2011–12 División de Honor de Rugby explained

2011–12 División de Honor
Countries: Spain
Champions:Valladolid
Runnersup:Ordizia
Relegated:Alcobendas
Matches:90
Tries:600
Top Point Scorer:Daniel Waenga, 221
Top Try Scorer:Julen Goia, 17
Prevseason:2010–11
Nextseason:2012–13

The 2011–12 División de Honor was the 45th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1953. It began in autumn 2011 and finished on May 12 with the Final. Valladolid won the title, while Alcobendas were relegated to División de Honor B.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;

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Teams

TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area
AlcobendasLas Terrazas500Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Guernica, Biscay
CienciasOlímpico La Cartuja5,000Seville
Getxo ArteaFadura500Getxo
El SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
La VilaEl Pantano1,550Villajoyosa, Alicante
OrdiziaAltamira500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
SantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de Llobregat
Universidade VigoLagoas-Marcosende3,000Vigo
ValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid

Regular season standings

TeamWDL+/-Pts
1Valladolid 18150358937421574441171
2Ordizia 18131454338415966461165
3Santboiana 18130553634818867421264
4La Vila 18102645044285448953
5Bizkaia Gernika 189094313884347591147
6Getxo Artea 18927406409-35647747
7El Salvador 18909469472-36262945
8Ciencias 185013353503-15049651131
9Universidade de Vigo 182016353543-19049751422
10Alcobendas 182115325592-2674480818
Source: Federación Española de Rugby
Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
Relegation playoff

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Alcobendas, who finished 10th in División de Honor, and Hernani, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won the tie, winning 27-24 on aggregate.

2nd leg

Scorers statistics http://www.ferugby.com/n_documento_index.php?fichero=/n_contenedores/sportec_estad.php&imagen_cab=/img/tt_clasificacionjugadores.jpg&titulo=

By try points

PlayerTry pointsTeam
Julen Goia80Ordizia
Josh Hamilton75Universidade Vigo
Ryan Le Loux70Santboiana
Marcos Poggi55La Vila
Pablo Feijoo50El Salvador
Glen Rolls50Valladolid
Aníbal Bonan45Valladolid
Jon Magunazelaia40Bizkaia Gernika
Santiago Fernández40Alcobendas
Daniel Kroll40Ordizia

By total points

PlayerPointsTeam
Daniel Waenga221Valladolid
Daniel Kroll215Ordizia
Isaac Thompson187Santboiana
Brad Linklater165Getxo Artea
Josh Hamilton163Universidad de Vigo
Pedro Rodríguez147El Salvador
Marvin Swartbooi147Bizkaia Gernika
Santiago Fernández126Alcobendas
Eduardo Sorribes90La Vila
Julen Goia85Ordizia

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estadio Altamira. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101021103512/http://www.ordiziarugby.com/content/view/45/79/lang%2Ces/. 21 October 2010. 13 September 2010. Spanish.