The 2013–14 División de Honor B, the XVI edition, began on October 12, 2013 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 25, 2014 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2013–14 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 8/9 teams each.
FC Barcelona achieved the promotion to División de Honor six years after by defeating Sant Cugat 40–21 in the promotion playoff Final.
Competition format The season comprises 1st stage or regular season, 2nd stage and Final. The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group play the 2nd stage. 2nd stage features two groups of three teams each. Top team of each group play the Final with the winner team being promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams qualified in 8th & 9th in the standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.
Points during regular season are awarded as following;
Each win means 4 points to winning team. A draw means 2 points for each team. 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match. A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.
Teams Group North Teams from northern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteOviedoEl NarancoOviedo3rdEibar Hierros AnetxeUnbeEibar6thPegamo Bera BeraMiniestadio de AnoetaSan Sebastián7thCRAT Univ. da CoruñaAcea da MaA Coruña8thDurangoArripausuetaDurango10thUribealdeaAtxurizubiMungiaBabyauto ZarautzAstiZarautz Universitario BilbaoEl FangoBilbao
Group East Teams from eastern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteSant CugatLa GuinarderaSant Cugat del VallèsLes AbellesQuatre CarreresValenciaCAU ValenciaCampo del Río TuriaValencia3rdFC BarcelonaLa TeixoneraBarcelona4thL'HospitaletFeixa LlargaL'Hospitalet de Llobregat5thBarcelona UC–UbaeLa FoixardaBarcelona9thLa VilaEl PantanoVillajoyosaTecnidex ValenciaQuatre CarreresValenciaPoble Nou-EnginyersMar BellaBarcelona
Group South Teams from southern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteAlcobendasLas TerrazasAlcobendas1stArquitecturaCampo CentralMadrid4thAtlético PortuensePolideportivo MunicipalPto. de Sta. María5thLiceo FrancésRamón UrtubiMadrid6thUniversidad de GranadaFuentenuevaGranada7thHelvetiaI.D La CartujaSeville8thIngenieros IndustrialesEl CantizalLas Rozas9thXV Sanse ScrumDehesa BoyalS.S. de los ReyesCAU MadridOrcasitasMadrid
Standings Regular season Group North TeamPldWDLPFPADifPts1Pegamo Bera Bera 14130161415246211632Uribealdea 1412024001342667553Eibar Hierros Anetxe 14905305229767434Babyauto Zarautz 14725324240845375CRAT Univ. da Coruña14518310342−328306Oviedo 14419224396−1725237Durango 144010213391−1785218Universitario Bilbao140014137643−50611 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for 2nd phase
Group East TeamPldWDLPFPADifPts1FC Barcelona16130356424931510622Sant Cugat 16120457227429814623La Vila 16120445124121012574CAU Valencia1611054873191689535Les Abelles 1611053912841078536Tecnidex Valencia 164111303412−1098267L'Hospitalet 165011234398−1645258Poble Nou-Enginyers163013272554−2822149Barcelona UC–Ubae 160115199742−54324 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for 2nd phase
Group South TeamPldWDLPFPADifPts1Alcobendas 16151060114146014762Atlético Portuense16111443431911510563CAU Madrid 1611054183724612564Helvetia 168083553332210425Arquitectura 166010301442−1418326Ingenieros Industriales165110313434−1219317Liceo Francés 16619246365−1194308Univ. de Granada165011288403−1158289XV Sanse Scrum 163013223370−147618 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for 2nd phase
2nd phase
Group 1 TeamPldWDLPFPADifPts1Sant Cugat 4400169561133192Pegamo Bera Bera 420211451633113Atlético Portuense400454217−16311 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for Final
Group 2 TeamPldWDLPFPADifPts1FC Barcelona4301155471084162Uribealdea 420278126−48083Alcobendas 410359119−6026 Source: Federación Española de Rugby Qualified for Final
Final
Promoted to División de HonorFC Barcelona(6 years later) Sant Cugat play the relegation/promotion playoff against Blusens Universidade Vigo.
See also 2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby
References
External links Federación Española de Rugby