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Rugby union in Brazil

Index Rugby union in Brazil

Rugby union in Brazil is a minor but growing sport, with rugby union increasing in popularity at universities across Brazil. [1]

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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BandSports

BandSports is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 2002 by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brazil national rugby sevens team

The Brazil national rugby sevens team competes in rugby sevens at international level.

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Brazil national rugby union team

The Brazil national rugby union team, nicknamed Tupis, is controlled by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby.

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Brazilian Rugby Confederation

The Brazilian Rugby Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Rugby, CBRu) is the governing body for rugby union in Brazil.

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Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby

The Brazilian Championship of Rugby, or Super 8, is the main tournament for rugby union clubs in Brazil since 1964.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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European Rugby Champions Cup

The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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France national rugby union team

The France national rugby union team competes annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Peru national rugby union team

The Peru national rugby team, nicknamed los Tumis, is an emerging team in the Americas and a member of the Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (Consur).

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Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby (officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership due to sponsorship reasons) is an English professional rugby union competition.

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RecordTV

RecordTV is a Brazilian free-to-air commercial television network established in September 27, 1953 by the businessman and media personality Paulo Machado de Carvalho.

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RedeTV!

RedeTV! is a Brazilian television network, owned by Amilcare Dallevo and Marcelo de Carvalho.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens), and originally known as Seven-a-side rugby is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40 minute halves.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby union in Macau

Rugby union is a minor sport in Macau.

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Rugby union in Portugal

Rugby union in Portugal is a growing sport, though still a long distance from association football.

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Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams.

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Rugby World Cup Sevens

The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the premier stand-alone international rugby sevens competition outside the Olympic Games.

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São Paulo Athletic Club

São Paulo Athletic Club - officially these days Clube Atlético São Paulo, but generally referred to as SPAC, is a Brazilian sports club founded on 13 May 1888 by Charles William Miller and several English immigrants, being one of the first association football clubs in the country.

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São Paulo Sevens

São Paulo Sevens is an annual women's Rugby sevens tournament, and one of five stops on the IRB Women's Sevens World Series.

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Six Nations Championship

The Six Nations Championship (recently known as the NatWest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

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South American Rugby Championship

South American Rugby Championship refers to the continental rugby championships for South America, organized by Sudamérica Rugby.

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Sport in Brazil

Sports in Brazil are those that are widely practiced and popular in the country, as well as others which originated there or have some cultural significance.

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States of Brazil

The Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of 27 Federative Units (Unidades Federativas, UF): 26 states (estados) and one federal district (distrito federal), where the federal capital, Brasília, is located.

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Super Rugby

Super Rugby is a professional men's rugby union football competition in the Southern Hemisphere and Japan.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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Top 14

The Top 14 is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France created in 1892.

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TV5Monde

TV5Monde (formerly known as TV5) is a global television network, broadcasting several channels of French language programming.

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World Rugby

World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union and rugby sevens.

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World Rugby Sevens Series

The World Rugby Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams.

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1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina

The 1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina was a series of rugby union team matches played in June 1974 by France in Argentina and Brasil.

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1985 France rugby union tour of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

The 1985 France rugby union tour of South America was a series of matches played in June 1985 in South America by France national rugby union team.

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1999 Rugby World Cup

The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship.

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2003 Rugby World Cup

The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England.

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2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987.

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2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Brazil

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