The División de Honor 2012–13 is the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic field hockey competitions since its inception in 1958. It began in autumn 2012. The defending champions are Atlètic Terrassa, while Caldaria-Barrocás and Junior are the teams promoted from División de Honor B.
RC Polo became champions by defeating Club de Campo 2–1 in the final series of championship playoffs.El Real Club de Polo se proclama campeón de liga tras derrotar al Club de Campo rfeh.com, May 11, 2013
Competition Format The División de Honor season it divides into regular season and championship playoff. The regular season comprises 22 matchdays played from September to April through a round-robin format, a format quite common in other sports as football. When finished the 22 matchdays, the top 4 teams qualified at standings play the championship playoffs, while the bottom two teams are relegated to División de Honor B. Points during regular season are awarded as follows:
2 points for a win 1 point for a draw
During championship playoffs, both the semi-finals and the Final are played to best of three matches.
Teams
Team Location Autonomous Community Stadium Atlètic Terrassa Terrassa Estadi de Hockey Josep Marquès Atlètico San Sebastián San Sebastián Bidebieta Caldaria-Barrocas Ourense Mariñamansa CD Terrassa Matadepera Les Pedritxes Club de Campo Madrid Club de Campo Club Egara Terrassa Pla de Bon Aire Complutense Madrid San Sebastián de los Reyes Junior Sant Cugat del Vallès Sant Cugat Pozuelo Pozuelo de Alarcón Valle de las Cañas Real Club de Polo Barcelona Eduardo Dualde Taburiente Las Palmas Campo de Hockey Gran Canaria Tenis Santander Ruth Beita
Number of teams by autonomous community Autonomous Community Number of teams Teams 5 Atlètic Terrassa, CD Terrassa, Club Egara, Junior and Real Club de Polo 3 Club de Campo, Complutense and Pozuelo 1 Caldaria-Barrocas 1 Atlètico San Sebastián 1 Las Palmas 1 Tenis Total 12
Regular season standings TeamPldWDLPFPADifPts1R.C. Polo22192111916103402Club de Campo2219121162591393Club Egara 221813703139374Atlètic Terrassa 221534823052335Complutense 22112947470246Junior 2293104050−10217Taburiente ACE G.C. 2255122553−28158R.S. Tenis 2254133369−36149Caldaria-Barrocás 2254133088−581410Atl. San Sebastián2245347438−401311Pozuelo 2224163284−52812Terrassa 2222182283−616 Source: Championship playoffs Relegated
Play-offs Bracket
Semifinals 1st leg
2nd leg
Club de Campo won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.
R.C. Polo won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.
Final 1st leg
2nd leg
3rd leg
R.C. Polo won the final series 2–1 and became champions.
Top goalscorers Regular season only.
PlayerGoalsTeam Roger Padrós28RC Polo Moritz Fürste23Club de Campo Xavi Lleonart17RC Polo Àlex Casasayas16RC Polo Eduard Arbós15Club Egara David Alegre15RC Polo Rufus McNaught-Barrington14R.S. Tenis Xurxo Cid13Caldaria-Barrocás Marc Sallés12Atlètic Terrassa Diego Arana12Club de Campo
References
External links Official site Competition rules