2016–17 División de Honor de Rugby explained

2016–17 División de Honor
Countries: Spain
Date:18 September 2016 to 28 May 2017
Champions:Valladolid
Runnersup:El Salvador
Relegated:Ciencias Sevilla CR
Promoted:CR La Vila
Tries:921
Matches:137
Top Point Scorer:Bradley Dean Linklater, 281
Top Try Scorer:Arturo Iñiguez, 17
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 División de Honor was the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.

Valladolid won the title, its seventh overall after defeating local arch-rivals El Salvador in the Final.

Competition format

The División de Honor season takes place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:

The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.

The club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th play the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B is promoted to División de Honor.

Teams

TeamStadiumCapacityCity
AlcobendasLas Terrazas500Alcobendas
BarcelonaLa Teixonera500Barcelona
Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, Bizkaia
CienciasInstalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja1,932Seville
Complutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400Madrid
El SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Gernika RTUrbieta zelaia1,000Gernika
Getxo Artea R.T.Fadura1,000Guecho
HernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, Cantabria
OrdiziaAltamira500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
SantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de Llobregat
ValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid

Results

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Alcobendas52-2482-027-1125-2928-2063-2638-546-1034-1831-1728-17
Barcelona17-6133-2041-2610-3613-2031-2730-1830-3417-2433-565-28
Ciencias22-2927-1824-2622-3142-3325-2512-1733-4014-2915-527-89
Cisneros22-3234-2766-323-1745-2447-1950-1929-1522-1715-2212-33
El Salvador32-3144-1955-747-3111-669-050-854-3136-1822-1323-15
Gernika RT27-740-2827-137-1114-3737-1814-1127-3324-624-3513-17
Getxo11-2817-2410-515-3139-2423-4026-2226-3318-3921-2024-45
Hernani26-015-733-1010-297-4839-2623-1318-2223-817-347-41
Independiente19-5523-1444-1835-2717-4722-2329-2119-1528-1019-1714-59
Ordizia15-2351-1439-1326-2910-3332-625-1019-338-2436-206-13
Santboiana38-731-1033-2237-2232-2733-2062-857-1058-3234-728-31
Valladolid47-1455-1457-1431-523-2434-768-3555-529-2055-1836-14

Table

!No!Club!P!W!D!L! !!!!!Pts
1El Salvador22190315279640139593
2Valladolid22190316187833754193
3Alcobendas22160611274145328877
4Santboiana22150713374346527876
5Complutense Cisneros2213091316135288566
6Independiente RC221201091563694-13158
7Ordizia221001283491493-251
8Bizkaia Gernika22901394479538-5949
9Hernani22701534351608-25735
10Barcelona22501754459739-28029
11Getxo Artea R.T.22411763432790-35827
12Ciencias22211955368868-50020
Qualified for playoff semifinals.
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals.
Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor B
Relegation to División de Honor B

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Getxo Artea, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and UBU-Colina Clinic, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Getxo Artea won 132-19 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.

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,es/. 21 October 2010. 13 September 2010. Spanish.