División de Honor B de Rugby

División de Honor B is the second level of Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. The league began in 1998 and consists of three groups (North, East and South) of 8 or 9 teams each. The top two teams of each group play promotion playoffs.

División de Honor B
Current season or competition:
2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby
SportRugby union
Instituted1998 (1998)
Number of teams36
Country Spain (FER)
HoldersZarautz (Group A) (2015–16)
La Vila (Group B) (2015–16)
Ciencias Sevilla (Group C) (2015–16)
Websiteferugby.es

Competition

Format

The format is similar to División de Honor. The División de Honor "B" season takes place between October and April. There are three groups of 12 teams each one, 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

Promotion and relegation

The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group and two-best 3rd placed teams qualify for promotion playoff.

Before promotion playoff, qualified teams are sorted by total points. The pairing of promotion playoff are as follows:

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

2015–16 season teams

Group A
Bera Bera
Uribealdea
Eibar
Zarautz
CRAT A Coruña
Real Oviedo
Durango
UBU Burgos
VRAC B
El Salvador
La Única
2015–16 group A teams
  • Teams from northern part of Spain
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Blusens Networks Universidade As Lagoas-Marcosende Vigo R
Babyauto Zarautz Asti Zarautz 1st
Durango Nissan-Gaursa Arripausueta Durango 2nd
AVK Bera Bera Miniestadio de Anoeta San Sebastián 3rd
Aparejadores Burgos San Amaro Burgos 4th
Uribealdea Atxurizubi Mungia 5th
CRAT A Coruña Acea da Ma A Coruña 6th
Real Oviedo Rugby El Naranco Oviedo 7th
El Salvador B Pepe Rojo Valladolid 8th
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B Pepe Rojo Valladolid 9th
AVIA Eibar Unbe Eibar 10th
La Única Berokizelaia Pamplona P

Group B
Sant Cugat
L'Hospitalet
BUC
Poble Nou
Químic
Sitges
Santboiana B
Fénix
La Vila
CAU Valencia
Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia
2015–16 group B teams
  • Teams from eastern part of Spain
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Sant Cugat La Guinardera Sant Cugat del Vallès 1st
CAU Valencia Campo del Río Turia Valencia 2nd
La Vila El Pantano Villajoyosa 3rd
Les Abelles Quatre Carreres Valencia 4th
Tecnidex Valencia Quatre Carreres Valencia 5th
Barcelona Enginyers Mar Bella Barcelona 6th
Fénix Pinares de Venecia Zaragoza 7th
BUC Barcelona La Foixarda Barcelona 8th
Sitges Santa Bàrbara Sitges 9th
L'Hospitalet Feixa Llarga L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 10th
Santboiana B Baldiri Aleu Sant Boi de Llobregat P
Químic Barcelona La Teixonera Barcelona P

Group C
Alcobendas
CAU Madrid
Arquitectura
Cisneros B
Liceo Francés
Helvetia
Ciencias
Ingenieros
Univ. Granada
Pozuelo
CAR Cáceres
Atl. Portuense
URA Almería
2015–16 group C teams
  • Teams from southern part of Spain
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Ciencias Sevilla La Cartuja Seville 2nd
Liceo Francés Ramón Urtubi Madrid 3rd
Olímpico Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas Pozuelo de Alarcón 4th
Arquitectura Campo Central Madrid 5th
Helvetia La Cartuja Seville 6th
Ingenieros Industriales El Cantizal Las Rozas 7th
CAU Madrid Orcasitas Madrid 8th
Universidad de Granada Fuentenueva Granada 9th
CAR Cáceres El Cuartillo Cáceres 10th
Complutense Cisneros B Campo Central Madrid 11th
Atlético Portuense Ciudad Deportiva El Puerto de Santa María P
URA Almería Emilio Campra Almería P

2014–15 season
Main article: 2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby

Champions by season
Season Champion Region
1998–99Arquitectura
1999–2000La Moraleja Alcobendas
2000–01CAU Valencia
2001–02Valencia
2002–03Getxo
2003–04Ciencias Sevilla
2004–05Ordizia
=La Vila
2005–06CR Cisneros
=CRC Madrid
2006–07Alcobendas
=Ciencias Sevilla
2007–08Liceo Francés
=Les Abelles
Season Champion Region
2008–09Gernika
=At. Portuense
2009–10Hernani
=Alcobendas
2010–11Getxo
=CRC Madrid
2011–12Hernani
=CRC Madrid
2012–13Bathco Independiente
2013–14FC Barcelona
2014–15Alcobendas

See also

References
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