal, 1.Felipe Betolli (61' Juan Ávila) Buenos Aires: 15. Federico Serra Miras, 14. Agustín Gosio, 13. Juan Ignacio Gauthier, 12. Hernán Senillosa, 11. Pablo Gómez Cora (capt.), 10. Santiago Fernández ( 53` Benjamín Urdapilleta)), 9. Francisco Albarracín, 8. Alejandro Abadie, 7. Facundo López ( 55'Juan Pablo Mirenda), . 6. Alejandro Campos, 5. Felipe Aranguren, 4. James Stuart ( 53`Nahuel Neyra), 3. Francisco Lecot (53' Federico Sánchez), 2. Pablo Gambarini ( 64` Agustín Costa Repetto), 1. Gonzalo Begino

### Play out

Play Out ("Finale Descenso") :
| 29 March | Mar del Plata | - | Salta | 12 - 27 | Mar del Plata |
| 5 April | Salta | - | Mar del Plata | 39 - 10 | Salta |
* Champions: Buenos Aires
* Relegated: 'Mar del Plata'

## Torneo "Ascenso"
### Pool North 1

1.Round :
| 1 March | Santiago | - | La Rijoa | 18 - 15 | Santiago del Estero |
| 1 March | San Luis | - | Jujuy | 41 - 11 | San Luis |
2.Round :
| 8 March | Jujuy | - | Santiago | 6 - 24 | San Salvador de Jujuy |
| 8 March | San Luis | - | La Rijoa | 18 - 15 | San Luis |
3.Round :
| 15 March | Santiago | - | San Luis | 43 - 0 | Santiago del Estero |
| 15 March | La Rioja | - | Jujuy | 15 - 42 | La Rioja |
* Qualified for Semifinals
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Bonus | Table points |
| 1 | Santiago | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 21 | +64 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | San Luis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 69 | -10 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Jujuy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 80 | -21 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | La Rioja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 78 | -33 | 1 | 1 |

### Pool North 2

1.Round :
| 1 March | Noreste | - | Misiones | 48 - 10 | Resistencia |
| 1 March | Entre Rios | - | Formosa | 40 - 0 | Paraná |
2.Round :
| 8 March | Formosa | - | Noreste | 10 - 57 | Formosa |
| 8 March | Entre Rios | - | Misiones | 22 - 6 | Paraná |
3.Round :
| 15 March | Noreste | - | Entre Rios | 32 - 15 | Resistencia |
| 15 March | Misiones | - | Formosa | 10 - 7 | Rosario |
* Qualified for Semifinals
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Bonus | Table points |
| 1 | Noreste | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 35 | +102 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Entre Rios | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Misiones | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 77 | -51 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Formosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 107 | -90 | 1 | 1 |

### Pool South 1

1.Round :
| 1 March | San Juan | - | Alto Valle | 19 - 19 | San Juan |
| 1 March | Sur | - | Oeste | 34 - 0 | Bahía Blanca |
2.Round :
| 8 March | Oeste | - | San Juan | 0 - 43 | Junín |
| 8 March | Sur | - | Alto Valle | 15 - 15 | Bahía Blanca |
3.Round :
| 15 March | San Juan | - | Sur | 32 - 22 | San Juan |
| 15 March | Alto Valle | - | Oeste | 93 - 12 | Neuquén |
* Qualified for Semifinals
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Bonus | Table points |
| 1 | San Juan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 41 | +53 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Alto Valle | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 46 | +81 | 1 | 9' |
| 3 | Sur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 47 | +34 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Oeste | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 170 | -158 | 0 | 0 |

### Pool South 2

1.Round :
| 1 March | Tierra del Fuego | - | Chubut | 14 - 8 | Ushuaia |
| 1 March | Lagos del Sur | - | Austral | 13 - 34 | Bariloche |
2.Round :
| 8 March | Chubut | - | Austral | 6 - 13 | Trelew |
| 8 March | Lagos del Sur | - | Tierra del Fuego | 25 - 5 | Bariloche |
3.Round :
| 15 March | Chubut | - | Austral | 19 - 10 | Trelew |
| 15 March | Austral | - | Tierra del Fuego | 28 - 5 | Comodoro Rivadavia |
* Qualified for Semifinals
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Bonus | Table points |
| 1 | Austral | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Chubut | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 37 | -4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Lagos del Sur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 58 | -10 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Tierra del Fuego | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 61 | -37 | 0 | 4 |

### Semifinals

Semifinals :
| 29 March | Noreste | - | Santiago del estero | 29 - 17 | Resistencia |
| 29 March | Austral | - | San Juan | 12 - 26 | Comodoro Rivadavia |

### Final

Final :
| 5 April | Noreste | - | San Juan | 11 - 7 | Resistencia |
* Promoted: Noreste