2016–17 División de Honor de Rugby
| 2016–17 División de Honor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Countries |  Spain |
| Date | 18 September 2016 to 28 May 2017 |
| Champions | Valladolid |
| Runners-up | El Salvador |
| Promoted | CR La Vila |
| Relegated | Ciencias Sevilla CR |
| Matches played | 137 |
| Tries scored | 921 (average 6.7 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Bradley Dean Linklater, 281 |
| Top try scorer | Arturo Iñiguez, 17 |
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
[edit]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:
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
- 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
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
[edit]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
[edit]| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | 500 | Alcobendas |
| Barcelona | La Teixonera | 500 | Barcelona |
| Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia |
| Ciencias | Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville |
| Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid |
| El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
| Gernika RT | Urbieta zelaia | 1,000 | Gernika |
| 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 |
| Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
El Salvador
Results
[edit]| ALC | BAR | CIE | CIS | ELS | GER | GET | HER | IND | ORD | SAN | VAL | |
| Alcobendas | 52-24 | 82-0 | 27-11 | 25-29 | 28-20 | 63-26 | 38-5 | 46-10 | 34-18 | 31-17 | 28-17 | |
| Barcelona | 17-61 | 33-20 | 41-26 | 10-36 | 13-20 | 31-27 | 30-18 | 30-34 | 17-24 | 33-56 | 5-28 | |
| Ciencias | 22-29 | 27-18 | 24-26 | 22-31 | 42-33 | 25-25 | 12-17 | 33-40 | 14-29 | 15-52 | 7-89 | |
| Cisneros | 22-32 | 34-27 | 66-3 | 23-17 | 45-24 | 47-19 | 50-19 | 29-15 | 22-17 | 15-22 | 12-33 | |
| El Salvador | 32-31 | 44-19 | 55-7 | 47-31 | 11-6 | 69-0 | 50-8 | 54-31 | 36-18 | 22-13 | 23-15 | |
| Gernika RT | 27-7 | 40-28 | 27-13 | 7-11 | 14-37 | 37-18 | 14-11 | 27-33 | 24-6 | 24-35 | 13-17 | |
| Getxo | 11-28 | 17-24 | 10-5 | 15-31 | 39-24 | 23-40 | 26-22 | 26-33 | 18-39 | 21-20 | 24-45 | |
| Hernani | 26-0 | 15-7 | 33-10 | 10-29 | 7-48 | 39-26 | 23-13 | 18-22 | 23-8 | 17-34 | 7-41 | |
| Independiente | 19-55 | 23-14 | 44-18 | 35-27 | 17-47 | 22-23 | 29-21 | 19-15 | 28-10 | 19-17 | 14-59 | |
| Ordizia | 15-23 | 51-14 | 39-13 | 26-29 | 10-33 | 32-6 | 25-10 | 19-3 | 38-24 | 36-20 | 6-13 | |
| Santboiana | 38-7 | 31-10 | 33-22 | 37-22 | 32-27 | 33-20 | 62-8 | 57-10 | 58-32 | 34-7 | 28-31 | |
| Valladolid | 47-14 | 55-14 | 57-14 | 31-5 | 23-24 | 34-7 | 68-35 | 55-5 | 29-20 | 55-18 | 36-14 |
Table
[edit]| No | Club | P | W | D | L | Bon | Los | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 796 | 401 | 395 | 93 |
| 2 | Valladolid | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 878 | 337 | 541 | 93 |
| 3 | Alcobendas | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 741 | 453 | 288 | 77 |
| 4 | Santboiana | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 743 | 465 | 278 | 76 |
| 5 | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 613 | 528 | 85 | 66 |
| 6 | Independiente RC | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 563 | 694 | -131 | 58 |
| 7 | Ordizia | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 491 | 493 | -2 | 51 |
| 8 | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 479 | 538 | -59 | 49 |
| 9 | Hernani | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 351 | 608 | -257 | 35 |
| 10 | Barcelona | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 459 | 739 | -280 | 29 |
| 11 | Getxo Artea R.T. | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 432 | 790 | -358 | 27 |
| 12 | Ciencias | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 368 | 868 | -500 | 20 |
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Playoffs
[edit]| Quarter finals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Valladolid
| 19 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Alcobendas
| 47 | 3 | Alcobendas
| 6 | |||||||||
| 6 |  Independiente
| 24 | Valladolid
| 15 | ||||||||||
| El Salvador
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | El Salvador
| 32 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Saintboiana
| 39 | 4 | Saintboiana
| 16 | |||||||||
| 5 | Cisneros
| 15 | ||||||||||||
Relegation playoff
[edit]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.
| Relegation/promotion playoff | ||||||
| 11th |  Getxo Artea
| 47 | 85 | 132 | ||
| DHB | UBU
| 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.