The 2024 URBA Top 12 (officially Top 12 Copa Macro for sponsorship reasons) was the 125th. 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, ten from the Buenos Aires Province, one from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, and one from Rosario. It ran from 6 April to 26 October 2024.
Promoted clubs from the 2023 URBA Second division (Primera A) were Regatas Bella Vista and Champagnat which replaced PucaráBuenos Aires derrotó a Pucará por 23-21 y lo condenó al descenso at espn.com.ar and La Plata that had been relegated in the previous season.Descendió La Plata by Roberto Acosta at El Día. 21 Oct 2023
Alumni won their 7th. league championship after defeating SIC 20–17 in the final.ALUMNI SE CONSAGRÓ CAMPEÓN DEL URBA TOP 12 Copa Macro presentada por Zurich On the other hand, Atlético del Rosario and Champagnat were relegated to Primera A (the second division), when in round 20th, both teams lost their matches, the Rosarian side v Regatas while the Marista was defeated by CASI.URBA Top 12: Descendieron Champagnat y Atlético del Rosario at espn.com.ar
Belgrano A.C. fullback Juan Landó was the top scorer of the season, with 322 points.
Format The 12 participant clubs played each other in a double round-robin tournament. The four best placed teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the semifinals in order to decide which teams would play the final. The two clubs placed in the last positions (11th. and 12th.) were relegated to "Primera A".Fixture y resultados 2024 at urba.org.ar
Teams Teams competing at Top 12 were:
Club Location Stadium Alumni Manuel Alberti Estadio de Alumni Atlético del Rosario Rosario Plaza Jewell Belgrano A.C. Buenos Aires Virrey del Pino Buenos Aires C&RC Victoria Estadio del BACRC C.A. San Isidro San Isidro La Catedral Champagnat Pilar Estancias del Pilar CUBA Villa de Mayo Estadio del CUBA Hindú Don Torcuato Estadio de Hindú 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 Newman 77221705749501248 9 Semifinals 2 San Isidro Club 752217146614592025 3 Alumni 732216066275021259 4 Belgrano A.C. 71 22150772053918111 5 C.A. San Isidro 6822131874052121914 6 Hindú 472210111493604-1115 7 San Luis 472210012487572-857 8 CUBA 462281136025723012 9 Buenos Aires C&RC 41228113496615-1197 10 Regatas 41228113457519-627 11 Champagnat 21222218466748-2829Relegated 12 Atlético del Rosario 19223217498844-346 3
Semifinals
Final
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