2012–13 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2012–13 División de Honor is the 35th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began in September 2012 and finished on April 28, 2013.

2012–13 División de Honor
Countries Spain
ChampionsVRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Runners-upSantboiana SEAT
RelegatedLa Vila
Matches played137
Top point scorerEduardo Sorribes, 190
Top try scorerClinton Sills, 20

The playoffs began on 19 May and the Final took place on 2 June.

Defending champions, VRAC Quesos Entrepinares, successfully defended its previous season title after defeating Santboiana SEAT 27–25 in the championship final. La Vila was the relegated team to División de Honor B.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 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


VRAC /
Cetransa El Salvador
Ordizia
Gernika
La Vila
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol
Getxo
Vigo
Atl. Madrid
Santboiana SEAT
Complutense Cisneros
Hernani
2012–13 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
VRAC Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Guernica, Biscay
La Vila El Pantano 1,550 Villajoyosa, Alicante
Ciencias Sevilla La Cartuja 1,932 Seville
Getxo Artea Fadura 500 Getxo
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Universidade Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Atlético Madrid Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Complutense Cisneros Central de la Ciudad Universitaria 12,400 Madrid
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa

Regular season standings

Team P W D L F A +/- Bon Pts
1VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 2217056804122681785
2Santboiana SEAT 2216246384072311381
3Bizkaia Gernika 2215076734452281575
4Cetransa El Salvador 2213185303901401468
5AMPO Ordizia 221228584536481365
6Atlético Madrid 2212284914954860
7Ciencias Fundación Cajasol22801455755521850
8Getxo Artea 229013474520461450
9Complutense Cisneros 229013544636921450
10Blusens Universidade Vigo 2281134806011211044
11Hernani 226016354568214832
12La Vila 223019383823440517

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

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

Championship playoffs

Bracket

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      1 VRAC 22  
  4 El Salvador 34     4 El Salvador 18    
  5 AMPO Ordizia 26         1 VRAC 27
      2 Santboiana 25
      2 Santboiana 28    
  3 Bizkaia Gernika 15     6 Atlético Madrid 17  
  6 Atlético Madrid 29  
2012–13 División de Honor winners

VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Fourth title

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Hernani, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Alcobendas, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 36-25 on aggregate.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th Hernani 31 5 36
DHB Alcobendas 11 14 25

1st leg

2nd leg

  • Hernani remained in División de Honor. Sanitas Alcobendas remained in División de Honor B.


See also

References

  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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