The 2016–17 División de Honor was the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.
Valladolid won the title, its seventh overall after defeating local arch-rivals El Salvador in the Final.
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 AlcobendasLas Terrazas2,000Alcobendas, MadridBarcelonaLa Teixonera500BarcelonaBizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, BizkaiaCienciasInstalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja1,932SevilleComplutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense 12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidGernika RTUrbieta zelaia1,000GernikaGetxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 GuechoHernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, CantabriaOrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, GipuzkoaSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Results ALCBARCIECISELSGERGET HERINDORDSANVALAlcobendas52-2482-027-1125-2928-2063-2638-546-1034-1831-1728-17Barcelona17-6133-2041-2610-3613-2031-2730-1830-3417-2433-565-28Ciencias22-2927-1824-2622-3142-3325-2512-1733-4014-2915-527-89Cisneros22-3234-2766-323-1745-2447-1950-1929-1522-1715-2212-33El Salvador32-3144-1955-747-3111-669-050-854-3136-1822-1323-15Gernika RT27-740-2827-137-1114-3737-1814-1127-3324-624-3513-17Getxo11-2817-2410-515-3139-2423-4026-2226-3318-3921-2024-45Hernani26-015-733-1010-297-4839-2623-1318-2223-817-347-41Independiente19-5523-1444-1835-2717-4722-2329-2119-1528-1019-1714-59Ordizia15-2351-1439-1326-2910-3332-625-1019-338-2436-206-13Santboiana38-731-1033-2237-2232-2733-2062-857-1058-3234-728-31Valladolid47-1455-1457-1431-523-2434-768-3555-529-2055-1836-14
Table +NoClubPWDL Pts1El Salvador221903152796401395932Valladolid221903161878337541933Alcobendas221606112741453288774Santboiana221507133743465278765Complutense Cisneros22130913161352885666Independiente RC221201091563694 -131587Ordizia221001283491493 -2518Bizkaia Gernika22901394479538 -59499Hernani22701534351608 -2573510Barcelona22501754459739 -2802911Getxo Artea R.T.22411763432790 -3582712Ciencias22211955368868 -50020
Qualified for playoff semifinals.Qualified for playoff quarterfinals.Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor BRelegation to División de Honor B
Playoffs
Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Getxo Artea, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and UBU-Colina Clinic, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Getxo Artea won 132-19 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.
References
External links
Official site