2012–13 División de Honor de Waterpolo

División de Honor 2012–13
League	División de Honor
Sport	Water polo
Duration	October 2012–April 13, 2013 (regular season) April 20–May 25 (championship playoff)
League champions	Atlètic-Barceloneta
Runners-up	Sabadell
Top scorer	Joel Esteller, 79 goals
Relegated to 1ª División	CN Montjuïc

The 2012–13 season of the División de Honor de Waterpolo is the 90th season of top-tier water polo in Spain since its inception in 1925.

The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. Regular season started on October 2012 and will finish on April 13, 2013. Top eight team at standings play championship playoff.

Championship playoff will begin a week later with semifinals, playing the final around late May.

Atlètic-Barceloneta was the defending champions and will remain so for next season (2013–14) after defeating Sabadell 3–1 in the Championship Final.

Teams

Atl. Barceloneta
Barcelona
Mediterrani
Sant Andreu
Catalunya
Montjuïc

Sabadell

Terrassa

Real Canoe

Navarra

Mataró

Helios

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División de Honor de Waterpolo 2012–13 teams

Team	City/Area	Founded	Stadium	website
Atlètic-Barceloneta	Barcelona	1913 (1992)	Piscina Sant Sebastià	[1]
Sabadell	Sabadell	1916	Can Llong	[2]
Terrassa	Terrassa	1932	Àrea Olímpica	[3]
Real Canoe–Isostar	Madrid	1931	Piscina Real Canoe	[4]
Mataró Quadis	Mataró	1932	Instal·lacions CN Mataró	[5]
Mediterrani	Barcelona	1931	Instal·lació Josep Vallès	[6]
Waterpolo Navarra	Pamplona	2006	Ciudad Deportiva Amaya	[7]
Sant Andreu	Barcelona	1971	Piscina Pere Serrat	[8]
Barcelona	Barcelona	1907	Nova Escullera	[9]
Catalunya	Barcelona	1931	Piscina Sant Jordi	[10]
Montjuïc	Barcelona	1944	Piscina CN Montjuïc	[11]
Helios	Zaragoza	1925	Piscina Stadium Casablanca	[12]

Regular season standings

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	22	21	0	1	287	131	156	63
2	Sabadell	22	18	0	4	280	173	107	54
3	Terrassa	22	16	0	6	233	165	68	48
4	Barcelona	22	13	1	8	214	168	45	40
5	Real Canoe–Isostar	22	11	3	8	225	172	53	36
6	Mediterrani	22	10	2	10	210	187	23	32
7	Waterpolo Navarra	22	10	0	12	187	208	−21	30
8	Mataró Quadis	22	9	2	11	192	172	20	29
9	Sant Andreu	22	8	4	11	197	200	−3	27
10	Catalunya	22	7	3	12	181	215	−34	24
11	Helios	22	1	0	21	138	305	−167	3
12	Montjuïc	22	1	0	21	102	350	−248	3

Source:

	Championship playoffs
	Relegation playoff
	Relegated

Championship playoffs

Quarter-finals

1st leg

April 20 12:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Mataró Quadis	3–13	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscines Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Santander Lopéz, Baños Martínez
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–3, 1–2, 0–4
		Babay 3	Goals	Perrone 4

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April 20 16:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Mediterrani	8–13	Terrassa	Instal.lació Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Jaumandreu Sellarès, Felicidad Rodríguez
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 2–3, 1–3
		Yáñez 2	Goals	Aguilar 4

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April 20 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Real Canoe-Isostar	9–7	Barcelona	Piscina Real Canoe, Madrid Referees: Teixidó Bermúdez, Moreno Cuervas
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–1, 0–2, 3–2  OT: 2–0
		Mario García 4	Goals	Balatoni 3

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April 20 19:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Waterpolo Navarra	6–17	Sabadell	Ciudad Deportiva Amaya, Pamplona Referees: Cabello López, Ortega Carreras
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 1–4, 2–6
		six players 1	Goals	Ivanov 5

2nd leg

April 24 20:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	17–5	Mataró Quadis	Piscines de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Guardia Marsal, Román Eufemia
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 5–1, 5–1
		Perrone 4	Goals	Corbalán 2

Atlètic-Barceloneta won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.

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April 24 20:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Barcelona	8–9	Real Canoe-Isostar	Piscina Nova Escullera, Barcelona Referees: Borrell Sánchez, Gómez Pordomingo
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 2–2, 2–2  OT: 0–1
		three players 2	Goals	Barroso, M. García 3

Real Canoe-Isostar won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.

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April 24 20:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Sabadell	11–8	Waterpolo Navarra	Piscina Can Llong, Sabadell Referees: Moliner Molins, Torres Pérez
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–1, 5–4
		Echenique 5	Goals	Artola 4

Sabadell won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.

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April 24 20:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Terrassa	8–9	Mediterrani	Piscina Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Teule Barreda, Galindo Moreno
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 1–1, 1–3
		Mora 3	Goals	Carabí, D. González

3rd leg

April 27 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Terrassa	7–8	Mediterrani	Piscina Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Iñesta Peralta, Torres Pérez
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–3, 2–2
		J. Pérez 3	Goals	Yáñez 4

Mediterrani won series 2–1 and advanced to Semifinals.

Semifinals

1st leg

May 4 13:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Mediterrani	6–15	Sabadell	Instal.lació Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Teule Barreda, Galindo Moreno
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–6
		Schwimer 2	Goals	three players 3

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May 4 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Real Canoe-Isostar	6–11	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscina Real Canoe, Madrid Referees: Jaumandreu Sellarès, Piñero Martínez
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 1–3
		Barroso 4	Goals	Perrone 5

2nd leg

May 8 20:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	14–9	Real Canoe-Isostar	Piscines de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Molina, Gómez Pordomingo
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 1–3, 4–3
		Roca 3	Goals	Carpeño 3

Atlètic-Barceloneta won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

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May 8 20:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Sabadell	12–5	Mediterrani	Piscina Can Llong, Sabadell Referees: Cabello López, Verdejo Domingo
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–1, 4–2, 2–2
		Estrany 4	Goals	Ferrer 2

Sabadell won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

Final

1st leg

May 15 20:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	13–10	Sabadell	Piscines de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Borrell Sánchez, Iñesta Peralta
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 4–3
		F. Fernández 3	Goals	Echenique, Estrany 4

2nd leg

May 18 12:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	6–9	Sabadell	Piscines de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Moliner Molins, Moreno Cuervas
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 3–1, 0–2
		de Lera 2	Goals	Ivanov 4

3rd leg

May 22 21:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Sabadell	7–8	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscina Can Llong, Sabadell Referees: Fernández de Cuevas Cote, Martín Lozano
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 2–0, 2–4  OT: 1–2
		Carrillo, Krumpholz 2	Goals	Minguell, Petković

4th leg

May 25 12:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Sabadell	7–10	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscina Can Llong, Sabadell Referees: Moliner Molins, Iñesta Peralta
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 2–3, 1–1
		Carrillo, Vallès 2	Goals	Perrone 5

Atlètic-Barceloneta won Championship final series 3–1.

2012–13 División de Honor winners
Atlètic-Barceloneta Thirteenth title

Individual awards

• Championship MVP: Felipe Perrone, CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
• Best Goalkeeper: Iñaki Aguilar, CN Sabadell
• Top goalscorer: Joel Esteller, CN Barcelona

Relegation playoff

Playoff to be played in two legs. First leg to be played on 4 May and 2nd leg on 11 May. The overall winner will play in División de Honor 2013–14 and the loser one in Primera Nacional.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Helios	23–20	Acuasport Tenerife-Echeyde	14–14	9–6

1st leg

May 4 19:00 (UTC+1)	Report	Acuasport Tenerife-Echeyde	14–14	Helios	Piscina Municipal, Santa Cruz Referees: Fernández Escola, Jiménez Turnes
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–4, 3–3, 2–5
		Silva, JP Sánchez 5	Goals	Garriga 4

2nd leg

May 11 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Helios	9–6	Acuasport Tenerife-Echeyde	Piscina Stadium Casablanca, Zaragoza Referees: Colominas Ezponda, Cisneros Horrillo
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–1
		Mijanović 3	Goals	Silva 3

Helios won series 2–0 and remained in División de Honor.

Top goal scorers

(regular season only)

Player	Goals	Team
Joel Esteller	79	CN Barcelona
Óscar Carrillo	52	CN Sabadell
Gonzalo Echenique	51	CN Sabadell
Germán Yánez	50	CE Mediterrani
Sergi Mora	50	CN Terrassa
Árpád Babay	47	CN Mataró Quadis
Mario García	46	Real Canoe-Isostar
Nikola Mijanović	43	CN Helios
Óscar Aguilar	43	CN Terrassa
Xavier Vallès	41	CN Sabadell

See also

• 2012–13 División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo

External links

• Real Federación Española de Natación
• Competition format
• Relegation playoff rules