The Campeonato Argentino de Mayores (also known as Campeonato Argentino) was an annual rugby union competition held in Argentina for provincial teams. The Campeonato Argentino was strictly amateur, and only players from local clubs were allowed to play. It was organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR), with the last season held in 2017.El final de una época para el rugby argentino on Diario Uno, 2 October 2017

The competing teams represented the unions of the rugby provinces that make up the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). Some of these unions represented more than one province, for example the "Noreste" (North east) side represented the provinces of Chaco and Corrientes. Other unions represented only a part of a province, most notably the unions that make up the province of Buenos Aires and also the unions of Santa Fe and Rosario, both within the borders of the province of Santa Fe.

In the 2012 edition, the national teams of Chile and Uruguay participated at the Zona Campeonato, while the national teams of Brazil and Paraguay played in the third level.

Also in 2015 Uruguay enters in the competition with a team at Zona Ascenso. The same for Paraguay, from in 2016, in order to compete in Super 9.

Format The competition was made up of three divisions: Zona Campeonato, which contained the 8 best unions; Zona Ascenso, with the next best 8 teams divided in two pools, with the winner of each pool playing off against one of the bottom two teams of the higher level for promotion to the Zona Campeonato. The bottom team in each pool played off, the loser being relegated to Zona Estímulo. Super 9 (or Zona Estímulo) with 9 teams. The winner was promoted to Zona Ascenso.

Teams Unions participating in the last season ("Zona Campeonato") held in 2017 were:

Representative team Province / Area Last won Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Province Córdoba Córdoba Córdoba Province Cuyo Mendoza Mendoza Province Rosario Rosario Rosario Department Salta Salta Salta Province Tucumán S.M. de Tucumán Tucumán Province

List of champions Since the first championship held in 1945 to the last season:

Ed.SeasonChampionRunner-upScore 1945 Provincia Capital 5–4 1946 Provincia Capital 9–6 1947 Provincia Capital 18–4 1948 Capital Provincia 20–18 1949 Provincia Capital 16–12 1950 Provincia Capital 6–0 1951 Provincia Capital 16–6 1952 Provincia Capital 6–0 1953 Capital Provincia 10–9 1954 Provincia La Plata 9–8 1955 Capital Provincia 6–3 1956 Provincia Capital 13–9 1957 Capital Provincia 11–0 1958 Capital Provincia 11–6 1959 Provincia Capital 3–0 1960 Provincia Capital 17–0 1961 Mar del Plata Rosario 16–0 1962 Buenos Aires Rosario 18–11 1963 Buenos Aires Córdoba 9–3 1964 Buenos Aires Rosario 16–12 1965 Rosario Buenos Aires 18–6 1966 Buenos Aires Tucumán 38–3 1967 Buenos Aires Rosario 19–9 1968 Buenos Aires Rosario 18–3 1969 Buenos Aires Rosario 22–3 1970 Buenos Aires Córdoba 38–0 1971 Buenos Aires Rosario 14–8 1972 Buenos Aires Rosario 33–3 1973 Buenos Aires Cuyo 14–0 1974 Buenos Aires Cuyo 16–13 1975 Buenos Aires Tucumán 42–6 1976 Buenos Aires Cuyo 19–9 1977 Buenos Aires Rosario 15–13 1978 Buenos Aires Rosario 31–18 1979 Buenos Aires Rosario 47–8 1980 Buenos Aires Córdoba 6–3 1981 Buenos Aires Tucumán 32–12 1982 Buenos Aires Tucumán 59–19 1983 Buenos Aires Cuyo 53–3 1984 Buenos Aires Entre Ríos 74–7 1985 Tucumán Buenos Aires 13–9 1986 Buenos Aires Tucumán 24–15 1987 Tucumán Córdoba 32–3 1988 Tucumán Buenos Aires 25–10 1989 Tucumán Rosario 12–3 1990 Tucumán Cuyo 27–13 1991 Buenos Aires Rosario 28–16 1992 Tucumán Córdoba 16–11 1993 Tucumán Rosario 24–12 1994 Buenos Aires Córdoba 22–13 1995 Córdoba Tucumán 28–24 1996 Buenos Aires – Córdoba 1997 Córdoba – – 1998 Buenos Aires – – 1999 Buenos Aires Tucumán 10–8 2000 Buenos Aires Tucumán 35–16 2001 Córdoba Buenos Aires 30–20 2002 Buenos Aires Rosario – 2003 Buenos Aires Rosario 17–16 2004 Cuyo Córdoba 30–12 2005Tucumán Cuyo 28–9 2006Buenos Aires Tucumán 34–10 2007Buenos Aires Tucumán 27–10 2008Buenos Aires Tucumán 10–9 2009Córdoba Tucumán 15–12 2010Tucumán Rosario 19–13 2011Córdoba Buenos Aires 18–16 2012 Córdoba Rosario 29–15 2013 Tucumán Rosario 33–20 2014 Tucumán Córdoba 2015 Buenos Aires Córdoba – 2016 Buenos Aires Cuyo – 2017 Buenos Aires Tucumán –

Titles by team TeamTitlesYears won Buenos Aires 37 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017 Provincia 11 1945, 1956, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960 Tucumán 11 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 Córdoba 7 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012 Capital 5 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958 Mar del Plata 1 1961 Rosario 1 1965Cuyo 1 2004

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