2018–19 División de Honor de Rugby explained

2018–19 División de Honor
Countries: Spain
Date:16 September 2018 - 2 June 2019
Champions:Valladolid RAC
Runnersup:El Salvador
Promoted:Ciencias Sevilla CR, Independiente RC
Relegated:Bizkaia Gernika, CR La Vila
Matches:137
Tries:939
Top Point Scorer:Valentin Cruz, 271
Top Try Scorer:Juandre Kleynhans, 22
Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 División de Honor was the 52nd season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.

The championship playoffs began in May finishing with the Final on 28 May.

Valladolid won its third consecutive title, its ninth overall, after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm 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
AparejadoresSan Amaro1,500Burgos
BarcelonaLa Teixonera500Barcelona
Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, Bizkaia
Complutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400Madrid
El SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
HernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, Cantabria
La VilaCampo de Rugby El Pantano3,000Villajoyosa, Valencia
OrdiziaAltamira500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
SantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de Llobregat
ValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid

Results

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Alcobendas21-1043-1425-731-3126-2059-1938-1042-4027-3321-1417-16
Aparejadores23-2527-3632-2929-2757-1746-1839-3648-1530-4729-1511-48
Barcelona26-2940-318-1820-5921-1719-1220-1211-1722-3426-2721-34
Cisneros35-3730-2426-3117-5732-3943-3634-3917-2118-3533-2714-54
El Salvador33-2536-1833-1654-3152-2177-2843-2436-1451-1055-726-17
Gernika27-2927-2817-2430-1012-3129-2729-3918-1323-2413-1321-42
Hernani15-148-620-136-2212-4535-2720-3122-1639-1527-3420-22
Independiente23-2627-3124-3214-4328-2954-2136-3133-1727-2621-3422-28
La Vila12-2124-3016-2118-177-4020-2729-3835-2031-2417-1520-44
Ordizia22-3027-4040-1315-713-1355-2236-1011-1135-2848-3129-45
Santboiana32-1237-2919-2225-185-2453-1327-1442-3041-2822-2325-33
Valladolid25-1664-2222-3736-2520-027-2741-1062-1961-3341-1234-21

Table

  Team P W D L !
1 22 18 2 2 852 405 447 120 53 15 1 92
2 22 18 1 3 816 448 368 107 53 14 1 89
3 22 16 1 5 614 487 127 80 62 10 2 78
4 22 12 2 8 614 581 33 76 77 9 2 63
5 22 11 0 11 612 654 -42 80 86 12 3 59
6 Barcelona22 11 1 10 503 549 -46 64 65 7 4 57
7 22 10 1 11 566 570 -4 79 74 10 5 57
8 Independiente RC 22 7 1 14 580 691 -111 74 94 8 5 43
9 Hernani CRE 22 7 0 15 467 687 -220 61 91 7 6 41
10 22 5 1 16 526 673 -147 73 94 9 8 39
11 22 6 0 16 471 661 -190 61 92 7 7 38
12 22 5 2 15 497 712 -215 64 98 6 6 36
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 La Vila, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and Santander, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Santander won 57–53 on aggregate and gained promotion to the División de Honor for the 2019–20 season.

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.