Spanish Regions Championship (rugby union)

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Spanish Regions Championship
Sport Rugby union
Instituted1983;42 years ago (1983)
Country Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Most titlesFlag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country (14 titles)

The Spanish Regions Championship (Spanish:Campeonato de Selecciones Territoriales) is a rugby union competition in Spain featuring the representative teams of the autonomous communities. The competition is organised by the Spanish Rugby Federation. The Basque Country were the inaugural winners in 1983–84. They are also the competitions most successful team. The competition is usually played as a knockout tournament. However it has occasionally adopted a league system. [1] [2] [3]

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Finals

SeasonDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
1983–8426 February 1984Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 24–12Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
1984–853 March 1985Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 25–4Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
1985–8618 May 1986 Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid13–12Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
1986–87 Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid?
1987–885 June 1988Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 16–9Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country
1988–8928 May 1989Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 21–20 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León
1989–908 June 1990 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León20–16Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
1990–9119 May 1991Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 19–16 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León
1991–92Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia [Note 1]
1992–93 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León [Note 1]
1993–94Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 28–10Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
1994–95
1995–9619 Nov 1995Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 25–17Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
1996–973 Nov 1996Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 37–14Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia Guernica
1997–987 December 1997Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 29–8Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia Tudela, Navarre
1999–20005 December 1999Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 10–9 Flag of Andalucia.svg AndalusiaCamp de la Foixarda
2000–01 Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia16–13Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country
2001–02 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León12–11Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country
2002–03Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 8–7 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León
2003–04Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country [Note 2] Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León
2004–05Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 28–20 Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia
2005–06Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country [Note 3] Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia
2006–07Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 21–19 Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia
2007–08 Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid35–32 Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg Valencia
2008–09Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 19–12 Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia
2009–10 Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia22–16 Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid
2010–11Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 24–6 Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León
2011–12 Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid [Note 1]

Source: [3] [4] [ circular reference ]

Notes

List of winners by team

ClubTitlesSeasons
Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country 141983–84, 1984–85, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 51987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1999–2000
Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid41985–86, 1986–87, 2007–08, 2011–12
Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Castile-León31989–90, 1992–93, 2001–02
Flag of Andalucia.svg Andalusia22000–01, 2009–10

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  2. ↑ "Historial Selecciones Euskadi" (PDF). www.euskadirugby.org. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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