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{{Short description|Argentine rugby union tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Torneo Nacional de Clubes
| current_season  = 2021 
| current_season2 = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| last_season     =  
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| logo            = Nacional clubes logo.png
| logo_size       = 120px
| caption         = 
| formerly        = 
| sport           = Rugby union
| game            = 
| founded         = {{start date and age|1993}}
| folded          = 
| replaced        = 
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| ceo             = <!-- chief executive officer -->
| coo             = <!-- chief operating officer -->
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| fame            = <!--what the league is famous for...the "claim to fame"...avoid use if possible-->
| motto           = 
| inaugural       = 1993
| teams           = 16
| singles         = 
| country         = {{ARG}}
| venue           = 
| confed          = [[Argentine Rugby Union|UAR]] 
| champion        = [[Hindú Club|Hindú]]
| champ_season    = 2022
| most_champs     = [[Hindú Club|Hindú]] (11 titles)
| classification  =
| qualification   = 
| tv              = [[ESPN]]<br>[[DirecTV]]  
| sponsor         = 
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| related_comps   = {{plainlist|
* [[Torneo de la URBA|URBA Top 12]]
* [[Torneo del Interior]]
}}
| founder         = 
| levels          = 1 
| promotion       = 
| relegation      = 
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| website         = {{url|https://uar.com.ar/category/nacional/|uar.com.ar/nacional}}
| footnotes       =
| current         = <!-- wikilink to current season article to put icon and link at the bottom of the infobox -->
}}
The '''Torneo Nacional de Clubes''' is a club [[rugby union]] competition in [[Argentina]], organised by the [[Argentine Rugby Union]] (UAR). The Nacional de Clubes is the main club competition in Argentine rugby, being contested by a total of 16 teams, 8 from [[Buenos Aires]] and 8 from the rest of the [[provinces of Argentina]].

There is also a second division, "Nacional de Clubes B", with a similar format.

==History==
From 1993 to 2008, the competition involved 16 clubs, which were divided into four zones. The top two clubs of each zone qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition. The 16 best placed clubs in their respective regional championships were eligible to play the Nacional de Clubes. The number of teams were determined were: eight from [[Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]], two each from the [[Torneo del Noroeste|Noroeste]], [[Torneo del Litoral|Litoral]] and [[Unión Cordobesa de Rugby|Córdoba]] and one from both [[Unión de Rugby de Cuyo|Cuyo]] and [[Unión Marplatense de Rugby|Mar del Plata]].

Due to scheduling problems, in 2009 the UAR re-launched the [[Torneo del Interior]], a competition that involved clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. The new formula of this tournament coincided with a complete overhaul of the Nacional de Clubes system, so the competition was contested by only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from URBA.

That format remained until 2013, when the UAR announced that after a three-year hiatus, the Nacional de Clubes would return with the original 16 team format since the 2014 edition,<ref name="uar01082014">[http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=1916 "Nuevo Torneo Nacional de Clubes a partir del 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720032603/http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=1916 |date=20 July 2013 }}. uar.com.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.</ref><ref>[http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/rugby/la-uar-anuncio-el-nuevo-formato-para-el-torneo-nacional-de-clubes "La UAR anunció el nuevo formato para el Torneo Nacional de Clubes", La Voz, 14 Jun 2013]</ref> with 9 qualifying from the Torneo del Interior and 7 from the [[Torneo de la URBA|Buenos Aires Union]].<ref name="uar01082014" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2013/5/30/urba-acordaron-nuevo-formato-nacional-clubes-717648.asp |title="La UAR y la URBA acordaron el nuevo formato del Nacional de Clubes", Los Andes, 30 May 2013 |access-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185407/http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2013/5/30/urba-acordaron-nuevo-formato-nacional-clubes-717648.asp |archive-date=21 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Hindú Club]] is the most successful team with 11 titles.

==Format==
The "Nacional de Clubes A" is contested by 16 clubs from the best placed teams of the URBA and 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 the quarterfinals, concluding with the semi-finals and a final.<ref name=reglam18>[http://uar.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-Competencias-Clubes-Nacional-A-Reglamento.pdfv Reglamento Nacional de Clubes 2018] on UAR website</ref>

==List of champions==
Below are detailed all the final results:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width= px|Ed.
! width=40px|Season
! width= px|Champion
! width= px|Score
! width= px|Runner-up
|-
| {{center|1}} || align="center"| 1993 || '''[[San Isidro Club]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 27–19|| [[Tucumán Rugby Club|Tucumán]] 
|-
| {{center|2}} || align="center"| 1994 || '''[[San Isidro Club]]''' {{small|(2)}}|| 28–12 || [[Club La Tablada|La Tablada]] 
|-
| {{center|3}} || align="center"| 1995 || '''[[Club Atlético San Isidro|CA San Isidro]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 19-06 || [[La Plata Rugby Club|La Plata]] 
|-
| {{center|4}} || align="center"| 1996 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 21–11  || [[Asociación Alumni|Alumni]]
|-
| {{center|5}} || align="center"| 1997 || '''[[Jockey Club de Rosario|Jockey Club (R)]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 24–14 || [[Hindú Club|Hindú]] 
|-
| {{center|6}} || align="center"| 1998 || '''[[Club San Cirano|San Cirano]]''' {{small|(1)}} & '''[[Club San Luis|San Luis]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 22–22 || ''(None)'' {{refn|Both teams were declared champions after the match finished in a tie.|group=note|name=shared}} 
|-
| {{center|7}} || align="center"| 1999 || '''[[Club La Tablada|La Tablada]]''' {{small|(1)}}|| 23–22 || [[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]] 
|-
| {{center|–}} || align="center"| 2000 || colspan=3 style=background:#efefef | {{center| ''(Not held)'' }}
|-
| {{center|8}} || align="center"| 2001 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(2)}} || 27–14 || [[Asociación Alumni|Alumni]] 
|-
| {{center|9}} || align="center"| 2002 || '''[[Asociación Alumni|Alumni]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 23–21 || [[Jockey Club de Rosario|Jockey Club (Rosario)]] 
|-
| {{center|10}} || align="center"| 2003 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(3)}} || 31–27 || [[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]] 
|-
| {{center|11}} || align="center"| 2004 || '''[[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 32–21 || [[Los Tarcos Rugby Club|Los Tarcos]] 
|-
| {{center|12}} || align="center"| 2005 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(4)}} || 17–13 || [[Club San Luis|San Luis]] 
|-
| {{center|13}} || align="center"| 2006 || '''[[San Isidro Club]]''' {{small|(3)}} || 17–13 || [[Tala Rugby Club|Tala]] 
|-
| {{center|14}} || align="center"| 2007 || '''[[La Plata Rugby Club|La Plata]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 32–13 || [[Tucumán Rugby Club|Tucumán]] 
|-
| {{center|15}} || align="center"| 2008 || '''[[San Isidro Club]]''' {{small|(4)}} || 33–8 || [[La Plata Rugby Club|La Plata]] 
|-
| {{center|16}} || align="center"| 2009 || '''[[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]]''' {{small|(2)}} || 28–18 || [[Hindú Club|Hindú]] 
|-
| {{center|17}} || align="center"| 2010 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(5)}} || 25–22 || [[Club La Tablada|La Tablada]] 
|-
| {{center|18}} || align="center"| 2011 || '''[[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]]''' {{small|(3)}}  || 26–23 || [[Club La Tablada|La Tablada]]
|-
| {{center|–}} || align="center"| 2012–13 || colspan=3 style=background:#efefef | {{center| ''(Not held)'' }}
|-
| {{center|19}} || align="center"| 2014 || '''[[Club Universitario de Buenos Aires|Universitario (BA)]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 21–20 || [[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]] 
|-
| {{center|20}} || align=center|2015 ||'''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(6)}} || 27–25 || [[Club Newman|Newman]] 
|-
| {{center|21}} || align=center|2016 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(7)}} || 38–23 || [[Belgrano Athletic Club|Belgrano AC]]  
|-
| {{center|22}} || align=center|2017 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(8)}} || 20–10  || [[Tala Rugby Club|Tala]]
|-
| {{center|23}} || align=center|2018 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(9)}} || 25–0 || [[Club Newman|Newman]] 
|-
| {{center|24}} || align=center|2019 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(10)}} || 18-13 || [[Jockey Club de Rosario|Jockey Club (Rosario)]] 
|-
| {{center|–}} ||  {{center|2020–21}} || colspan=3 style=background:#efefef | {{center|''(Not held due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina|covid-19 pandemic]])''}}
|-
| {{center|25}} || align=center|2022 || '''[[Hindú Club|Hindú]]''' {{small|(11)}} || 34-16 || [[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]] 
|-
| {{center|25}} || align=center|2023 || '''[[San Isidro Club]]''' {{small|(5)}} || 25-18 || [[Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán|Universitario (Tucumán)]]
|-
| {{center|25}} || align=center|2024 || '''[[Tucumán Lawn Tennis Club|Lawn Tennis]]''' {{small|(1)}} || 22-17 || [[Asociación Alumni|Alumni]]
|}

;Notes
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==Titles by club==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=150px|Team
! width=50px|Titles
! width=300px|Years won
|-
| [[Hindú Club|Hindú]] || align="center" | 11 || 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
|-
| [[San Isidro Club]] || align="center" | 5 || 1993, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2023
|-
| [[Duendes Rugby Club|Duendes]] || align="center" | 3 || 2004, 2009, 2011
|-
| [[Club Atlético San Isidro|CA San Isidro]] || align="center" | 1 || 1995
|-
| [[Jockey Club de Rosario|Jockey Club (Rosario)]] || align="center" | 1 || 1997
|-
| [[Club San Cirano|San Cirano]] || align="center" | 1 || 1998 
|-
| [[Club San Luis|San Luis]] || align="center" | 1 || 1998 
|-
| [[Club La Tablada|La Tablada]] || align="center" | 1 || 1999
|-
| [[Asociación Alumni|Alumni]] || align="center" | 1 || 2002
|-
| [[La Plata Rugby Club|La Plata]] || align="center" | 1 || 2007
|-
|  [[Club Universitario de Buenos Aires|Universitario (BA)]] || align=center | 1 || 2014
|-
|  [[Tucumán Lawn Tennis Club|Lawn Tennis]] || align=center | 1 || 2024
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}

{{Nacional de Clubes Argentina}}
{{Rugby union in Argentina}}
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{{Top-level rugby union club competitions}}

[[Category:Rugby union competitions in Argentina]]
[[Category:Rugby union tournaments for clubs]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in Argentina]]