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Super Ibérica de Rugby

Rugby Championship

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2303321 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Superibérica de Rugby was a national rugby union competition in Spain which was held in 2009 with six Spanish teams, with the hope of expanding to include Portuguese teams and a team from Gibraltar in the future.

Gatos de Madrid won the only season in 2009.

In January 2010 it was announced that the second Superliga season would take place in August, September and early October 2010. Eight teams (no mention of Portuguese or Gibraltarian teams) were expected to participate, however the competition was discontinued.

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The public source identifies “Super Ibérica de Rugby” as rugby Championship. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Super, Ibérica and Rugby.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Super, Ibérica and Rugby providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2303321. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2010.

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This entry incorporates text from “Super Ibérica de Rugby” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.