Torneo de Córdoba (rugby union)

Torneo de Primera División (Córdoba)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023
SportRugby union
Founded1931; 93 years ago (1931)
No. of teams11 (Primera División)
Country Argentina
ConfederationUCR
Most recent
champion(s)		Córdoba AC
(2023)
Most titlesTala (24 titles)
TV partner(s)ESPN
Level on pyramid2
Related
competitions		URBA Top 12
Official websiteunioncordobesa.com.ar/torneo

The Torneo de Córdoba, officially named Torneo de Primera División, is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The tournament involves clubs affiliated to the Córdoba Rugby Union (UCR), and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year.

The 2019 edition is named "Enrique Rudy Schmal" in honour of a former president of the UCR, died in 2018.[1]

Format

The tournament is contested by 11 clubs, 8 from the last Primera División season plus the 3 best placed teams of Torneo de Ascenso in the previous season. Teams are split into two zones, where they play each other in a single round-robin format. The four best placed teams of each zone qualify for the "Súper 8" tournament, while the rest of the teams play a promotion and relegation playoff.[2]

Champion and runner-up of Torneo de Córdoba qualify for the Nacional de Clubes, the main club competition of Argentina while the other best placed teams qualify for Torneo del Interior, the national club competition outside Buenos Aires.

List of championships

Since 1931, all the champions year-by-year:[3]

Ed. Year Champion(s)
1
 1931 Universitario (1)
2
 1932 Universitario (2)
3
 1933 Universitario (3)
4
 1934 Universitario (4)
5
 1935 Universitario (5)
6
 1936 Universitario (6)
7
 1937 Córdoba RC[note 1] (1)
8
 1938 Córdoba RC (2)
9
 1939 San Martín (1)
10
 1940 San Martín (2)
11
 1941 Universitario (7)
12
 1942 Universitario (8)
13
 1943 San Martín (3)
14
 1944 Gimnasia y Esgrima (1)
15
 1945 Universitario (9)
16
 1946 Jockey Club (1)
17
 1947 Jockey Club (2)
18
 1948 Jockey Club (3)
19
 1949 Jockey Club (4)
20
 1950 Jockey Club (5)
21
 1951 Jockey Club (6)
22
 1952 Córdoba AC (1)
23
 1953 Escuela de Aviación (1)
24
 1954 Jockey Club (7)
25
 1955 Córdoba AC (2)
26
 1956 Universitario (10) and Jockey Club (8) [note 2]
27
 1957 Universitario (11)
28
 1958 Universitario (12) and Jockey Club (9) [note 2]
29
 1959 Universitario (13)
30
 1960 Universitario (14)
31
 1961 Universitario (15) and La Tablada (1) [note 2]
32
 1962 Universitario (16) and Córdoba AC (3) [note 2]
1963 Universitario (17) and La Tablada (2) [note 2]
33
 1964 Universitario (18)
34
 1965 La Tablada (3)
35
 1966 La Tablada (4)
36
 1967 Córdoba AC (4)
37
 1968 Córdoba AC (5)
38
 1969 Córdoba AC (6)
39
 1970 Córdoba AC (7)
40
 1971 Tala (1)
41
 1972 Tala (2)
42
 1973 Córdoba AC (8)
43
 1974 Córdoba AC (9)
44
 1975 Tala (3)
45
 1976 Universitario (19)
46
 1977 Universitario (20)
47
 1978 La Tablada (5)
48
 1979 Tala (4)
49
 1980 Tala (5)
50
 1981 Tala (6)
51
 1982 Tala (7) and Córdoba AC (10) [note 2]
52
 1983 Tala (8)
53
 1984 Tala (9)
54
 1985 Tala (10)
55
 1986 Tala (11)
56
 1987 La Tablada (6)
57
 1988 La Tablada (7)
58
 1989 Tala (12)
59
 1990 Tala (13)
60
 1991 La Tablada (8)
61
 1992 Córdoba AC (11)
62
 1993 Jockey Club (10)
63
 1994 La Tablada (9)
64
 1995 Tala (14)
65
 1996 Córdoba AC (12)
66
 1997 La Tablada (10)
67
 1998 Tala (15)
68
 1999 Tala (16)
69
 2000 La Tablada (11)
70
 2001 La Tablada (12)
71
 2002 Palermo Bajo (1)
72
 2003 La Tablada (13)
73
 2004 Tala (17)
74
 2005 Córdoba AC (13)
75
 2006 La Tablada (14)
76
 2007 Tala (18)
77
 2008 Córdoba AC (14)
78
 2009 Jockey Club (Villa María) (1)
79
 2010 Córdoba AC (15)
80
 2011 La Tablada (15), Córdoba AC (16), and Tala (19) [note 2]
81
 2012 La Tablada (16)
82
 2013 La Tablada (17)
83
 2014 Tala (20)
84
 2015 Tala (21)
85
 2016 Tala (22)
86
 2017 Tala (23)
87
 2018 Tala (24)
88
 2019 Urú Curé (1)
–
 2020 (not held)
89
 2021 Jockey Club (11)
90
 2022 Jockey Club (12)
90
 2023 Córdoba AC (17)
Notes:
  1. ^ Not to be confused with Córdoba Athletic Club
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Title shared.

Titles by club

Team Titles Years won
Tala 24 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Universitario 20 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977
La Tablada
17
 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013
Córdoba AC
17
 1952, 1955, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2023
Jockey Club 12 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1993, 2021, 2022
San Martín 3 1939, 1940, 1943
Córdoba RC 2 1937, 1938
Gimnasia y Esgrima 1 1944
Escuela de Aviación 1 1953
Palermo Bajo 1 2002
Jockey Club (Villa María) 1 2009
Urú Curé 1 2019

References

  1. ^ Falleció el ex titular de la UCR, Enrique Schmal on Vía Córdoba, 31 December 2018
  2. ^ Torneo Oficial de Primera División on UCR website, 2018
  3. ^ Historial de Campeones cordobeses on UCR website, 30 June 2018