The 2014–15 División de Honor B, the XVII edition, began on September 13, 2014 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 23, 2015 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2014–15 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 10/12 teams each.
Alcobendas Rugby won the promotion playoff to Sant Cugat 18–13 and returned to División de Honor three years after of relegation.
Competition format The season comprises Main stage or regular season, 2nd stage and Final. The regular season runs through 22 matchdays (groups A and C) and 18 matchdays (Group B). Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group qualify for 2nd stage. 2nd stage features two groups of three teams each, in a round-robin format, playing each team 4 matches in total. 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 10th, 11th & 12th 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 A Teams from northern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteAVK Bera BeraMiniestadio de AnoetaSan Sebastián1stUribealdeaAtxurizubiMungia 2ndEibar Hierros AnetxeUnbeEibar3rdBabyauto ZarautzAstiZarautz4thCRAT Univ. da CoruñaAcea da MaA Coruña5thReal Oviedo RugbyEl NarancoOviedo6thDurangoArripausuetaDurango7thOxigar BelenosMuro de ZaroAvilésAparejadores BurgosSan AmaroBurgosVRAC Quesos Entrepinares BPepe RojoValladolid Bathco Rugby BMies de CozadaSantanderHermi El Salvador BPepe RojoValladolid
Group B Teams from eastern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteSant CugatLa GuinarderaSant Cugat del Vallès2ndLa VilaEl PantanoVillajoyosa3rdCAU ValenciaCampo del Río TuriaValencia4thLes AbellesQuatre CarreresValencia5thTecnidex ValenciaQuatre CarreresValencia6thL'HospitaletFeixa LlargaL'Hospitalet de Llobregat7thPoble Nou-EnginyersMar BellaBarcelona8thBUC BarcelonaLa FoixardaBarcelona9thFénixPinares de VeneciaZaragozaSitgesSanta BàrbaraSitges
Group C Teams from southern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteAlcobendasLas TerrazasAlcobendas1stCAU MadridOrcasitasMadrid 3rdHelvetiaI.D. La CartujaSeville4thArquitecturaCampo CentralMadrid5thIngenieros IndustrialesEl CantizalLas Rozas6thLiceo FrancésRamón UrtubiMadrid7thUniversidad de GranadaFuentenuevaGranada8thCiencias Fundación CajasolI.D La CartujaSevilleOlímpico PozueloValle de las CañasPozuelo de AlarcónComplutense Cisneros BCampo CentralMadridTasman BoadillaComplejo DeportivoBoadilla del MonteCAR CáceresEl CuartilloCáceres
Standings Regular season Group A Qualified for 2nd Stage #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Babyauto Zarautz222101769232+53710527+7814982Durango221813597253+3449227+6515893AVK Bera Bera221606677244+4339926+7316804Aparejadores Burgos221318533364+1697347+268625Uribealdea221219649364+2858043+3711616CRAT Univ. da Coruña2212010398341575043+76547Real Oviedo Rugby2210012421520−995671−157478Hermi El Salvador B229013334550−2164680−349459VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B228113333438−1054262−2094310Eibar Hierros Anetxe226016297499−2023768−3173111Oxigar Belenos225017349598−2494377−3482812Bathco Rugby B2200221971151−95428180−15255Source: División de Honor B – Group A
Group B Qualified for 2nd Stage #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Sant Cugat181602575284+2918234+4814782CAU Valencia181602605230+3758730+5713773La Vila181602626163+4638821+6712764Les Abelles188010366392−264854−610425Tecnidex Valencia188010337313+244833+159416Poble Nou-Enginyers187011305420−1153656−205337Fénix185013223483−2603167−366268BUC Barcelona184014324441−1173862−2410269Sitges185013230548−3182175−5442410L'Hospitalet185013174491−3171966−47121Source: División de Honor B – Group B
Group C Qualified for 2nd Stage #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Alcobendas2222001234224+101019029+161211092Ciencias Fundación Cajasol221804714341+37310349+5415873Liceo Francés221309483513−306965+410624Olímpico Pozuelo221219519492+276973−412625Arquitectura2212010566544+228880+813616Helvetia229112439582−1435678−228467Ingenieros Industriales227213465567−1026876−813458CAU Madrid229013416576−1605982−238449Universidad de Granada228014386628−2424898−5084010CAR Cáceres227015366545−1794482−38103811Complutense Cisneros B226115441627−1866695−29123812Tasman Boadilla226115388778−39060113−53531Source: División de Honor B – Group C
2nd phase Group A Qualified for Final #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Alcobendas43018634+52113+83152Babyauto Zarautz42025089−39612−6083CAU Valencia41036982−13810−226Source: División de Honor B – 2nd stage – Group A
Group B Qualified for Final #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Sant Cugat440014170+712211+114202Ciencias Fundación Cajasol41037081−111112−1373Durango410351111−60919−1015Source: División de Honor B – 2nd stage – Group B
Final
Promoted to División de HonorAlcobendas(3 years later) Sant Cugat play the relegation/promotion playoff against FC Barcelona.
Scorers statistics
Top try scorers
RankPlayerTriesTeam 1 Lee Lay41Arquitectura 2 Pedro Martín19Alcobendas Antxon IriondoDurango 4 Diego García18Alcobendas 5 Manuel Sobrino17Ciencias Fundación Cajasol Alejandro LázaroAlcobendas 7 Rodrigo Rosso16Tecnidex Valencia 8 Juan Pablo Pistone15BUC Barcelona Gonzalo BermejoAlcobendas Glen RollsAlcobendas Xanti IrazustaZarautz
Top points scorers RankPlayerPointsTeam 1 Mohamed Samet240Uribealdea 2 Lucas Panichelli227Zarautz 3 Ati218Alcobendas 4 Rafael Rivero215Ciencias Fundación Cajasol 5 Lee Lay207Arquitectura 6 Gonzalo Rivilla180Olímpico Pozuelo 7 Gaizka Iturriaga171Durango 8 Eduardo Sorribes162CAU Valencia 9 James Devlin159Aparejadores Burgos 10 Malcolm Van Steeden134Sitges See also 2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby
References
External links Federación Española de Rugby