Nacional de Clubes

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Torneo Nacional de Clubes
Current season, competition or edition:
Rugby football current event.svg2025
Nacional de clubes rugby logo.svg
Sport Rugby union
Founded1993;32 years ago (1993)
First season1993
No. of teams16
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Confederation UAR
Most recent
champion		 Tucumán Lawn Tennis
(2025)
Most titles Hindú (11 titles)
Broadcasters ESPN
DirecTV
Level on pyramid1
Related
competitions
Official website uar.com.ar/nacionaldeclubes

The Torneo Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). The Nacional de Clubes is the main club competition in Argentine rugby, being contested by a total of 16 teams, 8 from Buenos Aires and 8 from the rest of the provinces of Argentina.

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There is also a second division, "Nacional de Clubes B", with a similar format.

History

From 1993 to 2008, the competition involved 16 clubs, which were divided into four zones. The top two clubs of each zone qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition. The 16 best placed clubs in their respective regional championships were eligible to play the Nacional de Clubes. The number of teams were determined were: eight from Buenos Aires, two each from the Noroeste, Litoral and Córdoba and one from both Cuyo and Mar del Plata.

Due to scheduling problems, in 2009 the UAR re-launched the Torneo del Interior, a competition that involved clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. The new formula of this tournament coincided with a complete overhaul of the Nacional de Clubes system, so the competition was contested by only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from URBA.

That format remained until 2013, when the UAR announced that after a three-year hiatus, the Nacional de Clubes would return with the original 16 team format since the 2014 edition, [1] [2] with 9 qualifying from the Torneo del Interior and 7 from the Buenos Aires Union. [1] [3]

Hindú Club is the most successful team with 11 titles.

Format

The "Nacional de Clubes A" is contested by 16 clubs from the best placed teams of the URBA and regional tournaments. Teams are divided into four zones, playing each other in a double round-robin tournament. Teams with the most points in each zone advance to the quarterfinals, concluding with the semi-finals and a final. [4]

List of champions

Below are detailed all the final results:

Ed.SeasonChampionScoreRunner-up
1
1993
 San Isidro Club (1)27–19 Tucumán
2
1994
 San Isidro Club (2)28–12 La Tablada
3
1995
 CA San Isidro (1)19-06 La Plata
4
1996
 Hindú (1)21–11 Alumni
5
1997
 Jockey Club (R) (1)24–14 Hindú
6
1998
 San Cirano (1) [n 1] 22–22– [n 1]
San Luis (1) [n 1]
7
1999
 La Tablada (1)23–22 Duendes
–
2000
(Not held)
8
2001
 Hindú (2)27–14 Alumni
9
2002
 Alumni (1)23–21 Jockey Club (Rosario)
10
2003
 Hindú (3)31–27 Duendes
11
2004
 Duendes (1)32–21 Los Tarcos
12
2005
 Hindú (4)17–13 San Luis
13
2006
 San Isidro Club (3)17–13 Tala
14
2007
 La Plata (1)32–13 Tucumán
15
2008
 San Isidro Club (4)33–8 La Plata
16
2009
 Duendes (2)28–18 Hindú
17
2010
 Hindú (5)25–22 La Tablada
18
2011
 Duendes (3)26–23 La Tablada
–
2012–13
(Not held)
19
2014
 Universitario (BA) (1)21–20 Duendes
20
2015
 Hindú (6)27–25 Newman
21
2016
 Hindú (7)38–23 Belgrano AC
22
2017
 Hindú (8)20–10 Tala
23
2018
 Hindú (9)25–0 Newman
24
2019
 Hindú (10)18–13 Jockey Club (Rosario)
–
2020–21
(Not held due to covid-19 pandemic)
25
2022
 Hindú (11)34–16 Duendes
26
2023
 San Isidro Club (5)25–18 Universitario (Tucumán)
27
2024
 Tucumán Lawn Tennis (1)22–17 Alumni
28
2025
TBD
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Both teams were declared champions after the match finished in a tie.

Titles by club

TeamTitlesYears won
Hindú 111996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
San Isidro Club 51993, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2023
Duendes 32004, 2009, 2011
CA San Isidro 11995
Jockey Club (Rosario) 11997
San Cirano 11998
San Luis 11998
La Tablada 11999
Alumni 12002
La Plata 12007
Universitario (BA) 12014
Tucumán Lawn Tennis 12024

References

  1. 1 2 "Nuevo Torneo Nacional de Clubes a partir del 2014" Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine . uar.com.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "La UAR anunció el nuevo formato para el Torneo Nacional de Clubes", La Voz, 14 Jun 2013
  3. ↑ ""La UAR y la URBA acordaron el nuevo formato del Nacional de Clubes", Los Andes, 30 May 2013". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Reglamento Nacional de Clubes 2018 on UAR website
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