2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 47th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.

2013–14 División de Honor
Countries Spain
ChampionsValladolid (5th title)
Runners-upEl Salvador
RelegatedCiencias
Matches played137
Top point scorerBrad Linklater, 228
Top try scorerIgnacio Contardi, 21

The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.

Valladolid successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2014–15.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;

  • Teams in 1st & 2nd at regular season standings receive a bye to semifinal.
  • Teams at 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th position plays for the two vacant places in quarter-finals.
  • Team in 11th position plays the relegation playoff.
  • Team in 12th position is relegated.

  • Each win means 4 points to winning team.
  • A draw means 2 points for each team.
  • 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
  • A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.

Teams


Valladolid /
El Salvador
Santboiana
Gernika
Ordizia
Atl. Madrid
Ciencias
Getxo
Complutense Cisneros
Vigo
Hernani
Independiente
2013–14 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City
Atlético Madrid Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Gernika, Bizkaia
Ciencias La Cartuja 1,932 Seville
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
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
Universidad de Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid

Regular season standings

Team P W D L F A +/- Bon Pts
1Valladolid 2217055914291621785
2El Salvador 2216066254032221478
3Complutense Cisneros 2216066294761531478
4Independiente RC 221309593512811567
5Atlético Madrid 2211011571539481761
6Ordizia 221201052252201260
7Getxo Artea 2211011490428621054
8Santboiana 2210012477566891353
9Bizkaia Gernika 229013529546171450
10Hernani 228014463643180941
11Universidade Vigo 227015502686184937
12Ciencias2220204076492421422

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
Relegation playoff
Relegated

Championship playoffs

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      1 Valladolid 29  
  4 Independiente 20     4 Independiente 24    
  5 Atlético Madrid 18         1 Valladolid 26
      2 El Salvador 15
      2 El Salvador 22    
  3 Complutense Cisneros 29     3 Complutense Cisneros 9  
  6 Ordizia 27  
2013–14 División de Honor winners

Valladolid
Fifth title

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th Universidade Vigo 10 38 48
DHB Sant Cugat 29 11 40

1st leg

2nd leg

Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.

Scorers statistics

By try points

[2]

Player Try points Team
Ignacio Contardi 110 Independiente RC
Iñigo Olaeta 75 Bizkaia Gernika
Afa Tauli 70 Santboiana
Federico Casteglioni 65 Bizkaia Gernika
Pedro Martín 60 Valladolid
Maka Tatafu 55 Universidade Vigo
Tiago Girão 55 Complutense Cisneros
Simeon James 55 Getxo Artea
Tom Pearce 55 Bizkaia Gernika
Heinrich Steyl 50 Ordizia

By total points

Player Points Team
Brad Linklater 228 Getxo Artea
Tiago Girão 218 Complutense Cisneros
Pedro Rodríguez 190 El Salvador
Iñigo Balbín 190 Atlético Madrid
Gareth Griffiths 189 Valladolid
Heinrich Steyl 173 Ordizia
Iñigo Olaeta 147 Bizkaia Gernika
Mariano García 146 Independiente RC
Igor Genua 141 Hernani
Jérémy Simon 124 Universidade Vigo

See also

References

  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. regular season stats Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
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