Torneo del Interior

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Torneo del Interior A
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Sport Rugby union
Founded1998;28 years ago (1998)
No. of teams16
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Confederation UAR
Most recent
champion		 Marista (1st title) [1]
(2025)
Most titles Duendes (5 titles)
Broadcaster ESPN
Level on pyramid1
Related
competitions		 URBA Top 12
Nacional de Clubes
Official website uar.com.ar/torneodelinterior

The Torneo del Interior A is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. Teams qualify from different tournaments along the provinces of Argentina, such as Litoral, Noroeste, Córdoba, Nordeste, Pampeano, Oeste and Patagónico.

Contents

There are also two lower divisions of Torneo del Interior, "Interior B" and "Interior C", with a similar format.

Overview

The original tournament was held from 1998 to 2004, being re-launched in 2009, in an effort to bring provincial clubs to the same level as the teams from Buenos Aires. [2]

Buenos Aires clubs do not participate in this competition so they take part in the Top 12 organised by the URBA. From 2013 on, the top nine teams from the Torneo del Interior qualify for the Nacional de Clubes, where they compete with the top seven teams from the Torneo de la URBA. [3]

Format

The "Torneo del Interior A" is contested by 16 clubs from the best placed teams of predetermined seven 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 quarter finals, concluding with semi-finals and a final. [4]

In 2018, Uruguayan club Montevideo Cricket took part of the tournament by invitation. [5]

Champions

Below is the list of finals contested from 1998 to date: [6] [7]

Finals

  • Note: Host cities are decided by lottery between both finalists. [8]
Ed.SeasonChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityRef.
1
1998
 Jockey Club (C) (1)
25–13
 Marista La Tablada Córdoba [9] [7]
2
1999
 Jockey Club (C) (2)
26–13
 Duendes Jockey Club Rosario [10] [7] [11]
3
2000
 Jockey Club (R) (1)
26–22
 Tala Estadio Mario Kempes [n 1] Córdoba [7] [12]
4
2001
 La Tablada (1)
21–16
 Cardenales Natación y Gimnasia Tucumán [13] [7]
5
2002
 Jockey Club (R) (2)
32–28
 Universitario (T) Jockey ClubRosario [14] [7]
6
2003
 Duendes (1)
22–20
 Cardenales Duendes RCRosario [7] [15]
7
2004
 Tala (1)
35–26
 Los Tarcos Tala RCCórdoba [7] [8] [16]
–
2005–2008
(Not held)
8
2009
 Duendes (2)
35–21
 Universitario (T) Duendes RCRosario [7] [17]
9
2010
 La Tablada (2)
25–18
 Cardenales Cardenales RCTucumán [7] [18]
10
2011
 La Tablada (3)
37–27
 Duendes Duendes RCRosario [7] [19]
11
2012
 Duendes (3)
40–21
 Cardenales Tala RCTucumán [7] [20]
12
2013
 Duendes (4)
36–6
 Tala Duendes RCRosario [7] [21]
13
2014
Urú Curé(1)
25–11
Los TordosUrú Curé RC Río Cuarto [7] [22]
14
2015
 Cardenales (1)
26–16
Los TordosCardenales RCTucumán [7] [23]
15
2016
 Los Tarcos (1)
25–20
 Jockey Club (R) Los Tarcos RCTucumán [7] [24]
16
2017
 La Tablada (4)
25–22
 Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) Club La TabladaCórdoba [7] [25]
17
2018
CURNE [n 2] (1)
20–14
 Huirapuca Club CURNE Resistencia [7] [26]
18
2019
 Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) (1)
30–20
 Marista Club GERRosario [7] [27]
–
2020–21
(Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic)
19
2022
 Duendes (5)
38–12
 Huirapuca Duendes RCRosario [7] [28]
20
2023
 Universitario (T) (1)
25-21
 Córdoba AC Universitario RCTucumán [7] [29]
21
2024
 Tucumán Lawn Tennis (1)
30–24
 Jockey Club (C) Jockey ClubCórdoba [7] [30]
22
2025
 Marista (1)
27–7
 Jockey Club (C) Marista RC Luján de Cuyo [7] [31]
Notes
  1. ↑ Not the main venue but the auxiliary field.
  2. ↑ Acronym for "Club Universitario de Rugby del Nordeste", based in Chaco Province.

Titles by team

TeamTitlesYears won
Duendes
5
2003, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2022
La Tablada
4
2001, 2010, 2011, 2017
Jockey Club Córdoba
2
1998, 1999
Jockey Club Rosario
2
2000, 2002
Tala
1
2004
Urú Curé
1
2014
Cardenales
1
2015
Los Tarcos
1
2016
CURNE
1
2018
Gimnasia y Esgrima (R)
1
2019
Universitario (T)
1
2023
Tucumán Lawn Tennis
1
2024
Marista
1
2025

References

  1. ↑ Marista se consagró campeón del Torneo Del Interior Copa Zurich on uar.com.ar. 27 Sep 2025
  2. ↑ Torneo del Interior at UAR website
  3. ↑ "Nuevo Torneo Nacional de Clubes a partir del 2014" Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine . uar.com.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Reglamento Torneo del Interior 2018 on UAR website
  5. ↑ Montevideo Cricket Club se destaca en importante torneo argentino de rugby on Marca País Uruguay
  6. ↑ Historial Torneo del Interior
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Todos los campeones del Torneo del Interior 'A' y 'B' at espn.com.ar. 31 Jul 2024
  8. 1 2 La final del Interior se disputará en Córdoba at cordobaxv, 26 Oct 2004
  9. ↑ Memoria 1998 at UAR
  10. ↑ El Jockey campeón del TDI ’99 at jockeyclubcordoba.com.ar. 17 May 2017
  11. ↑ Jockey, un justo bicampeón at lanacion.com.ar, 26 Sep 1999
  12. ↑ A 25 años del último título en el Torneo del Interior on lavoz.com.ar. 6 Nov 2024
  13. ↑ Rugby: La Tablada reina en el Interior
  14. ↑ Jockey se consagró campeón del Torneo del Interior at La Capital. 28 Sep 2002
  15. ↑ Duendes es el nuevo Rey del Interior at lacapital.com.ar
  16. ↑ Tala RC Campeón del interior 2004 at rugbydecuyo.com.ar (archived)
  17. ↑ Duendes Rugby Club campeón del Torneo del Interior at cordobaxv.com.ar, 15 Nov 2009
  18. ↑ La Tablada, rey del interior at ellitoral.com.ar
  19. ↑ campeones: Duendes recibe a La Tablada lacapital.com.ar. 5 Nov 2011
  20. ↑ Duendes campeón del Torneo del Interior at norterugby
  21. ↑ Duendes nuevamente campeón en el Torneo del Interior at cordobaxv
  22. ↑ Urú hizo historia nomás y se consagró campeón del Torneo del Interior at cordobaxv. 3 May 2014
  23. ↑ Cardenales, campeón del Interior aplenorugby, 16 May 2015
  24. ↑ Los Tarcos y un grito que esperó 12 años at UAR (archived)
  25. ↑ Con el último suspiro, fue de La Tablada at UAR. 29 Jul 2017
  26. ↑ TDI: CURNE y Universitario de Salta gritaron campeón at espn.com.ar
  27. ↑ GER, en su hora más gloriosa at rugby.com.ar. 30 Sep 2019
  28. ↑ Duendes y Tala, campeones del Torneo del Interior 2022 at uar, 5 Nov 2022
  29. ↑ Universitario (T) dejó su huella en la historia at uar.com.ar, 11 Nov 2023
  30. ↑ Tucumán Lawn Tennis es el campeón del Torneo del Interior Copa Zurich 2024, 9 Nov 2024
  31. ↑ Marista se consagró campeón del Torneo Del Interior Copa Zurich at uar.com.ar - 27 Sep 2025
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