1997 South American Rugby Championship

Rugby union tournament

*20° Campeonato Sudamericano de Rugby*
Final positions
Date	24 August– 4 October 1997
Countries	Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay
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 was not played in a host country, but at different venues in each country participating.

Argentina won the tournament.

Standings

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

24 August 1997

Uruguay	32–17	Chile

Carrasco Polo, Montevideo

30 August 1997

Chile	58–16	Paraguay

13 September 1997

Argentina	78–0	Paraguay

Aranduroga RC, Corrientes

20 September 1997

Paraguay	9–67	Uruguay

27 September 1997

Uruguay	17–56	Argentina

Carrasco Polo, Montevideo

4 October 1997

Argentina	50–10	Chile

Maristas RC, Mendoza

Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Page of IRB - South American Championship 1997

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.

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