The 2011–12 División de Honor was the 45th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1953. It began in autumn 2011 and finished on May 12 with the Final. Valladolid won the title, while Alcobendas were relegated to División de Honor B.

Competition format The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 18 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:

4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match 1 bonus point for a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots.

The club which finished bottom went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B. Up to three teams would be promoted in order to increase the number of teams in the División de Honor to 12.

Teams Team Stadium CapacityLocation AlcobendasLas Terrazas500Alcobendas, Community of MadridBizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Guernica, BiscayCienciasOlímpico La Cartuja5,000SevilleGetxo ArteaFadura500GetxoEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidLa VilaEl Pantano1,550Villajoyosa, AlicanteOrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, GipuzkoaSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatUniversidade VigoLagoas-Marcosende3,000VigoValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid

Regular season standings TeamWDL+/-Pts1Valladolid 181503589374215744411712Ordizia 181314543384159664611653Santboiana 181305536348188674212644La Vila 181026450442854489535Bizkaia Gernika 1890943138843475911476Getxo Artea 18927406409−356477477El Salvador 18909469472−362629458Ciencias 185013353503−150496511319Universidade de Vigo 182016353543−1904975142210Alcobendas 182115325592−2674480818 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals Relegation playoff

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Alcobendas, who finished 10th in División de Honor, and Hernani, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won the tie, winning 27-24 on aggregate.

1st leg

2nd leg

Hernani promoted to División de Honor. Sanitas Alcobendas relegated to División de Honor B.

Scorers statistics

By try points PlayerTry pointsTeam Julen Goia80Ordizia Josh Hamilton75Universidade Vigo Ryan Le Loux70Santboiana Marcos Poggi55La Vila Pablo Feijoo50El Salvador Glen Rolls50Valladolid Aníbal Bonan45Valladolid Jon Magunazelaia40Bizkaia Gernika Santiago Fernández40Alcobendas Daniel Kroll40Ordizia

By total points PlayerPointsTeam Daniel Waenga221Valladolid Daniel Kroll215Ordizia Isaac Thompson187Santboiana Brad Linklater165Getxo Artea Josh Hamilton163Universidad de Vigo Pedro Rodríguez147El Salvador Marvin Swartbooi147Bizkaia Gernika Santiago Fernández126Alcobendas Eduardo Sorribes90La Vila Julen Goia85Ordizia

See also División de Honor B de Rugby

References

External links Official site