2015–16 División de Honor de Hockey Hierba

The División de Honor 2015–16 was the 53rd season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic field hockey competitions since its inception in 1958. It began in autumn 2015. Regular season first matchday was played on 26/27 September finishing on 1 May 2016.

División de Honor 2015–16
Tournament Details
Dates26/27 Sep, 2015 – 1 May 2016 (regular season)
7/8 May 2016 (championship quarter-finals) –
27–29 May 2016 (final4)
Host(s)Club de Campo
Venue(s)Instalaciones Club de Campo
Teams10
Final Positions
ChampionsClub Egara (14th title)
Runner-upR.C. Polo
Tournament Summary
Matches played90
Goals scored399 (4.43 per match)
Most Goals Leandro Tolini, 25 goals

Final Four was played in Madrid on 27–29 May. Club Egara won the championship fifteen years after when defeating R.C. Polo 2–2 (5–4 p.s.o.).

Competition

Format

The División de Honor regular season takes place between September and April through 18 matchdays in a round-robin format. Upon completion of regular season, top eight teams qualified for championship playoff, while bottom two teams are relegated to División de Honor B.

In the championship playoff, quarter-finals pairings are based as follows:

Round Pairing
Quarter-final
A) 1st vs. 8th
B) 2nd vs. 7th
C) 3rd vs. 6th
D) 4th vs. 5th

Points during regular season are awarded according to the following:

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 points for a draw

Teams
Polo
Egara
Atl. Terrassa
SPV Complutense
Club de Campo
Júnior
Atl. San Sebastián
Pozuelo
R.S. Tenis
División de Honor de Hockey Hierba 2015–16 teams
Taburiente ACE G.C.
Canary Islands
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
R.C. de Polo Eduardo Dualde 600 Barcelona
Club Egara Pla del Bon Aire 800 Terrassa
Club de Campo Instalaciones Club de Campo 300 Madrid
Atlètic Terrassa Josep Marquès 1,000 Terrassa
Junior Instal·lacions Club Júnior 800 Sant Cugat del Vallès
SPV Complutense Campo Municipal de Hockey 200 S.S. de los Reyes
Atlético San Sebastián Campo de Hockey Bera Bera 100 San Sebastián
Taburiente Campo de Hockey Gran Canaria 100 Las Palmas de G.C.
R.S. Tenis La Albericia 102 Santander
Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón

Regular season standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Egara 18 16 1 1 58 22 +36 49 Qualification to Championship playoff
2 R.C. de Polo 18 16 0 2 66 20 +46 48
3 Atlètic Terrassa 18 11 1 6 44 31 +13 34
4 Club de Campo 18 10 2 6 61 39 +22 32
5 Junior 18 10 1 7 33 29 +4 31
6 SPV Complutense 18 5 4 9 38 50 −12 19
7 R.S. Tenis 18 5 4 9 28 46 −18 19
8 Taburiente ACE G.C. 18 3 3 12 26 54 −28 12
9 Atlético San Sebastián 18 4 0 14 29 58 −29 12 Relegated to División de Honor B
10 Pozuelo 18 1 2 15 16 50 −34 5
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: División de Honor table and rfeh.es
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

Championship playoff

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals are played over two legs, being played both games at the best-placed team pitch.

Matches to be played on weekend 7–8 May.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egara 11–1 Taburiente ACE G.C. 4–0 7–1
R.C. Polo 11–1 R.S. Tenis 5–0 6–1
Atlètic Terrassa 9–1 SPV Complutense 5–0 4–1
Club de Campo 3–1 Junior 3–1 0–0


Teams qualified to Final4
Egara R.C. Polo
Atlètic Terrassa Club de Campo

Final Four

Final Four will be played in Madrid on 28–29 May at Instalaciones Club de Campo.

Bracket
Semifinals Final
      
1 Club Egara 3
4 Club de Campo 2
1 Club Egara 2 (5)
2 R.C. Polo 2 (4)
2 R.C. Polo 3
3 Atlètic Terrassa 2

Semifinals
28 May
13:00 (UTC+2)
Club Egara 3–2 Club de Campo
Pep Romeu 22'
Ruiz 47'
Mercadé 49'		 Report Álvarez-Labrador 36'
Tolini 58'
Instalaciones Club de Campo, Madrid
Umpires:
Andrés Ortiz, Luis Mariano Martínez
28 May
15:00 (UTC+2)
R.C. Polo 3–2 Atlètic Terrassa
Vila 12'
Bordàs 23'
Pepe Borrell 42'		 Report Sallés 52' 58'
Instalaciones Club de Campo, Madrid
Umpires:
Francisco Vázquez, Eduardo Lizana

Final
29 May
13:00 (UTC+2)
Club Egara 2–2 R.C. Polo
Arbós 27'
Pep Romeu 32'		 Boxscore Vila 6'
Rey 9'
Penalties
Ruiz
Fustagueras
Arbós
R Romeu
Pep Romeu 		5–4 Terraza
Alegre
Lleonart
Piera
Rey
Instalaciones Club de Campo, Madrid
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto, Francisco Vázquez


2015–16 División de Honor winners

Club Egara
Fourteenth title

Top goalscorers

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# Player Goals Team
1 Leandro Tolini 25 Club de Campo
2 Xavier Aguilar 14 Club Egara
Peio Azkoaga Atlético San Sebastián
Xavi Lleonart R.C. Polo
5 Rufus Mcnaught-Barrington 13 R.S. Tenis
6 Joaquín Menini 11 Club de Campo
Salva Piera R.C. Polo
8 David Alegre 10 R.C. Polo
Toshio Aoki Taburiente ACE G.C.

References
  1. goalscorers list

See also
  • 2015–16 División de Honor Femenina de Hockey Hierba
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