2013–14 División de Honor | |
Countries: | ![]() |
Champions: | Valladolid (5th title) |
Runnersup: | El Salvador |
Relegated: | Ciencias |
Matches: | 137 |
Top Point Scorer: | Brad Linklater, 228 |
Top Try Scorer: | Ignacio Contardi, 21 |
Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 47th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.
The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.
Valladolid successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias was the team relegated to División de Honor B 2014–15.
The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:
The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finished bottom was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.
The bottom team in the standings was relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th played the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B was promoted to División de Honor.
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
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Atlético Madrid | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid | |
Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia | |
Ciencias | La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville | |
Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid | |
El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | |
Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1,000 | Guecho | |
Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa | |
Independiente RC | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria | |
Ordizia | Altamira | 500[1] | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa | |
Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | |
Universidad de Vigo | Lagoas-Marcosende | 3,000 | Vigo | |
Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
Team | P | W | D | L | Pts | ||||||
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1 | Valladolid | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 591 | 429 | 162 | 17 | 85 | |
2 | El Salvador | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 625 | 403 | 222 | 14 | 78 | |
3 | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 629 | 476 | 153 | 14 | 78 | |
4 | Independiente RC | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 593 | 512 | 81 | 15 | 67 | |
5 | Atlético Madrid | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 571 | 539 | 48 | 17 | 61 | |
6 | Ordizia | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 522 | 522 | 0 | 12 | 60 | |
7 | Getxo Artea | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 490 | 428 | 62 | 10 | 54 | |
8 | Santboiana | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 477 | 566 | -89 | 13 | 53 | |
9 | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 529 | 546 | -17 | 14 | 50 | |
10 | Hernani | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 463 | 643 | -180 | 9 | 41 | |
11 | Universidade Vigo | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 502 | 686 | -184 | 9 | 37 | |
12 | Ciencias | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 407 | 649 | -242 | 14 | 22 |
Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals | ||
Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals | ||
Relegation playoff | ||
Relegated |
The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.
Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.
Player | Try points | Team | |
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![]() | 110 | Independiente RC | |
![]() | 75 | Bizkaia Gernika | |
![]() | 70 | Santboiana | |
![]() | 65 | Bizkaia Gernika | |
![]() | 60 | Valladolid | |
![]() | 55 | Universidade Vigo | |
Tiago Girão | 55 | Complutense Cisneros | |
![]() | 55 | Getxo Artea | |
Tom Pearce | 55 | Bizkaia Gernika | |
Heinrich Steyl | 50 | Ordizia |
Player | Points | Team | |
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![]() | 228 | Getxo Artea | |
Tiago Girão | 218 | Complutense Cisneros | |
![]() | 190 | El Salvador | |
![]() | 190 | Atlético Madrid | |
Gareth Griffiths | 189 | Valladolid | |
Heinrich Steyl | 173 | Ordizia | |
![]() | 147 | Bizkaia Gernika | |
![]() | 146 | Independiente RC | |
![]() | 141 | Hernani | |
![]() | 124 | Universidade Vigo |