The 2015–16 División de Honor B, the XVIII edition since its inception in 1998, began on September 19, 2015 with the first matchday of regular season and will run through 29 May with the Promotion playoffs Final. For 2015–16 season, championship comprises 3 groups of 12 teams each.
Competition format The season comprises Main stage or regular season and Promotion playoff. The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group and two-best 3rd placed teams qualify for promotion playoff.
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/AreaWebsiteBlusens Networks UniversidadeAs Lagoas-MarcosendeVigoBabyauto ZarautzAstiZarautz1stDurango Nissan-GaursaArripausuetaDurango2ndAVK Bera BeraMiniestadio de AnoetaSan Sebastián3rdUBU-CajavivaSan AmaroBurgos4thUribealdeaAtxurizubiMungia5thCRAT A CoruñaAcea da MaA Coruña6thReal Oviedo RugbyEl NarancoOviedo7thEl Salvador BPepe RojoValladolid8thVRAC Quesos Entrepinares BPepe RojoValladolid 9thEibar Hierros AnetxeUnbeEibar10thLa ÚnicaBerokizelaiaPamplona
Group B Teams from eastern part of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteSant CugatLa GuinarderaSant Cugat del Vallès1stCAU ValenciaCampo del Río TuriaValencia2ndLa VilaEl PantanoVillajoyosa3rdLes AbellesQuatre CarreresValencia4thTecnidex ValenciaQuatre CarreresValencia5thBarcelona EnginyersMar BellaBarcelona6thFénixPinares de VeneciaZaragoza7thBUC BarcelonaLa FoixardaBarcelona8thSitgesSanta BàrbaraSitges9thL'HospitaletFeixa LlargaL'Hospitalet de Llobregat10thSantboiana BBaldiri AleuSant Boi de LlobregatQuímic BarcelonaLa TeixoneraBarcelona
Group C Teams from southern section of Spain
TeamStadiumCity/AreaWebsiteCiencias Fundación CajasolI.D. La CartujaSeville2ndLiceo FrancésRamón UrtubiMadrid3rdOlímpico PozueloValle de las CañasPozuelo de Alarcón4thArquitecturaCampo CentralMadrid5thHelvetiaI.D La CartujaSeville6thIngenieros IndustrialesEl CantizalLas Rozas7thCAU MadridOrcasitasMadrid 8thUniversidad de GranadaFuentenuevaGranada9thCAR CáceresEl CuartilloCáceres10thComplutense Cisneros ZetaCampo CentralMadrid11thAtlético PortuenseCiudad DeportivaEl Puerto de Santa MaríaURA AlmeríaEmilio CampraAlmería
Regular season standings Group A Qualified for promotion playoff #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Babyauto Zarautz222101751280+47110636+7015992UBU-Cajaviva221705655371+2849242+5018863AVK Bera Bera221129425384+415450+411594Uribealdea2211110471372+996144+1711575CRAT Univ. da Coruña221129432371+615047+39576Blusens Networks Universidade229013449414357155+1611477Real Oviedo Rugby229013450453−35063−1310468Durango Nissan-Gaursa228014394453−595654+212449AVIA Eibar229013365575−2104581−3654110El Salvador B228014345711−36647100−5384011VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B228113310528−2183672−3664012La Única226214343478−1354770−23735Source: División de Honor B – Group A
Group B Qualified for promotion playoff #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1La Vila2221011005200+80515227+125181022Sant Cugat221903685337+3489339+5413893CAU Valencia221507831311+52011536+7919794Les Abelles221408584347+2378546+3912685BUC Barcelona221219518546−287170+111616Barcelona Enginyers221101150750706870−211557Tecnidex Valencia2211011420540−1206171−107518Santboiana B229013415543−1284968−199459L'Hospitalet228014370587−2175083−33114310Fénix227213375631−2564888−4063811Sitges222119282794−51232113−8141412Químic Barcelona220220228877−64924137−11315Source: División de Honor B – Group B
Group C Qualified for promotion playoff #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Ciencias Fundación Cajasol2222001180195+98518325+158191072Liceo Francés221804715348+36711241+7115873Atlético Portuense*221408672505+1679871+2720764Arquitectura221219562549+138571+1415655Olímpico Pozuelo2211011554535+197476−210546CAR Cáceres2211110435578−1435679−236527Ingenieros Industriales2210012456521−655773−169498Helvetia2210012490652−1626489−258489Complutense Cisneros B228014527615−887192−21124410UR Almería228014477659−1825489−35104211CAU Madrid227015412691−2795399−4693712Universidad de Granada220022219851−63227129−10277Source: División de Honor B – Group C
CR Atlético Portuense initially qualified for promotion playoff, but later declined to take part.
Promotion playoff Qualified teams To determine pairings, teams qualified are sorted by total points. #TeamGamesPointsTriesBonuspointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstDifference1Ciencias Fundación Cajasol2222001180195+98518325+158191072La Vila2221011005200+80515227+125181023Babyauto Zarautz222101751280+47110636+7015994Sant Cugat221903685337+3489339+5413895Liceo Francés221804715348+36711241+7115876UBU-Cajaviva221705655371+2849242+5018867CAU Valencia221507831311+52011536+791979
According to competition rules, pairings are based as follows: Round PairingQuarter-final A) 1st vs. 8th B) 2nd vs. 7th C) 3rd vs. 6th D) 4th vs. 5thSemifinals E) Winner A) vs. Winner D) F) Winner B) vs. Winner C) Final G) Winner E) vs. Winner F)
Calendar RoundDateFixturesClubsNotesQuarter-finals23/24 April36 → 3Ciencias Fundación Cajasol receive a bye to Semifinals as the best overall team.30 April/1 MaySemifinals7/8 May24 → 2Ciencias Fundación Cajasol gain entry.14/15 MayFinal21/22 May12 → 128/29 May
Quarter finals
CR La Vila, disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. CAU Valencia advanced to next round.
Teams qualified to SemifinalsLa VilaUBU-CajavivaLiceo Francés
Semifinals
Matches 1st leg
2nd leg
Teams qualified to FinalCiencias Fundación CajasolCAU Valencia
Final
1st leg
2nd leg
Promoted to División de HonorCiencias Fundación Cajasol(2 years later) CAU Valencia play the relegation/promotion playoff against Bizkaia Gernika.
Scorers statistics
Top try scorers
RankPlayerTriesTeam 1 David Camacho27Atlético Portuense 2 Matías Jara23La Vila 3 Alejandro Ortega22Ciencias Sevilla 4 Lee Lay20Arquitectura 5 Antxon Iriondo17Durango Nissan-Gaursa Pau AnguitaBarcelona Enginyers Luis VázquezCiencias Sevilla 8 Juan Gabriel Aristemuño16UBU-Cajaviva Phillip HuxfordBabyauto Zarautz Falemaka TatafuBlusens Networks Universidade
Top points scorers RankPlayerPointsTeam 1 Matías Jara353La Vila 2 Eduardo Sorribes312CAU Valencia 3 Lucas Panichelli270Babyauto Zarautz 4 Iñaki Berasategui211Sant Cugat 5 Nacho de Luque207URA Almería 6 Alfonso Menéndez185Real Oviedo Rugby 7 Mikel Álvarez179UBU-Cajaviva 8 José de la Cueva172Atlético Portuense 9 Luis Gascón167CRAT A Coruña 10 Eduardo Lasanta165Ingenieros Industriales
See also 2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby
References
External links Federación Española de Rugby