2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

2013–14 División de Honor
Countries Spain
ChampionsValladolid (5th title)
Runners-upEl Salvador
RelegatedCiencias
Matches played137
Top point scorerBrad Linklater, 228
Top try scorerIgnacio Contardi, 21

The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 47th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.

The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.

Valladolid successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias was the team relegated to División de Honor B 2014–15.

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 Capacity Location
Atlético Madrid Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby is located in Spain
Valladolid / El Salvador

Valladolid /
El Salvador
Santboiana
Santboiana
Gernika
Gernika
Ordizia
Ordizia
Atl. Madrid
Atl. Madrid
Ciencias
Ciencias
Getxo
Getxo
Complutense Cisneros
Complutense Cisneros
Vigo
Vigo
Hernani
Hernani
Independiente
Independiente
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2013–14 División de Honor teams
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Gernika, Bizkaia
Ciencias La Cartuja 1,932 Seville
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Getxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 Guecho
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RC San Román 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Universidad de Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid

Regular season standings

Team P W D L F A +/- Bon Pts
1 Valladolid 22 17 0 5 591 429 162 17 85
2 El Salvador 22 16 0 6 625 403 222 14 78
3 Complutense Cisneros 22 16 0 6 629 476 153 14 78
4 Independiente RC 22 13 0 9 593 512 81 15 67
5 Atlético Madrid 22 11 0 11 571 539 48 17 61
6 Ordizia 22 12 0 10 522 522 0 12 60
7 Getxo Artea 22 11 0 11 490 428 62 10 54
8 Santboiana 22 10 0 12 477 566 −89 13 53
9 Bizkaia Gernika 22 9 0 13 529 546 −17 14 50
10 Hernani 22 8 0 14 463 643 −180 9 41
11 Universidade Vigo 22 7 0 15 502 686 −184 9 37
12 Ciencias 22 2 0 20 407 649 −242 14 22

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
Relegation playoff
Relegated

Championship playoffs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Castile and LeónValladolid 29
4 CantabriaIndependiente 20 4 CantabriaIndependiente 24
5 Community of MadridAtlético Madrid 18 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 26
2 Castile and LeónEl Salvador 15
2 Castile and LeónEl Salvador 22
3 Community of MadridComplutense Cisneros 29 3 Community of MadridComplutense Cisneros 9
6 Basque Country (autonomous community)Ordizia 27
2013–14 División de Honor winners
Castile and León
Valladolid
Fifth title

Quarter-finals

May 17, 2014 Complutense Cisneros 29–27 Ordizia Campo Central, Madrid  
16:00 (UTC+2) Try: Manu Sainz 32' c, 34' m
Hayali 35' m
Paco Hernández 40' m
Con: Girão (1/4)
Pen: Girão (1/1) 3'
 Report Try: Arraztoa 41' c
Tudela 57' c
Huxford 82' c
Con: Steyl (3/3)
Pen: Steyl (2/2) 17', 26'
 Referee: Villegas Casado (Castile and León)
May 18, 2014 Independiente RC 20–18 Atlético Madrid Mies de Cozada, Santander  
12:00 (UTC+2) Try: Rodríguez 5' m
Quevedo 53' c
Mora 59' m
Con: Mateu (1/3)
Pen: Mateu (1/1)
 Report Try: Ramírez 10' m
Armental 25' c
Balbín 35' m
Con: Balbín (1/2)
Pen: Balbín (1/2) 1'
 Referee: Gallastegi Sodupe (Basque Country)

Semifinals

May 24, 2014 Valladolid 29–24 Independiente RC Pepe Rojo, Valladolid  
17:30 (UTC+2) Try: Fernández 22' c
Abril 32' c
López 38' c
Herrera 70' m
Con: Griffiths (3/4)
Pen: Griffiths (1/1) 59'
 Report Try: Mañero 19' c
penalty try 56' c
Álvarez 79' c
Con: García (3/3)
Pen: García (1/1) 3'
 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Pedro Montoya (Euskadi)
May 25, 2014 El Salvador 22–9 Complutense Cisneros Pepe Rojo, Valladolid  
16:00 (UTC+2) Try: Max Vega 51' m
Mamea 56' m, 80' c
Serrano 74' m
Con: Pearce (1/4)
 Report Pen: Girão (3/3) 16', 33', 45'
 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia)

Final

June 1, 2014 Valladolid 26–15 Hermi El Salvador Pepe Rojo, Valladolid  
12:30 (UTC+2) Try: Gavidi 25' c
Vessey 34' m
Barnes 59' m
Con: Griffiths (1/3)
Pen: Griffiths (3/3) 6', 9', 19'
 Report Try: Miranda 49' m
V Sánchez 76' c
Con: P Rodríguez (1/2)
Pen: P Rodríguez (1/1) 15'
 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country)

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th Galicia (Spain) Universidade Vigo 10 38 48
DHB Catalonia Sant Cugat 29 11 40

1st leg

June 1, 2014 Sant Cugat 29–10 Universidade Vigo La Guinardera, Sant Cugat del Vallès  
12:00 (UTC+2) Try: Lafuente 13' m
Pla 22' c
Losada 37' c
Granell 48' c
Con: Berasategui (3/4)
Pen: Berasategui (1/1) 67'
 Report Try: Tatafu 52' c
Con: Simon (1/1)
Pen: Simon (1/1) 33'
 Referee: Rafael Ortega (Andalusia)

2nd leg

June 7, 2014 Universidade Vigo 38–11 Sant Cugat Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo  
17:40 (UTC+2) Try: Tito 3' m
de Cabo 23' m
Berlande 27' m
Monreal 43' c
Tatafu 58' c
Con: Simon (2/5)
Pen: Simon (3/3) 17', 45', 76'
 Report Try: Gómez 39' m
Con: Berasategui (0/1)
Pen: Berasategui (1/2) 13'
Drop: Berasategui (1/1) 25'
 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Félix Villegas (Castile and León)

Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.

Scorers statistics

By try points

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Player Try points Team
Spain Ignacio Contardi 110 Independiente RC
Spain Iñigo Olaeta 75 Bizkaia Gernika
New Zealand Afa Tauli 70 Santboiana
Argentina Federico Casteglioni 65 Bizkaia Gernika
Spain Pedro Martín 60 Valladolid
Tonga Maka Tatafu 55 Universidade Vigo
Portugal Tiago Girão 55 Complutense Cisneros
New Zealand Simeon James 55 Getxo Artea
England Tom Pearce 55 Bizkaia Gernika
South Africa Heinrich Steyl 50 Ordizia

By total points

Player Points Team
New Zealand Brad Linklater 228 Getxo Artea
Portugal Tiago Girão 218 Complutense Cisneros
Spain Pedro Rodríguez 190 El Salvador
Spain Iñigo Balbín 190 Atlético Madrid
England Gareth Griffiths 189 Valladolid
South Africa Heinrich Steyl 173 Ordizia
Spain Iñigo Olaeta 147 Bizkaia Gernika
Spain Mariano García 146 Independiente RC
Spain Igor Genua 141 Hernani
France Jérémy Simon 124 Universidade Vigo

See also

References

  1. ^ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ^ regular season stats Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine