South American Rugby Championship
South American Rugby Cup| Sport |
Rugby union |
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| Founded |
1951 |
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| No. of teams |
13 |
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| Continent |
South America & Central America |
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Most recent
champion(s) |
 Argentina (37 titles) |
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2016 Second level of South American Rugby Championship match between Uruguay and Chile
South American Rugby Championship refers to nine rugby championships organized by Sudamérica Rugby:
- South America Rugby Cup: top level championship for rugby union male adults, disputed annually by the last champion and the two best teams of the second level tournament, called "Mayores A" (over 20 years old). Argentina won all the top titles (37), but one.
- Mayores A (over 20 years): second level for rugby union male adults, disputed by four countries. Uruguay won 3 titles.
- Mayores B (over 20 years): third level for rugby union male adults, disputed by four countries. Brasil won 6 titles.
- Mayores C (over 20 years): fourth level (the lowest) for rugby union male adults, disputed by four countries.
- South América Rugby sevens female championship. Brasil won all the championships (11) but one.
- South América Rugby sevens male championship. Argentina won all the championships (9) but one.
- South America Youth Rugby Championship A, top level championship for rugby union male under 19 years, disputed by five countries in two stages. At the first stage, countries ranked between second and fifth place, compete one in a round-robin tournament. The winner won the right to dispute with the former championship the South America Youth Rugby Cup, top title four young players. Argentina won all the top titles (31) but one.
- South America Youth Rugby Championship B, second level championship for rugby union male under 19 years, disputed by four countries. Colombia won five titles.
The South American Rugby Championship is a round-robin tournament, with each team playing each other once at a designated host stadium. From 1951 to 1998, only Argentina, Chile and Uruguay were the core teams in the tournament. They competed alongside occasional additions of Brazil, Paraguay and Peru, with the winner being decided on which team finishes with the most table points. In 2000, a second division was added, which meant the bottom placed team of the A division had a play-off match with the top placed team of the B division, although this did not apply to every tournament due to the Rugby World Cup qualification formats. In 2012, a third Division was added, which meant up until 2014, the bottom placed team of the B division would play a play-off match against the top placed C Division team. Although like A and B, this did not apply to every tournament due to the Rugby World Cup qualification format. In 2014, the tournament became a four-tiered competition, with Argentina no longer competing as a regular. However, the tournament would keep the same format for promotion and relegation. The top placed team from Division C will play a play-off match against the bottom placed team from Division B to determine which Division those teams are in for the succeeding tournament. The winner of the play-off match will earn a place in Division B for the succeeding tournament, the loser plays in Division C the following year. This works in the same way for Division A and B. The top placed team of Division B will play a play-off match against the bottom placed team from Division A to determine which divisions those teams will play in for the succeeding tournament. The winner of the play-off match will earn a place in Division A for the succeeding tournament, while the loser plays in Division B the following year. However, the top two teams of Division A will compete for the CONSUR Cup, alongside Argentina, the following year regardless of their positions of that year.
Current divisions (2015)
Results of rugby union male championships
Past Tournaments 1951–1998
Past Tournaments 2000–2013
Division A
Division B
Division C
Past tournaments 2014–Present
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Structure of the South America rugby union competition, in four levels with 13 countries.
South América Rugby Championship A
Final: Consur/Sudamérica Rugby Cup
1st stage: Mayor A
Notes:
- After restructuring following the 2013 tournament, the champion of each year, will only take part in the final stage of the South America Championship A, called Sudámerica Rugby Cup.
División B
División C
See also
References
External links
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Uruguay 
Chile 
Paraguay 
Venezuela 
Brazil 
Peru 
Colombia 
Costa Rica
Guatemala 
Ecuador 
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