The 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the inaugural season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 29 May.LA SUPERLIGA AMERICANA DE RUGBY TIENE FIXTURE on Sudamérica Rugby, 22 Jan 2020
On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 2021, effectively ending this season after two rounds of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.
Teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach Captain Ceibos Córdoba Tala Rugby Club 6,000 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Lautaro Bavaro Corinthians Santo André Estádio Bruno José Daniel 11,440 Fernando Portugal Arthur Bergo Selknam Santiago Estadio Nacional 40,000 Pablo Lemoine Ignacio Silva Cafeteros Pro Medellín TBA TBA David Jaramillo TBA Olimpia Lions Asunción Estadio Héroes de Curupayty 3,000 Raúl Pérez Gabriel Ascárate Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Charrúa 14,000 Pablo Bouza Santiago Arata
Season format Five of the six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which was to take place over 10 weeks and would consist of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing 4 matches at home and 4 matches away. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season would have moved on to the championship playoffs while the fifth-place club would have progressed to a challenge trophy playoff.
The challenge trophy would have been contested over two matches between the fifth-place regular season club and Cafeteros Pro. Each club would have hosted one match in this series.
The championship would have been contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.
Regular season The regular season began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 16 May.
Standings
Matches The following were the matches for the 2020 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Playoffs
Challenge Trophy The fifth-place regular season club would have contested the challenge trophy against Cafeteros Pro over two matches.
Championship playoffs
Semifinals
Third-place match
Final
Player statistics
Top scorers
The top try and point scorers during the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season until the season was cancelled were:
Most points No Player Team Pts 1 Martín Elías Ceibos 22 2 Santiago Videla Selknam 15 3 Tomás Albornoz Ceibos 11 4 Juan Daireaux Ceibos 10 Tomás Cubilla Ceibos 10 Facundo Cordero Ceibos 10 7 Patricio Baronio Selknam 9 8 Federico Favaro Peñarol 8 9 Santiago Arata Peñarol 5 Manuel Montero Olimpia 5 Leonel Oviedo Ceibos 5 Ignacio Inchauspe Ceibos 5 13 Máximo Ledesma Olimpia 3
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