2018 South American Six Nations

The 2018 South American Six Nations, or 6 Naciones Sudamericano, was the 40th edition of the rugby union tournament between South American national teams. This year the tournament was renamed South American Six Nations, replacing the South American Rugby Championship, which was last played in 2017. For the first time, the tournament had six nations participating, including Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Chile. Because of superior quality of their national teams, Uruguay and Argentina sent Uruguay A national rugby union team and Argentina XV national rugby union team, the nations' second national rugby team, for this tournament. Unlike the previous year, this tournament abolished a round-robin format and was divided in two groups: The West Conference, composed of Argentina XV, Chile, and Colombia; and the East Conference, made up of Brazil, Uruguay XV, and Paraguay. Each team played the teams in the other conference once.[1]

2018 South American Six Nations
DateMay 5 – May 20, 2018
Countries Brazil
 Chile
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Colombia
Final positions
Champions Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
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As the first South American Six Nations championship, this tournament marked a few milestones. Brazil was the South American champion for the first time, after defeating the Argentinian XV team for 36-33 in Buenos Aires. This was the first time ever a Brazilian side defeated an Argentinian side in international rugby union. Conquering the Championship was a milestone for Brazilian rugby, which have been improving ever since the 2000s and received more investments preceding the 2016 Summer Olympics. Also a first, reigning champions Uruguay decided to use a second team to play the Championship, failing to produce results as they finished fourth. Furthermore, this tournament was also the first time that Colombia entered a first level South American tournament. Like Brazil, rugby in Colombia is still a underdeveloped sport which have been going through a process of increasing investments and improving results in the sport.[2]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 131 50 +81 1 13
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 161 54 +107 3 11
3   Chile 3 2 0 1 131 48 +83 1 9
4   Uruguay 3 1 0 2 61 91 −30 2 6
5   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 31 187 −156 0 4
6   Colombia 3 0 0 3 36 121 −85 1 1
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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Round 1

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5 May 2018
Colombia  5-26  Uruguay
Cicuentenario Stadium, Medellin
5 May 2018
Paraguay  3-64  Argentina
Héroes de Curupaytí Stadium, Asuncion
5 May 2018
Brazil  28-12  Chile
Canindé Stadium, São Paulo

Round 2

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12 May 2018
Uruguay  20-22  Chile
Charrúa Stadium, Montevideo
12 May 2018
Argentina  33-36  Brazil
Club Newman Stadium, Buenos Aires
12 May 2018
Paraguay  28-26  Colombia
Héroes de Curupaytí Stadium, Asuncion

Round 3

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19 May 2018
Brazil  67-5  Colombia
SPAC Santo Amaro, São Paulo
19 May 2018
Chile  97-0  Paraguay
Old Grangonian Club, Santiago
20 May 2018
Argentina  64-15  Uruguay
Club Newman Stadium, Buenos Aires

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Six nations compete for new South American crown". World Rugby. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "South American A Championship To Expand in 2018". Americas Rugby News. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2020.