División de Plata de Balonmano, is the second level handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1994 and is managed by RFEBM. From 1994 until 2008–09 season, this competition was known as División de Honor B. From 2009–10 season onwards, it's officially known as División de Plata.
The División de Plata, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including ones like Academia Octavio, Calmec Barakaldo, Alcobendas, and Pozoblanco.
Competition rules
The championship consist of 16 teams playing each other twice for a total of 30 matchdays. At end of regular season, the top team in the standings is promoted to Liga ASOBAL. Teams in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place play the promotion playoff for a single spot in Liga ASOBAL. Bottom three teams are relegated to Primera División Estatal.
Points during regular season are awarded as following;
Each victory adds 2 points to the winner team.
Each drawn adds 1 point to each team.
2015–16 season teams
Team Location Stadium CapacityMMT Seguros ZamoraZamoraÁngel Nieto1,200Juanfersa ComunicaliaGijónPalacio de Deportes5,197FC Barcelona B LassaBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,500Atlético ValladolidValladolidHuerta del Rey3,500Bidasoa IrunIrunPolideportivo Artaleku2,200Viveros Herol NavaNava de la AsunciónPolideportivo Municipal700AlcobendasAlcobendasLos Sueños1,000Academia OctavioVigoAs Travesas4,500Zumosol ARS Palma del RíoPalma del RíoEl Pandero1,500BordilsBordilsPavelló Blanc i Verd500La RocaLa Roca del VallèsPavelló Nou1,000Meridiano AntequeraAntequeraFernando Argüelles2,575Amenabar ZarautzZarautzPolideportivo Municipal3,000CisnePontevedraCGTD de Pontevedra300Alarcos Ciudad RealCiudad RealQuijote Arena5,863R.G.C. CovadongaGijónBraulio García1,331
2014–15 regular season standings
Teams promoted by year
Season Teams promoted 1990 Puerto Cruz & Tenerife 3 de Mayo 1991 Guadalajara & Sdad. Conquense 1992 Ceset Naranco & Caserío Vigón 1993 Guadalajara & Pilotes Posada 1994 Ademar León & Cesurca Huétor Tájar 1995 Caja Bilbao UPV Barakaldo & Ariston San Antonio 1996 Pescanova Chapela & PRASA Pozoblanco 1997 Universidad de Oviedo-Naranco 1998 Barakaldo-UPV 1999 Valencia Airtel & Stadium Casablanca 2000 Altea & Pilotes Posada 2001 Barakaldo-UPV, Teucro Caixanova & Almería 2005 2002 Canal Alcobendas & Torrevieja 2003 Octavio Pilotes Posada & Arrate 2004 Alcobendas Toyota & Torrevieja 2005 Algeciras & CAI Aragón 2006 Antequera & Darien Logroño 2007 Pilotes Posada and Teucro Season Teams promoted 2008 Alcobendas and Edenca Ciudad Encantada 2009 Lábaro Toledo and Frigoríficos Morrazo 2010 Alser Puerto Sagunto and Realitas Guadalajara 2011 Octavio, BM Huesca and Anaitasuna 2012 Palma del Río, BM Cangas and Villa de Aranda 2013 Juanfersa Gijón, Ángel Ximénez and Bidasoa Irun 2014 MMT Seguros Zamora and Servigroup Benidorm 2015 SD Teucro and BM Sinfín 2016 BM Atlético Valladolid and Bidasoa Irun 2017 SD Teucro and BM Zamora 2018 BM Alcobendas and BM Sinfín 2019 BM Nava and CB Puerto Sagunto 2020 and CB Villa de Aranda 2021 BM Torrelavega and Los Dólmenes Antequera 2022 BM Guadalajara and BM Cisne 2023 BM Puerto Sagunto and BM Nava 2024 BM Guadalajara and BM Villa de Aranda 2025 BM Eón Alicante and BM Caserío Ciudad Real
References
External links
The ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano" Document for handball "balonmano" trainers