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.

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
← 1995 1998 →

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

Argentina won the tournament.

Standings

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

Results

24 August 1997

Uruguay	32–17	Chile

Carrasco Polo, Montevideo

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30 August 1997

Chile	58–16	Paraguay

Santiago

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13 September 1997

Argentina	78–0	Paraguay

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

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20 September 1997

Paraguay	9–67	Uruguay

Asuncion

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27 September 1997

Uruguay	17–56	Argentina

Carrasco Polo, Montevideo

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4 October 1997

Argentina	50–10	Chile

Maristas RC, Mendoza

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References

• 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.