The 2017–18 División de Honor was the 51st season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.
Valladolid won its second consecutive title, its eighth overall after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm El Salvador in the Final.
Competition format
The División de Honor season takes place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are 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 play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.
Promotion and relegation The bottom team in the standings is relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th play the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B is promoted to División de Honor.
Teams Team Stadium CapacityLocation AlcobendasLas Terrazas2,000Alcobendas, MadridBarcelonaLa Teixonera500BarcelonaBizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, BizkaiaComplutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000 ValladolidGetxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 GuechoHernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, CantabriaLa VilaCampo de Rugby El Pantano3,000Villajoyosa, ValenciaOrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, GipuzkoaSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Results ALCBARCISELSGERGET HERINDLaVORDSANVALAlcobendas64-1224-1619-3731-2970-1041-1230-2729-1224-2446-2229-30Barcelona7-3445-3015-3130-1737-4362-1231-3736-1134-1916-1231-42Cisneros15-2923-2940-6239-2648-2742-2526-4330-4925-3545-1410-57El Salvador32-2850-2056-2239-1294-749-738-4342-026-2340-1214-16Gernika RT10-1121-2915-1312-2219-1423-2015-1027-2119-1736-348-14Getxo17-2937-220-6410-4812-2659-1228-3418-2228-383-3912-41Hernani5-3420-022-2812-4011-1633-031-2936-2612-390-517-45Independiente35-2732-3840-298-2948-2646-3161-3341-1436-3732-3117-27La Vila20-2122-2119-2221-3623-752-1924-829-3124-3524-1714-24Ordizia23-4429-337-2134-3930-2161-1452-1227-2632-035-1430-41Santboiana78-732-2441-2223-2842-2059-3360-2432-3527-829-2229-26Valladolid25-2235-1880-1432-1348-1250-1453-032-2154-1946-4549-32
Table TeamPWDL1.Valladolid222101867381+34197461411022.El Salvador221903751342+40910839161973.Alcobendas221516637356+2818543123774.Independiente RC221309621559+628174155755.Ordizia221318626502+1247469105726.Santboiana2211011512508+47469115647.Barcelona229013491558-676477102518.Bizkaia Gernika229013348455-107475543449.Complutense Cisneros227015557617-6076831014210.CR La Vila2267015377518-1415472643911.Hernani224018316630-3144689542612.Getxo Artea R.T.223019322854-532411316323
Qualified for semi finals of playoffs Qualified for playoffs Relegation play-off Relegated
Playoffs
Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Hernani, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor and Ciencias Sevilla, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won 57–48 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.
References
External links Official site