División de Honor Femenina de Rugby explained

División de Honor de Rugby
Current Season:2022–23 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby
Sport:Rugby union
Owner:Federación Española de Rugby
Teams:8
Champion:Majadahonda (3rd title)
Most Champs:INEF Barcelona (11 titles)
Sponsor:Iberdrola
Tv:TVE
FERUGBYTV (Live Streams and VOD)
Relegation:División de Honor B
Related Comps:Copa de la Reina de Rugby Campeonato de España Femenino de Rugby
Website:ferugby.es

The División de Honor Femenina, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Liga Iberdrola,[1] [2] is the top Spanish league competition for women's rugby union clubs. The league began in 2010 and consists of eight teams. Clubs are relegated to and promoted from Regional Championships.

There were two competitions before establishment of División de Honor Femenina in 2010, Campeonato de España Femenino (1989–1997) and Copa de la Reina (1998–2010).

Competition

Format

The División de Honor comprises regular season and playoff. Regular season takes place between November and May, with every team playing each other once. Then the teams are split into 2 groups. Group A comprises the first 4 placed and Group B the 4 last. Teams play again against the others on their group, thus reaching a total of 10 rounds.[3] Points are awarded according to the following:[4]

After the regular season, the top six teams play a championship playoff. The first two classify to the semi-finals and the 4 next play the quarter-finals.[3]

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to Honor Division B, while the second-to-last plays a relegation playoff on neutral ground against Honor Division B runner up.[5]

Past winners

Campeonato de España Femenino

YearChampion Runner-upScore
1989 INEF Barcelona (1º) CEU Madrid10–6
1990 CEU Madrid (1º) Puig Castellar30–0
1991 Alcobendas RC (1º) INEF Barcelona24–0
1992 Alcobendas RC (2º) INEF Barcelona4–0
1993 Majadahonda (1º) Bonanova6–0
1994 Majadahonda (2º) Bonanova15–0
1995 INEF Barcelona (2º) Majadahonda10–0
1996 Getafe RC (1º) BUC10–0
1997 Getafe RC (2º) L'Hospitalet15–0

Copa de la Reina

YearChampion Runner-upScore
1998 L'Hospitalet (1º) Majadahonda71–12
1999 Liceo Francés (1º) Majadahonda24–12
2000 Liceo Francés (2º) Majadahonda20–6
2001 Getxo Artea (1º) L'Hospitalet13–10
2002 Liceo Francés (3º) L'Hospitalet24–20
2003 UCM 2M12 (1º) BUC18–6
2004 UCM 2M12 (2º) Getxo14–13
2005 INEF Barcelona (3º) Olímpico Pozuelo26–12
2006 INEF Barcelona (4º) Olímpico Pozuelo19–18
2007 INEF Barcelona (5º) Olímpico Pozuelo25–19
2008 Getxo Artea (2º) INEF Barcelona7–3
2009 INEF Barcelona (6º) Getxo26–10
2010 INEF Barcelona (7º) Getxo33–5

División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

SeasonChampion Runner-upThirdFourth Relegated Promoted
2010–11 INEF Barcelona (8th) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Majadahonda GEiEG Gaztedi XV Sanse Scrum Complutense Cisneros
2011–12 INEF Barcelona (9th) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Bizkarians Majadahonda XV Sanse Scrum Gòtics
2012–13 INEF Barcelona (10th) Olímpico de Pozuelo CRAT Univ. da Coruña Complutense Cisneros Gòtics XV Sanse Scrum
2013–14 Olímpico de Pozuelo (1st) CRAT Univ. da Coruña INEF Barcelona GEiEGNoneNone
2014–15 CRAT Univ. da Coruña (1st) Getxo Artea Olímpico de Pozuelo GEiEG Complutense Cisneros XV Hortaleza
2015–16 INEF Barcelona (11th) Majadahonda XV Sanse Scrum Olímpico de PozueloNoneNone
2016–17 Olímpico de Pozuelo (2nd) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Getxo Artea Majadahonda GEiEG Complutense Cisneros
2017–18 Olímpico de Pozuelo (3rd) Majadahonda CRAT Univ. da Coruña Complutense Cisneros Getxo Artea Corteva Cocos
2018–19 CRAT Univ. da Coruña (2nd) INEF-L'Hospitalet Majadahonda Complutense Cisneros XV Hortaleza Crealia El Salvador
2019–20 Universitario Sevilla CR (1st) Majadahonda Complutense Cisneros Sanse Scrum Crealia El Salvador Les Abelles
2020–21 Complutense Cisneros (1st) Majadahonda Eibar Corteva Cocos Les Abelles CR Sant Cugat
2021–22 Corteva Cocos (2nd) Majadahonda Olímpico de Pozuelo Complutense Cisneros Sanse Scrum Crealia El Salvador
2022–23 Majadahonda (3rd) Corteva Cocos Crealia El Salvador Eibar Rugby Taldea Complutense Cisneros AVR FC Barcelona

Titles by team

ClubTitlesRunners-upYears champion
INEF Barcelona
Majadahonda
Olímpico Pozuelo
Liceo Francés
CRAT Univ. da Coruña
Getxo Artea
Corteva Cocos
Alcobendas
UCM 2M12
Getafe RC
L'Hospitalet
CEU Madrid
Complutense Cisneros

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El rugby femenino eclosiona con la energía de Iberdrola . . 2022-10-22 . es.
  2. Web site: Iberdrola dobla su apoyo al deporte femenino: firma como espónsor de 32 federaciones . 2Playbook . 2022-10-22 . es.
  3. News: Normativa común a todas las competiciones para la Temporada 2023-24 . Common regulations to all competitions for the 2023-24 Season . 2023-07-14 . 2023-08-22 . . es . 7 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230822175943/https://ferugby.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Circular-1.-Criterios-y-requisitos-para-las-competiciones-nacionales-en-la-Temporada-2023-24-y-cambios-sustanciales-respecto-a-la-temporada-anterior.pdf . 2023-08-22 . live.
  4. Web site: Reglamento de Partidos y Competiciones, Artículo 29 . . 2022-10-30 . es.
  5. Web site: Circular 5. Normativa División de Honor Femenina Temporada 2022-23, Sección 4 . . 2022-10-30 . es.