División de Honor de Rugby
| División de Honor | |
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 Current season or competition:2012–13 División de Honor de Rugby |
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Instituted | 1953 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Country |  Spain |
| Holders | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (2011–12) |
| Website | ferugby.com |
The División de Honor, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Renfe División de Honor, is the top Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. The league began in 1953 and consists of ten teams. Clubs are relegated to and promoted from División de Honor B. The winner each year qualifies for the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier European rugby competition.
Another rugby union competition, the Super Ibérica de Rugby (SIR), operates with a franchise system and runs parallel to the División de Honor. The SIR is not sanctioned by the Spanish Rugby Federation.1
The current División de Honor champions are VRAC Quesos Entrepinares from Valladolid, Castile and León.
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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 18 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
- 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
The team with the highest number of points at the end of 18 rounds of matches become champions.
Promotion and relegation
The bottom team in the standings is relegated to División de Honor B, while the team qualified 11th play the relegation playoff. Top team from División de Honor B is promoted to División de Honor.
2012–13 teams
Valladolid /
Cetransa El Salvador
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
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| VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
| AMPO Ordizia | Altamira | 5002 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa |
| Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Guernica, Biscay |
| La Vila | Field Swamp | 1,550 | Villajoyosa, Alicante |
| Ciencias Fundación Cajasol | La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville |
| Getxo Artea | Fadura | 4,000 | Getxo |
| Cetransa El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
| Blusens Universidade Vigo | Lagoas-Marcosende | 3,000 | Vigo |
| Santboiana Seat | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat |
| Atlético de Madrid | Valle de las Cañas | 500 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Community of Madrid |
| Complutense Cisneros | Central de la Ciudad Universitaria | 6,000 | Madrid |
| Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa |
2012–13 season standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Dif | Bonus | Pts | |
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| 1 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 680 | 412 | 268 | 17 | 85 |
| 2 | Santboiana SEAT | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 638 | 407 | 231 | 13 | 81 |
| 3 | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 673 | 445 | 228 | 15 | 75 |
| 4 | Cetransa El Salvador | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 530 | 390 | 140 | 14 | 68 |
| 5 | AMPO Ordizia | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 584 | 536 | 48 | 13 | 65 |
| 6 | Atlético Madrid | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 491 | 495 | −4 | 8 | 60 |
| 7 | Ciencias Fundación Cajasol | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 557 | 555 | 2 | 18 | 50 |
| 8 | Getxo Artea | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 474 | 520 | −46 | 14 | 50 |
| 9 | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 544 | 636 | −92 | 14 | 50 |
| 10 | Universidade de Vigo Iveco | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 480 | 601 | −121 | 10 | 44 |
| 11 | Hernani | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 354 | 568 | −214 | 8 | 32 |
| 12 | La Vila | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 383 | 823 | −440 | 5 | 17 |
Source: Federación Española de Rugby
| Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals | |
| Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals | |
| Relegation playoff | |
| Relegated |
Past winners
Titles by team
| Team | Titles | Year | Region |
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 Arquitectura |
9 | 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995 |  |
 El Salvador |
7 | 1991, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 |  |
 Santboiana |
7 | 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006 |  |
 Canoe/CRC Madrid |
5 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 2000, 2009 | |
 VRAC |
3 | 1999, 2001, 2012 | |
.png){kind=small} Atlético San Sebastián |
3 | 1970, 1978, 1979* |  |
.png){kind=small} Ciencias Sevilla |
2 | 1992, 1994 |  |
.png){kind=small} Cisneros |
2 | 1976, 1985 | |
 CAU Madrid |
2 | 1979*, 1980 | |
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2 | 1953, 1954 | |
 La Vila |
1 | 2011 |  |
.png){kind=small} Getxo Artea |
1 | 1993 | |
 Valencia |
1 | 1983 | |
 Amigos del Rugby |
1 | 1979* | |
 Cornellà |
1 | 1979* | |
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*1978–79 season; 4 groups competition format, thus; 4 championship winners. |
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See also
References
- ^ "Supa Iberica de Rugby 2010". The Roar. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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