The 2025 URBA Top 12 (officially, URBA Top 12 Copa Macro for sponsorship reasons)Newman derrotó al SIC y se quedó por primera vez con el URBA Top 12 Copa Macro at urba.org.ar was the 126th. edition of Top 12, a rugby union club competition held in Argentina organised by the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA). The tournament was contested by twelve teams, eleven from the Buenos Aires Province and one from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It ran from 5 April to 1 November 2025.Fixture de los torneos de divisiones superiores at urba.org.ar
Promoted clubs from the 2024 URBA Second division (Primera A) were La Plata and Los Tilos which replaced Champagnat and Atlético del Rosario that had been relegated in the previous season.Los ascensos de todas las categorías de la URBA en 2024 at espn.com.ar. 8 Nov 2024
Newman won their first league championship after defeating SIC 15–3 in the final.¡Newman campeón! Un grito para romper estigmas de 50 años e inaugurar otra era on La Nación. 1 Nov 2025Newman le ganó 15-3 la final al SIC y se consagró campeón del URBA Top 12 por primera vez en su historia at Infobae. 1 Nov 2025 On the other hand, San Luis was relegated to Primera A (the second division) via playoffs.
Format The 12 clubs played each other in a double round-robin tournament. As this was the last URBA edition with 12 teams so since 2026 it would be expanded to 14 teams, none of the participants were directly relegated. Instead, the last placed team played a promotion and relegation match ("Permanencia") to decide which team would remain in the division or would be relegated to the second level.
Teams Teams competing at Top 12 were:
Club Location Stadium Alumni Manuel Alberti Estadio de Alumni Belgrano A.C. Buenos Aires Virrey del Pino Buenos Aires C&RC Victoria Estadio del BACRC C.A. San Isidro San Isidro La Catedral CUBA Villa de Mayo Estadio del CUBA Hindú Don Torcuato Estadio de Hindú La Plata Manuel Gonnet Estadio de La Plata RC Los Tilos Tolosa Estadio de Los Tilos Los Matreros Morón Estadio de Los Matreros Newman Benavídez Brother Timothy O'Brien Regatas Bella Vista Estadio de Regatas San Isidro Club Boulogne La Zanja San Luis Tolosa La Cumbre
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Matches
Table Pos. Team Pts. Qualification 1 C.A. San Isidro 80 221804643465178 Semifinals 2 Belgrano A.C. 76 221705756580176 3 Newman 71221606583469114 4 San Isidro Club 7022150765856593 5 Los Tilos 63221318560524366 Regatas 502210012518538-20 7Alumni 492210012574596-22 8 Hindú 4822 901358051466 9 CUBA 48229013579595-1610 La Plata 28225017416645-229 11 Buenos Aires C&RC 27225017472651-179 12 San Luis 25224117428625-197 Permanencia
Semifinals
Final
Permanencia The last team of Top 12 (San Luis) and the 3rd. to 5th. teams of Primera A (Champagnat, Pueyrredón, and San Cirano)Posiciones Primera A 2025 played a single-elimination series in order to define which team would qualify to 2026 Top 14 and which would be relegated.San Luis dio el primer paso: derrotó a San Cirano y jugará la final by Marín Cabrera. 26 Oct 2025
Champagnat defeat San Luis 18–16 in the final held in Manuel B. Gonnet therefore the team from Pilar promoted and will play the 2026 Top 14 while San Luis was relegated after 31 seasons in the top division.San Luis descendió tras 31 años en la élite del rugby bonaerense 10 Nov 2025 while Champagnat promoted to 2026 Top 14.Champagnat ascendió a la elite con un penal en el final ante San Luis y logró el ascenso al Top 14 at lanacion.com.ar, 8 Nov 2025En un épico final, Champagnat logró el ascenso al URBA Top 14 tras vencer por 18-16 a San Luis at espn.com.ar - 8 Nov 2025
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