Argentina Win Ipanema Beach Rugby

Argentina are the 2019 Beach Rugby champions in both the men’s and women’s categories. Argentina completed the double at Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema Beach on Saturday.

The Beach Rugby rules are five on five matches with five minute halves. Competing in both the men’s and women’s this year were Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Each men’s and women’s team played every other men’s and women’s team twice.

MEN’S RESULTS
Brazil 6-5 Uruguay
Argentina 7-1 Uruguay
Brazil 5-8 Argentina
Brazil 9-9 Argentina
Argentina 7-2 Uruguay
Brazil 5-10 Argentina

WOMEN’S RESULTS
Brazil 5-4 Uruguay
Argentina 7-3 Uruguay
Brazil 5-3 Argentina
Brazil 4-3 Uruguay
Argentina 7-3 Uruguay
Brazil 3-6 Argentina