2014–15 División de Honor de Waterpolo explained

División de Honor 2014–15
Sport:	Water polo
League:	División de Honor
Pixels:	150px
Duration:	October 4, 2014–April 25, 2015 (regular season) May 5–May 21 (championship playoff)
League Champs:	Atlètic-Barceloneta
Second Place:	Mediterrani
No Of Teams:	12
Top Scorer:	Sergi Mora, 65 goals
Relegate To:	1ª División
Relegate:	AR Concepción-Ciudad Lineal
Seasonslistnames:	División de Honor
Prevseason Link:	2013–14 División de Honor de Waterpolo
Prevseason Year:	2013–14
Nextseason Link:	2015–16 División de Honor de Waterpolo
Nextseason Year:	2015–16

The 2014–15 season of the División de Honor de Waterpolo is the 92nd season of top-tier water polo in Spain since its inception in 1925.

The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. The regular season started in October 2014 and finished on April 25, 2015. The top eight teams at standing played in the championship playoff.

The championship playoff began with the quarter-finals series on 5 May.

Atlètic-Barceloneta won its tenth consecutive title after defeating CE Mediterrani in the Championship Final series 2–0.

Competition

Format

The División de Honor season took place between October and May, with every team playing each other at home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:

3 points for a win
1 point for a draw

The team with the highest number of points at the end of the 22 matches became the champion.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings at the end of the season was relegated to Primera División, while the top team from Primera División was promoted.

Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the División de Honor during the 2014–15 season:

Team	City	Pool	Founded
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Barcelona	Barcelona	Nova Escullera	1907
Barceloneta	Barcelona	Piscina Sant Sebastià	1913
Catalunya	Barcelona	Piscina Sant Jordi	1931
Concepción	Madrid	Piscina Felipe Scandone	1969
Mataró	Mataró	Piscina Joan Serra	1932
Mediterrani	Barcelona	Instal·lació Josep Vallès	1931
Navarra	Pamplona	Ciudad Deportiva Amaya	2006
Poble Nou	Barcelona	Piscina Sant Jordi	1930
Real Canoe	Madrid	Piscina Real Canoe	1931
Sabadell	Sabadell	Can Llong	1916
Sant Andreu	Barcelona	Piscina Pere Serrat	1971
Terrassa	Terrassa	Àrea Olímpica	1932

Regular season standings

Schedule and results

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1. round (2014.10.04)
Navarra – Concepción	12–5
Sabadell – Mediterrani	6–9
Real Canoe – Catalunya	11–8
Sant Andreu – Barcelona	7–10
Poble Nou – Mataró	6–13
Terrassa – Barceloneta	8–7

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2. round (2014.10.11)
Mataró – Real Canoe	2–4
Barceloneta – Poble Nou	17–9
Barcelona – Sabadell	5–10
Concepción – Sant Andreu	7–13
Catalunya – Navarra	17–2
Mediterrani – Terrassa	9–10

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3. round (2014.10.18)
Mataró – Barceloneta	3–14
Sabadell – Concepción	15–4
Real Canoe – Navarra	9–6
Sant Andreu – Catalunya	8–8
Terrassa – Barcelona	8–8
Poble Nou – Mediterrani	7–8

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4. round (2014.10.25)
Mediterrani – Mataró	12–8
Navarra – Sant Andreu	5–10
Barceloneta – Real Canoe	17–5
Barcelona – Poble Nou	7–6
Concepción – Terrassa	6–16
Catalunya – Sabadell	10–11

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5. round (2014.11.01)
Barceloneta – Mediterrani	19–6
Mataró – Barcelona	12–4
Sabadell – Navarra	16–7
Terrassa – Catalunya	18–6
Real Canoe – Sant Andreu	6–4
Poble Nou – Concepción	13–3

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6. round (2014.11.08)
Mediterrani – Real Canoe	9–6
Navarra – Terrassa	9–15
Barcelona – Barceloneta	7–15
Concepción – Mataró	2–17
Sant Andreu – Sabadell	8–8
Catalunya – Poble Nou	8–9

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7. round (2014.11.22)
Mediterrani – Barcelona	11–10
Mataró – Catalunya	9–8
Real Canoe – Sabadell	9–8
Terrassa – Sant Andreu	15–7
Poble Nou – Navarra	12–6
Barceloneta – Concepción	11–4

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8. round (2014.11.29)
Barceloneta – Catalunya	17–8
Navarra – Mataró	5–14
Barcelona – Real Canoe	8–9
Sabadell – Terrassa	9–9
Concepción – Mediterrani	2–12
Sant Andreu – Poble Nou	5–11

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9. round (2014.12.13)
Mediterrani – Catalunya	9–7
Barcelona – Concepción	13–2
Barceloneta – Navarra	18–8
Real Canoe – Terrassa	11–13
Mataró – Sant Andreu	9–10
Poble Nou – Sabadell	10–13

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10. round (2014.12.20)
Catalunya – Barcelona	10–6
Navarra – Mediterrani	7–9
Sabadell – Mataró	11–7
Real Canoe – Concepción	8–5
Sant Andreu – Barceloneta	4–13
Terrassa – Poble Nou	14–7

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11. round (2014.01.10)
Mediterrani – Sant Andreu	10–8
Barcelona – Navarra	10–8
Barceloneta – Sabadell	17–7
Concepción – Catalunya	6–14
Poble Nou – Real Canoe	7–11
Mataró – Terrassa	6–9

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12. round (2015.01.17)
Mediterrani – Sabadell	7–7
Mataró – Poble Nou	9–9
Barceloneta – Terrassa	9–10
Barcelona – Sant Andreu	13–6
Concepción – Navarra	8–8
Catalunya – Real Canoe	11–11

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13. round (2015.01.24)
Terrassa – Mediterrani	11–6
Poble Nou – Barceloneta	6–6
Navarra – Catalunya	5–14
Sabadell – Barcelona	12–6
Real Canoe – Mataró	10–9
Sant Andreu – Concepción	16–6

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14. round (2015.01.31)
Mediterrani – Poble Nou	5–8
Navarra – Real Canoe	8–7
Barceloneta – Mataró	8–6
Barcelona – Terrassa	8–9
Concepción – Sabadell	7–14
Catalunya – Sant Andreu	11–7

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15. round (2015.02.07)
Real Canoe – Barceloneta	6–14
Terrassa – Concepción	23–5
Mataró – Mediterrani	6–4
Poble Nou – Barcelona	8–9
Sabadell – Catalunya	13–11
Sant Andreu – Navarra	13–11

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16. round (2015.02.21)
Mediterrani – Barceloneta	3–13
Navarra – Sabadell	5–10
Barcelona – Mataró	8–6
Concepción – Poble Nou	1–18
Sant Andreu – Real Canoe	10–6
Catalunya – Terrassa	8–11

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17. round (2015.03.07)
Sabadell – Sant Andreu	11–13
Barceloneta – Barcelona	12–6
Mataró – Concepción	16–4
Real Canoe – Mediterrani	9–7
Terrassa – Navarra	18–3
Poble Nou – Catalunya	7–10

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18. round (2015.03.21)
Navarra – Poble Nou	4–11
Barcelona – Mediterrani	10–8
Sabadell – Real Canoe	9–8
Concepción – Barceloneta	5–21
Sant Andreu – Terrassa	10–11
Catalunya – Mataró	9–8

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19. round (2015.03.28)
Mediterrani – Concepción	16–4
Mataró – Navarra	13–6
Real Canoe – Barcelona	8–8
Catalunya – Barceloneta	7–20
Terrassa – Sabadell	12–13
Poble Nou – Sant Andreu	–

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20. round (2015.04.11)
Navarra – Barceloneta	–
Sabadell – Poble Nou	–
Concepción – Barcelona	–
Sant Andreu – Mataró	–
Catalunya – Mediterrani	–
Terrassa – Real Canoe	–

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21. round (2015.04.18)
Pro Recco – Acquachiara	–
Roma Vis Nova – AN Brescia	–
Lazio – CC Napoli	–
Bogliasco – Como	–
Florentia – Posillipo	–
S.M. Verona – Savona	–

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22. round (2015.04.25)
CC Napoli – Bogliasco	–
Acquachiara – Florentia	–
Savona – Lazio	–
Como – Pro Recco	–
Posillipo – Roma Vis Nova	–
AN Brescia – S.M. Verona	–

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Championship playoffs

Quarter-finals

1st match

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2nd match

------------ Atlètic-Barceloneta wins series 2–0.

3rd match

Mataró Quadis wins series 2–1.

Mediterrani wins series 2–1.

Sabadell wins series 2–1.

Semifinals

1st match

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2nd match

Mediterrani wins series 2–0.

---- Atlètic-Barceloneta wins series 2–0.

Final

2nd match

Atlètic-Barceloneta wins championship Final series 2–0.

Individual awards

Championship MVP: Sergi Mora, CN Terrassa
Best Goalkeeper: Michał Diakonów, CN Mataró Quadis
Top goalscorer: Sergi Mora, CN Terrassa

Relegation playoff

Playoff to be played in two legs. 1st leg to be played on 9 May and 2nd leg on 16 May. The overall winner will play in División de Honor 2015–16 and the loser will play in Primera Nacional.|}

2nd leg

19–19 on aggregate. Waterpolo Navarra won the penalty shoot-out 3–0 and remained in División de Honor.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sergi Mora	Terrassa	65
2	Albert Español	Barceloneta	59
2	Árpád Babay	Catalunya	59
4	Mehdi Marzouki	Mataró-Quadis	53
5	Víctor Flores	Barcelona	49
6	Lukáš Ďurík	Sant Andreu	48
7	Alejandro Idárraga	Poble Nou–Enginyers	47
8	Alberto Barroso	Real Canoe	46
9	Rubén de Lera	Terrassa	45
10	Guilherme Oneto	Barcelona	44

Number of teams by autonomous communities

	No. teams	Teams
1	9	Barcelona, Barceloneta, Catalunya, Mataró, Mediterrani, Poble Nou, Sabadell, Sant Andreu and Terrassa
2	2	Concepción and Real Canoe
3	1	Navarra

External links

Real Federación Española de Natación

Notes and References

http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/waterpolo/asp/calendario.asp?c=341 Results
Web site: División de Honor statistics (sorted by goals). rfen.es. es. 2014-12-21. 2015-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150217052356/http://rfen.es/publicacion/waterpolo/asp/goleadores.asp?c=341. dead.

2014–15 División de Honor de Waterpolo explained

Competition

Format

Promotion and relegation

Team information

Regular season standings

Schedule and results

Championship playoffs

Quarter-finals

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

Semifinals

1st match

2nd match

Final

2nd match

Individual awards

Relegation playoff

2nd leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Number of teams by autonomous communities

See also

External links

Notes and References