Tournament details | |
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Host | Colombia |
Date | 24–30 October 2010 |
Countries | Colombia Costa Rica Peru Venezuela |
Final positions | |
Champions | Colombia |
Runner-up | Peru |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
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The 2010 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the 11th edition of the second-tier competition of the leading national rugby union teams in South America. Division B was organised in Medellin (Colombia) from 24 to 31 October 2010. The participating nations were Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, the Under-20 tournament was played, won by Colombia.
In the main championship the winner was Peru. [1]
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | BP | Pts |
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Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 17 | +78 | 0 | 9 |
Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 0 | 6 |
Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 55 | +39 | 0 | 3 |
Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 151 | −134 | 0 | 0 |
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