2015–16 División de Honor de Waterpolo

División de Honor 2015–16 Water polo División de Honor 150px October 3, 2015–April 23, 2016 (regular season)May 3– (championship playoff) Atlètic-Barceloneta AstralPool Sabadell 12 NED Robin Lindhout, 65 goals 1ª División CN Sant Feliu División de Honor División de Honor de Waterpolo 2014–15 2014–15 2016–17 División de Honor de Waterpolo 2016–17 The 2015–16 season of the División de Honor de Waterpolo was the 93rd season of top-tier water polo in Spain since its inception in 1925. Twelve teams competed for this season. The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. The regular season started in October 2015 and finished on April 23, 2016. Top eight teams at standings when finishing regular season play the championship playoff. The championship playoff started on 3/4 May with the quarter-finals series. Quarter finals, semifinals and Final are played to the best of 3 matches. Atlètic-Barceloneta won its eleventh title in a row and sixteenth overall after defeating AstralPool Sabadell in the Championship Final series 2–1. Competition Format The División de Honor season took place between October and May, with every team playing each other at home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following: 3 points for a win 1 point for a draw Top eight teams when finishing regular season play championship playoff. Bottom team is relegated while team qualified 11th play relegation playoff. Promotion and relegation Bottom team at standings when finishing regular season is relegated to Primera División, while the champion team from Primera División is promoted. Team information Spain Catalonia 500 Catalan teams in División de Honor 2015–16 teams Spain Catalonia 41.384988 2.173662 bottom 5 Atl. BarcelonetaBarcelonaMediterraniSant AndreuCatalunya 80 Spain Catalonia 41.575425 2.00817 left 5 Terrassa 80 Spain Catalonia 41.538073 2.453513 right 5 Mataró 80 Spain Catalonia 41.560137 2.088293 top 5 Sabadell 80 Spain Catalonia 41.412478 2.020139 left 5 RubíS. Feliu 80 Spain 350 Remaining teams in División de Honor 2015–16 teams Spain 42.818469 -1.625719 bottom 5 Navarra 80 Spain 40.413445 -3.66449 bottom 5 Real Canoe 80 Team City/Area FoundedStadium websiteAtlètic-BarcelonetaBarcelona1913 (1992)Piscina Sant SebastiàMediterraniBarcelona1931Instal·lació Josep VallèsSabadellSabadell1916Can LlongMataró QuadisMataró1932Piscina Joan SerraTerrassaTerrassa1932Àrea Olímpica https://web.archive.org/web/20150512182331/http://www.elnatacio.com/ 2015-05-12 Real Canoe–IsostarMadrid1931Piscina Real CanoeBarcelonaBarcelona1907Nova EsculleraCatalunyaBarcelona1931Piscina Sant JordiSant AndreuBarcelona1971Piscina Pere SerratWaterpolo NavarraPamplona2006Ciudad Deportiva AmayaRubíRubí1971Piscina Can RosésSant FeliuSant Feliu de Llobregat1969Piscina CN Molins de Rei Regular season standings main WDL 29 April 2016 División de Honor table and rfen.es PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL RP RL ATL 21 1 0 282 121 SAB 18 1 3 275 164 CAN 14 1 7 206 182 TER 13 3 6 215 158 MAT 12 4 6 229 178 BAR 12 1 9 202 202 SAN 9 1 12 197 185 MED 9 1 12 189 195 CAT 7 2 13 177 227 NAV 6 1 15 158 235 RUB 2 2 18 147 251 FEL 0 0 22 109 288 Atlètic-Barceloneta AstralPool Sabadell Real Canoe–Isostar Terrassa Quadis Mataró Barcelona Sant Andreu Mediterrani Catalunya Waterpolo Navarra Rubí Sant Feliu 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored 5 QR blue1 Qualification to championship playoffs green1 Qualification to relegation playoff red1 Relegation to Primera División Championship playoffs Bracket 3/3/5 Quarter-finals (best of 3) Semi-finals (best of 3) Final (best of 3) 120 20 1 Atlètic-Barceloneta 16 11 8 Mediterrani 2 3 4 Terrassa 5 6 5 Quadis Mataró 4 5 2 AstralPool Sabadell 15 15 7 Sant Andreu 10 7 3 Real Canoe–Isostar 7 13 8 6 Barcelona 11 12 12 1 Atlètic-Barceloneta 13 10 4 Terrassa 6 6 2 AstralPool Sabadell 8 10 12 6 Barcelona 10 9 9 1 Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 9 11 2 AstralPool Sabadell 8 6 8 Quarter-finals 1st match May 3 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Atlètic-Barceloneta 16 Mediterrani 2 Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Jaumandreu Sellarès, Teixidó Bermúdez 3–0 5–0 3–1 5–1 Español 4 Idárraga 2 May 3 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Terrassa 5 Quadis Mataró 4 Piscina Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Buch Juanola, Iñesta Peralta 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 five players 1 Barbena, Merino 2 May 4 13:30 (UTC+2) Boxscore Real Canoe–Isostar 7 Barcelona 11 Centro de Natación Mundial 86, Madrid Teixidó Bermúdez, Cerezo Crespo 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–3 V Gutiérrez 3 Esteller 3 May 4 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore AstralPool Sabadell 15 Sant Andreu 10 Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Torres Pérez, Guardia Marsal 5–0 3–4 2–5 5–1 three players 3 Brúder 6 2nd match May 5 18:00 (UTC+2) Boxscore Quadis Mataró 5 Terrassa 6 Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Teule Barreda, Ortega Carreras 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 Corbalán 2 Granados 2 May 5 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Mediterrani 3 Atlètic-Barceloneta 11 Piscina Josep Vallès, Barcelona Colominas Ezponda, Aymerich Miñarro 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–4 G García 2 three players 2 May 6 13:30 (UTC+2) Boxscore Barcelona 12 Real Canoe–Isostar 13 Piscina Nova Escullera, Barcelona Jiménez Turnes, Ortega Pacheco 2–4 2–2 1–2 7–5 Esteller 4 Barroso 4 May 6 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Sant Andreu 7 AstralPool Sabadell 15 Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Jiménez Turnes, Galindo Moreno 3–6 2–3 1–3 1–3 Brúder 2 Gallego 3 3rd match May 8 13:30 (UTC+2) Boxscore Real Canoe–Isostar 8 Barcelona 12 Centro de Natación Mundial 86, Madrid Galindo Moreno, Felicidad Rodríguez 1–3 3–4 1–4 3–1 Barroso 3 Ďurík 4 Semifinals 1st match May 12 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Atlètic-Barceloneta 13 Terrassa 6 Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Buch Juanola, Ortega Pacheco 2–2 5–1 4–2 2–1 Rašović 4 Granados 2 May 14 12:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore AstralPool Sabadell 8 Barcelona 10 Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Teixidó Bermúdez, Colominas Ezponda 2–2 1–2 3–3 2–3 three players 2 four players 2 2nd match May 15 12:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Terrassa 6 Atlètic-Barceloneta 10 Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Galindo Moreno, Iñesta Peralta 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 Granados, J Pérez 2 Rašović, Munarriz 3 May 16 12:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Barcelona 9 AstralPool Sabadell 10 Nova Escullera, Barcelona Buch Juanola, Teule Barreda 1–4 1–1 3–4 4–1 nine players 1 López Escribano 3rd match May 22 12:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore AstralPool Sabadell 12 Barcelona 9 Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Galindo Moreno, Teixidó Bermúdez 3–2 1–3 4–1 4–3 López Escribano 5 three players 2 Final 1st match May 24 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Atlètic-Barceloneta 6 AstralPool Sabadell 8 Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Buch Juanola, Colominas Ezponda 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 Munarriz 2 López Escribano 3 2nd match May 26 21:00 (UTC+2) Boxscore AstralPool Sabadell 6 Atlètic-Barceloneta 9 Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Galindo Moreno, Torres Pérez 2–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 Koopman, López Escribano 2 Minguell, Faměra 2 3rd match May 30 21:00 (UTC+2) Boxscore Atlètic-Barceloneta 11 AstralPool Sabadell 8 Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Teixidó Bermúdez, Gómez Pordomingo 1–5 2–0 5–2 3–1 Munarriz 4 Marsal 3 Atlètic-Barceloneta wins championship Final series 2–1. 2015–16 División de Honor winners Catalonia Atlètic-Barceloneta Sixteenth Individual awards Championship MVP: ESP Alberto Munarriz, CN Atlètic-Barceloneta Best Goalkeeper: ESP Daniel López, CN Atlètic-Barceloneta Top goalscorer: NED Robin Lindhout, CN Mataró Relegation playoff Playoff to be played in two legs. 1st leg to be played on 7 May and 2nd leg on 14 May. The overall winner will play in División de Honor 2016–17 and the loser will play in Primera Nacional. Rubí Catalonia 23–18 Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde Canary Islands 15–12 8–6 |} 1st leg May 7 17:45 (UTC+1) Boxscore Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde 12 Rubí 15 Piscina Quico Cabrera, Santa Cruz Gómez Pordomingo, Torres Pérez 2–2 5–2 3–5 2–6 Alcalá, Fernández-Caldas 4 Carrasco 4 2nd leg May 14 20:45 (UTC+2) Boxscore Rubí 8 Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde 6 Piscina Can Rosés, Rubí Jaumandreu Sellarès, Iñesta Peralta 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–2 Reuten 2 San Martín 3 CN Rubí won 23–18 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor 2016–17. Season statistics Top goalscorers http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/waterpolo/asp/goleadores.asp?c=369 División de Honor statistics (sorted by goals) rfen.es es RankPlayer Team Goals1NED Robin LindhoutQuadis Mataró 642ESP Alberto BarrosoReal Canoe–Isostar 583ESP Víctor GutiérrezReal Canoe–Isostar 534ESP Albert EspañolAtlètic-Barceloneta 525ESP Gonzalo López EscribanoAstralPool Sabadell 476ESP Víctor FloresBarcelona 457ARG Germán YañezMediterrani 418ESP Joel EstellerBarcelona 409SVK Lukáš ĎuríkBarcelona39SRB Strahinja RašovićAtlètic-Barceloneta Number of teams by autonomous communities Autonomous CommunitiesNo. teamsTeams1Catalonia10Barcelona, Barceloneta, Catalunya, Mataró, Mediterrani, Rubí, Sant Feliu, Sabadell, Sant Andreu and Terrassa2Madrid1 Real Canoe3Navarre1Navarra References References See also 2015–16 División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo External links Real Federación Española de Natación es Category:División de Honor de Waterpolo Category:Seasons in Spanish water polo competitions Spain Category:2015 in Spanish sport Category:2016 in Spanish sport Category:2015 in water polo Category:2016 in water polo