The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão is the second tier competition of the Portuguese domestic rugby championship and is organised by the

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. The winner gets promoted to the Campeonato Português de Rugby and the last positioned team gets relegated to the

Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão is the third tier of the Portuguese Rugby League. It consists in regional groups (3 groups in 2023-24: 1 in the north (7 clubs) and 2 in the south - South 1 (5 clubs) and South 2 (6 clubs)). Season 202 ...

. The current champions are Montemor, from

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. The league consists of 12 teams.

Season 2023-24 teams

Group North

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

* CDUP "B" * CRAV * Guimarães

Group Center

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* Caldas * Santarém * Técnico

Group South

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Loulé Loulé () is a city and municipality in the region of Algarve, district of Faro, Portugal. In 2011, the population of the entire municipality was 70,622 inhabitants, in an area of approximately . The municipality has two principal cities: Loulé ...

* Montemor *

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Champions

http://www.fpr.pt/a_fpr/relatorios_e_contas.asp Detailed classifications of FPR competitions

References

External links

Portuguese Rugby Federation Official Website
Rugby union leagues in Portugal

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