The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 47th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.
The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.
Valladolid successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias was the team relegated to División de Honor B 2014–15.
Competition format The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 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 was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.
Promotion and relegation The bottom team in the standings was relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th played the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B was promoted to División de Honor.
Teams Team Stadium CapacityLocation Atlético MadridValle de las Cañas300Pozuelo de Alarcón, MadridBizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, BizkaiaCienciasLa Cartuja1,932SevilleComplutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidGetxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 GuechoHernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, CantabriaOrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, GipuzkoaSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatUniversidad de VigoLagoas-Marcosende3,000VigoValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Regular season standings TeamPWDLPts1Valladolid 22170559142916217852El Salvador 22160662540322214783Complutense Cisneros 22160662947615314784Independiente RC 2213095935128115675Atlético Madrid 22110115715394817616Ordizia 2212010522522012607Getxo Artea 22110114904286210548Santboiana 2210012477566−8913539Bizkaia Gernika 229013529546−17145010Hernani 228014463643−18094111Universidade Vigo 227015502686−18493712Ciencias222020407649−2421422 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals Relegation playoff Relegated
Championship playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Final
Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.
1st leg
2nd leg
Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.
Scorers statistics
By try points regular season stats
PlayerTry pointsTeam Ignacio Contardi110Independiente RC Iñigo Olaeta75Bizkaia Gernika Afa Tauli70Santboiana Federico Casteglioni65Bizkaia Gernika Pedro Martín60Valladolid Maka Tatafu55Universidade Vigo Tiago Girão55Complutense Cisneros Simeon James55Getxo Artea Tom Pearce55Bizkaia Gernika Heinrich Steyl50Ordizia
By total points PlayerPointsTeam Brad Linklater228Getxo Artea Tiago Girão218Complutense Cisneros Pedro Rodríguez190El Salvador Iñigo Balbín190Atlético Madrid Gareth Griffiths189Valladolid Heinrich Steyl173Ordizia Iñigo Olaeta147Bizkaia Gernika Mariano García146Independiente RC Igor Genua141Hernani Jérémy Simon124Universidade Vigo
See also 2013–14 División de Honor B de Rugby
References
External links Official site