2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

Spanish rugby union competition 2013–14 División de Honor División de Honor.PNG Spain Valladolid (5th title) El Salvador Ciencias 137 Brad Linklater, 228 Ignacio Contardi, 21 2012–13 2014–15 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 CapacityLocation Atlético MadridValle de las Cañas300Pozuelo de Alarcón, MadridSpain 420 none 2013–14 División de Honor teams Spain 41.652136 -4.726181 left 5 Valladolid / El Salvador 80 Spain 41.346015 2.035217 left 5 Santboiana 80 Spain 43.311377 -2.680578 top 5 Gernika 80 Spain 43.054151 -2.17864 bottom 5 Ordizia 80 Spain 40.42271 -3.818221 left 5 Atl. Madrid 80 Spain 37.387345 -5.984169 right 5 Ciencias 80 Spain 43.338039 -3.008537 bottom 5 Getxo 80 Spain 40.437998 -3.728614 right 5 Complutense Cisneros 80 Spain 42.23894 -8.719368 top 5 Vigo 80 Spain 43.268456 -1.974535 right 5 Hernani 80 Spain 43.462015 -3.810024 left 5 Independiente 80Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, BizkaiaCienciasLa Cartuja1,932SevilleComplutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidGetxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 GuechoHernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, CantabriaOrdiziaAltamira500Estadio Altamira http://www.ordiziarugby.com/content/view/45/79/lang,es/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101021103512/http://www.ordiziarugby.com/content/view/45/79/lang,es/ 21 October 2010 13 September 2010 SpanishOrdizia, GipuzkoaSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatUniversidad de VigoLagoas-Marcosende3,000VigoValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid Regular season standings TeamPWDLF Points forA Points against+/- Points differenceBon Bonus pointsPts1Valladolid 22170559142916217852El Salvador 22160662540322214783Complutense Cisneros 22160662947615314784Independiente RC 2213095935128115675Atlético Madrid 22110115715394817616Ordizia 2212010522522012607Getxo Artea 22110114904286210548Santboiana 2210012477566−8913539Bizkaia Gernika 229013529546−17145010Hernani 228014463643−18094111Universidade Vigo 227015502686−18493712Ciencias222020407649−2421422 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 30 160 4 CantabriaIndependiente 20 5 MadridAtlético Madrid 18 3 MadridComplutense Cisneros 29 6 Basque CountryOrdizia 27 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 29 4 CantabriaIndependiente 24 2 Castile and LeónEl Salvador 22 3 MadridComplutense Cisneros 9 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 26 2 Castile and LeónEl Salvador 15 2013–14 División de Honor winners Castile and León Valladolid Fifth Quarter-finals May 17, 2014 16:00 (UTC+2) Complutense Cisneros 29–27 Report Ordizia Manu Sainz 32' c, 34' mHayali 35' mPaco Hernández 40' m Girão (1/4) Girão (1/1) 3' Arraztoa 41' cTudela 57' cHuxford 82' c Steyl (3/3) Steyl (2/2) 17', 26' Campo Central, Madrid Villegas Casado (Castile and León) May 18, 2014 12:00 (UTC+2) Independiente RC 20–18 Report Atlético Madrid Rodríguez 5' mQuevedo 53' cMora 59' m Mateu (1/3) Mateu (1/1) Ramírez 10' mArmental 25' cBalbín 35' m Balbín (1/2) Balbín (1/2) 1' Mies de Cozada, Santander Gallastegi Sodupe (Basque Country) Semifinals May 24, 2014 17:30 (UTC+2) Valladolid 29–24 Report Independiente RC Fernández 22' cAbril 32' cLópez 38' cHerrera 70' m Griffiths (3/4) Griffiths (1/1) 59' Mañero 19' cpenalty try 56' cÁlvarez 79' c García (3/3) García (1/1) 3' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid 2,300 Pedro Montoya (Euskadi) May 25, 2014 16:00 (UTC+2) El Salvador 22–9 Report Complutense Cisneros Max Vega 51' mMamea 56' m, 80' cSerrano 74' m Pearce (1/4) Girão (3/3) 16', 33', 45' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid 2,000 Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia) Final June 1, 2014 12:30 (UTC+2) Valladolid 26–15 Report Hermi El Salvador Gavidi 25' cVessey 34' mBarnes 59' m Griffiths (1/3) Griffiths (3/3) 6', 9', 19' Miranda 49' mV Sánchez 76' c P Rodríguez (1/2) P Rodríguez (1/1) 15' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid 5,500 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. y 2 score Relegation/promotion playoff 25 11th team qualified 11th in División de Honor Galicia Universidade Vigo 10 38 DHB Loser team from promotion's playoff Final Catalonia Sant Cugat 29 11 1st leg June 1, 2014 12:00 (UTC+2) Sant Cugat 29–10 Report Universidade Vigo Lafuente 13' mPla 22' cLosada 37' cGranell 48' c Berasategui (3/4) Berasategui (1/1) 67' Tatafu 52' c Simon (1/1) Simon (1/1) 33' La Guinardera, Sant Cugat del Vallès Rafael Ortega (Andalusia) 2nd leg June 7, 2014 17:40 (UTC+2) Universidade Vigo 38–11 Report Sant Cugat Tito 3' mde Cabo 23' mBerlande 27' mMonreal 43' cTatafu 58' c Simon (2/5) Simon (3/3) 17', 45', 76' Gómez 39' m Berasategui (0/1) Berasategui (1/2) 13' Berasategui (1/1) 25' Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo 1,000 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 regular season stats https://web.archive.org/web/20141016084752/http://esrugby.es/clasificaciones/estadisticas-2013-2014-jugadores-dh/ 2014-10-16 PlayerTry pointsTeamESP Ignacio Contardi110Independiente RCESP Iñigo Olaeta75Bizkaia GernikaNZL Afa Tauli70SantboianaARG Federico Casteglioni65Bizkaia GernikaESP Pedro Martín60ValladolidTON Maka Tatafu55Universidade VigoPOR Tiago Girão55Complutense CisnerosNZL Simeon James55Getxo ArteaENG Tom Pearce55Bizkaia GernikaRSA Heinrich Steyl50Ordizia By total points PlayerPointsTeamNZL Brad Linklater228Getxo ArteaPOR Tiago Girão218Complutense CisnerosESP Pedro Rodríguez190El SalvadorESP Iñigo Balbín190Atlético MadridENG Gareth Griffiths189ValladolidRSA Heinrich Steyl173OrdiziaESP Iñigo Olaeta147Bizkaia GernikaESP Mariano García146Independiente RCESP Igor Genua141HernaniFRA Jérémy Simon124Universidade Vigo See also 2013–14 División de Honor B de Rugby References External links Official site 2013-14 Spain