20° Campeonato Sudamericano de Rugby

Date	24 August– 4 October 1997
Countries	Argentina  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runner-up	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
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The 1997 South American Rugby Championship was the 20th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.

The tournament wasn't played in a host country, but in different venues in each country participating.

Argentina won the tournament.

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	184	27	+ 157	6
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	116	82	+ 34	4
Chile	3	1	0	2	85	98	- 13	2
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	25	203	- 178	0

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24 August 1997

Uruguay	32–17	Chile

Carrasco Polo, Montevideo

30 August 1997

Chile	58–16	Paraguay

Santiago

13 September 1997

Argentina	78–0	Paraguay

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

20 September 1997

Paraguay	9–67	Uruguay

Asuncion

27 September 1997

Uruguay	17–56	Argentina

Carrasco Polo, Montevideo

4 October 1997

Argentina	50–10	Chile

Maristas RC, Mendoza

• Union Argentina de Rugby (December 1997). "MEMORIA Temporada año 1997" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (.pdf) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-06-07.