The South American Rugby Championship is a two-tiered, annual rugby union

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 competition that features teams from South America

South America

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. The tournament began in 1951

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 and was hosted by Uruguay

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, and was won by Argentina

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. It wasn't until 2005

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 when the first official Division B tournament was held, which was eventually won by Brazil

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, all tournaments have been won by Argentina with the exception of the 1981 edition, in which Argentina did not participate, and were won by Uruguay

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Past Tournaments – Division A

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fifth Place
1951 1951 South American Rugby Championship The 1951 South American Rugby Championship was the first edition of the two tiered competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was arrangend by the "Union de Rugby de River Plate"...
1958 1958 South American Rugby Championship The 1958 South American Rugby Championship was the second edition of the two tiered competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America. The tournament was arranged seven years after the "Torneo Internacional played in 1951, and later recognized as the first edition of this...
1961 1961 South American Rugby Championship The 1961 South American Rugby Championship was the third edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Uruguay and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :...
1964 1964 South American Rugby Championship The 1964 South American Rugby Championship was the fourth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in São Paulo, Brazil and was won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :...
1967 1967 South American Rugby Championship The 1967 South American Rugby Championship was the fifth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Buenos Aires and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :...
1969 1969 South American Rugby Championship The 1969 South American Rugby Championship was the sixth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Santiago and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :...
1971 1971 South American Rugby Championship The 1971 South American Rugby Championship was the seventh edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Montevideo and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1973 1973 South American Rugby Championship The 1973 South American Rugby Championship was the eighth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in San Paolo and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1975 1975 South American Rugby Championship The 1975 South American Rugby Championship was the ninth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Asuncion and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1977 1977 South American Rugby Championship The 1977 South American Rugby Championship was the tenth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Asuncion and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1979 1979 South American Rugby Championship The 1979 South American Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Chile and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1981 1981 South American Rugby Championship The 1981 South American Rugby Championship was the twelth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Montevideo and won by Uruguay...
1983 1983 South American Rugby Championship The 1983 South American Rugby Championship was the 13th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Buenos Aires and won by Argentina .- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1985 1985 South American Rugby Championship The 1985 South American Rugby Championship was the 14th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Asuncion and won by Argentina .- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1987 1987 South American Rugby Championship The 1987 South American Rugby Championship was the 15th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Santiago and won by Argentina .- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1989 1989 South American Rugby Championship The 1989 South American Rugby Championship was the 16th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Montevideo and won by Argentina.- Standings :- Results :*First round...
1991 1991 South American Rugby Championship The 1991 South American Rugby Championship was the 17th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.For the first time, the tournament wasn't played in a host country, but in different venues in each countrie participating.- Standings :- Results...
1993 1993 South American Rugby Championship The 1993 South American Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.For the second time, the tournament wasn't played in a host country, but in different venues in each country participating.Argentina won the tournament.The...
1995 1995 South American Rugby Championship The 1995 South American Rugby Championship was the 19th 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 countries participating....
1997 1997 South American Rugby Championship 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....
1998 1998 South American Rugby Championship The 1998 South American Rugby Championship was the 21th 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 countrie participating....
2000 2000 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2000 South American Rugby Championship was the 22th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Montevideo, with three team participating...
2001 2001 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2001 South American Rugby Championship was the 23th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament wasn' played in an host country.Argentina won the tournament....
2002 2002 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2002 South American Rugby Championship was the 24th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Mendoza and Santiago, with four teams participating.Argentina won the tournament....
2003 2003 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2003 South American Rugby Championship was the 25th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Montevideo, with four team participating...
2004 2004 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2004 South American Rugby Championship was the 26th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Santiago, Chile with four team participating.Argentina won the tournament...
2005 2005 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2005 South American Rugby Championship was the 27th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina with the team participating....
2006 2006 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2006 South American Rugby Championship was the 28th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament, that was also valid as the final stage of South Americas 2007 Rugby World Cup qualification, wasn't played in a host country, but each of the...
2007 2007 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2007 South American Rugby Championship was the 28th edition of the now multi-divisional rugby competition involving the top rugby nations from South America.Division A consisted of three teams and was played on a home and away basis...
2008 2008 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2008 South American Rugby Championship was the 29th edition of the now multi-divisional rugby competition involving the top rugby nations from South America.Division A consisted of three teams and was played on a home and away basis...
2009
2010
2011 2011 South American Rugby Championship "A" The 2011 South American Rugby Championship "A" was the 31st edition of the two tiered competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America....

Past Tournaments – Division B

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fifth Place
2000 2000 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2000 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the first edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Sao Paolo, with three teams participating.Brasil won the tournament....
2001 2001 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2001 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the second edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America....
2002 2002 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2002 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the third edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Lima, with four team participating.Brasil won the tournament.- Standings :...
2003 2003 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2003 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the forth edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Bogota, with four team participating....
2004 2004 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2004 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the fifth edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Sao Paolo, with four team participating....
2005 2005 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2005 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the sixth edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America....
2006 2006 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2006 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the seventh edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Caracas,Brazil won the tournament.- Standings :...
2007
2008
2009 2009 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2009 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the 10th second tier of national Rugby Union teams in South America.The torunament was played in Costa Rica, outside South America, but the hosts were given a place and the right to organize the tournament....
2010 2010 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2010 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the 11th edition of the second tier competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.Division B was organised in Medellin from 24 to 31 october 2010...
2011 2011 South American Rugby Championship "B" The 2011 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the 12th edition of the second tier competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America. It was organised by Peru during August 21–27, 2011 and was won by Venezuela....

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