Torneo del Interior
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country | Argentina |
| Confederation | UAR |
| Most recent champion | Marista (1st title)[1] (2025) |
| Most titles | Duendes (5 titles) |
| Broadcaster | ESPN |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Related competitions | URBA Top 12 Nacional de Clubes |
| Official website | uar.com.ar/torneodelinterior |
The Torneo del Interior A is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. Teams qualify from different tournaments along the provinces of Argentina, such as Litoral, Noroeste, Córdoba, Nordeste, Pampeano, Oeste and Patagónico.
There are also two lower divisions of Torneo del Interior, "Interior B" and "Interior C", with a similar format.
Overview
The original tournament was held from 1998 to 2004, being re-launched in 2009, in an effort to bring provincial clubs to the same level as the teams from Buenos Aires.[2]
Buenos Aires clubs do not participate in this competition so they take part in the Top 12 organised by the URBA. From 2013 on, the top nine teams from the Torneo del Interior qualify for the Nacional de Clubes, where they compete with the top seven teams from the Torneo de la URBA.[3]
Format
The "Torneo del Interior A" is contested by 16 clubs from the best placed teams of predetermined seven regional tournaments. Teams are divided into four zones, playing each other in a double round-robin tournament. Teams with the most points in each zone advance to quarter finals, concluding with semi-finals and a final.[4]
In 2018, Uruguayan club Montevideo Cricket took part of the tournament by invitation.[5]
Champions
Below is the list of finals contested from 1998 to date:[6][7]
Finals
- Note: Host cities are decided by lottery between both finalists.[8]
| Ed. | Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | City | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1998 |
Jockey Club (C) (1) | 25–13 |
Marista | La Tablada | Córdoba | [9][7] |
2 |
1999 |
Jockey Club (C) (2) | 26–13 |
Duendes | Jockey Club | Rosario | [10][7][11] |
3 |
2000 |
Jockey Club (R) (1) | 26–22 |
Tala | Estadio Mario Kempes [n 1] | Córdoba | [7][12] |
4 |
2001 |
La Tablada (1) | 21–16 |
Cardenales | Natación y Gimnasia | Tucumán | [13][7] |
5 |
2002 |
Jockey Club (R) (2) | 32–28 |
Universitario (T) | Jockey Club | Rosario | [14][7] |
6 |
2003 |
Duendes (1) | 22–20 |
Cardenales | Duendes RC | Rosario | [7][15] |
7 |
2004 |
Tala (1) | 35–26 |
Los Tarcos | Tala RC | Córdoba | [7][8][16] |
– |
2005–2008 |
(Not held)
| |||||
8 |
2009 |
Duendes (2) | 35–21 |
Universitario (T) | Duendes RC | Rosario | [7][17] |
9 |
2010 |
La Tablada (2) | 25–18 |
Cardenales | Cardenales RC | Tucumán | [7][18] |
10 |
2011 |
La Tablada (3) | 37–27 |
Duendes | Duendes RC | Rosario | [7][19] |
11 |
2012 |
Duendes (3) | 40–21 |
Cardenales | Tala RC | Tucumán | [7][20] |
12 |
2013 |
Duendes (4) | 36–6 |
Tala | Duendes RC | Rosario | [7][21] |
13 |
2014 |
Urú Curé (1) | 25–11 |
Los Tordos | Urú Curé RC | Río Cuarto | [7][22] |
14 |
2015 |
Cardenales (1) | 26–16 |
Los Tordos | Cardenales RC | Tucumán | [7][23] |
15 |
2016 |
Los Tarcos (1) | 25–20 |
Jockey Club (R) | Los Tarcos RC | Tucumán | [7][24] |
16 |
2017 |
La Tablada (4) | 25–22 |
Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) | Club La Tablada | Córdoba | [7][25] |
17 |
2018 |
CURNE [n 2](1) | 20–14 |
Huirapuca | Club CURNE | Resistencia | [7][26] |
18 |
2019 |
Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) (1) | 30–20 |
Marista | Club GER | Rosario | [7][27] |
– |
2020–21 |
(Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic)
| |||||
19 |
2022 |
Duendes (5) | 38–12 |
Huirapuca | Duendes RC | Rosario | [7][28] |
20 |
2023 |
Universitario (T) (1) | 25-21 |
Córdoba AC | Universitario RC | Tucumán | [7][29] |
21 |
2024 |
Tucumán Lawn Tennis (1) | 30–24 |
Jockey Club (C) | Jockey Club | Córdoba | [7][30] |
22 |
2025 |
Marista (1) | 27–7 |
Jockey Club (C) | Marista RC | Luján de Cuyo | [7][31] |
- Notes
- ^ Not the main venue but the auxiliary field.
- ^ Acronym for "Club Universitario de Rugby del Nordeste", based in Chaco Province.
Titles by team
| Team | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Duendes | 5 |
2003, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2022 |
| La Tablada | 4 |
2001, 2010, 2011, 2017 |
| Jockey Club Córdoba | 2 |
1998, 1999 |
| Jockey Club Rosario | 2 |
2000, 2002 |
| Tala | 1 |
2004 |
| Urú Curé | 1 |
2014 |
| Cardenales | 1 |
2015 |
| Los Tarcos | 1 |
2016 |
| CURNE | 1 |
2018 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) | 1 |
2019 |
| Universitario (T) | 1 |
2023 |
| Tucumán Lawn Tennis | 1 |
2024 |
| Marista | 1 |
2025 |
References
- ^ Marista se consagró campeón del Torneo Del Interior Copa Zurich on uar.com.ar. 27 Sep 2025
- ^ Torneo del Interior at UAR website
- ^ "Nuevo Torneo Nacional de Clubes a partir del 2014" Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. uar.com.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Reglamento Torneo del Interior 2018 on UAR website
- ^ Montevideo Cricket Club se destaca en importante torneo argentino de rugby on Marca País Uruguay
- ^ Historial Torneo del Interior
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Todos los campeones del Torneo del Interior 'A' y 'B' at espn.com.ar. 31 Jul 2024
- ^ a b La final del Interior se disputará en Córdoba at cordobaxv, 26 Oct 2004
- ^ Memoria 1998 at UAR
- ^ El Jockey campeón del TDI ’99 at jockeyclubcordoba.com.ar. 17 May 2017
- ^ Jockey, un justo bicampeón at lanacion.com.ar, 26 Sep 1999
- ^ A 25 años del último título en el Torneo del Interior on lavoz.com.ar. 6 Nov 2024
- ^ Rugby: La Tablada reina en el Interior
- ^ Jockey se consagró campeón del Torneo del Interior at La Capital. 28 Sep 2002
- ^ Duendes es el nuevo Rey del Interior at lacapital.com.ar
- ^ Tala RC Campeón del interior 2004 at rugbydecuyo.com.ar (archived)
- ^ Duendes Rugby Club campeón del Torneo del Interior at cordobaxv.com.ar, 15 Nov 2009
- ^ La Tablada, rey del interior at ellitoral.com.ar
- ^ campeones: Duendes recibe a La Tablada lacapital.com.ar. 5 Nov 2011
- ^ Duendes campeón del Torneo del Interior at norterugby
- ^ Duendes nuevamente campeón en el Torneo del Interior at cordobaxv
- ^ Urú hizo historia nomás y se consagró campeón del Torneo del Interior at cordobaxv. 3 May 2014
- ^ Cardenales, campeón del Interior aplenorugby, 16 May 2015
- ^ Los Tarcos y un grito que esperó 12 años at UAR (archived)
- ^ Con el último suspiro, fue de La Tablada at UAR. 29 Jul 2017
- ^ TDI: CURNE y Universitario de Salta gritaron campeón at espn.com.ar
- ^ GER, en su hora más gloriosa at rugby.com.ar. 30 Sep 2019
- ^ Duendes y Tala, campeones del Torneo del Interior 2022 at uar, 5 Nov 2022
- ^ Universitario (T) dejó su huella en la historia at uar.com.ar, 11 Nov 2023
- ^ Tucumán Lawn Tennis es el campeón del Torneo del Interior Copa Zurich 2024, 9 Nov 2024
- ^ Marista se consagró campeón del Torneo Del Interior Copa Zurich at uar.com.ar - 27 Sep 2025