2021–22 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2021–22 División de Honor is the 55th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.

2021–22 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date3 October 2021

Competition format

The season takes place between October and May.

The league format was altered for the 2021-22 season.[1] The twelve teams were split into two groups of 6, based on their placings in last season's league.

Group A Group B
Alcobendas Burgos
Barcelona Ciencias
Cisneros Gernika
El Salvador Les Abelles
La Vila Ordizia
Santboiana Valladolid

Teams played the other teams in their group twice, and then played a further six games against teams from the other group, making a total of 16 games.

The teams were all classified in the same table, with the top eight sides qualifying for the playoffs to decide the champion.

Points were awarded as follows:

  • 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

Promotion and relegation

The second-tier División de Honor B is made up of three regional groups. The top eight teams across the three groups play off; the champion is promoted to División de Honor, at the expense of the team which finishes last in the División de Honor.

The runner-up plays a further play-off against the team which finishes 11th in the top flight.[2]

Teams

Relegated sides Independiente and Getxo were replaced by La Vila and Gernika.

Valladolid

El Salvador
Santboiana
Gernika
Aparejadores
Ordizia
Barcelona
Cisneros
Alcobendas
La Vila
Ciencias
Abelles
Current División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity Location
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas, Madrid
Aparejadores San Amaro 1,500 Burgos, Castile and León
Ciencias Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja 1,932 Seville, Andalusia
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid, Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona, Catalonia
Gernika RT Urbieta zelaia 1,000 Gernika
La Vila Campo de Rugby El Pantano 3,000 Villajoyosa, Valencia
Les Abelles Polideportivo Quatre carreres 500 Valencia, Valencia
Ordizia Altamira 500 Ordizia, Basque Country
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León

Results
Alcobendas Aparejadores Ciencias Cisneros El Salvador FC Barcelona Gernika RT La Vila Les Abelles Ordizia Santboiana Valladolid
Alcobendas 31-16 26-29 21-23 17-22 46-10 29-23 35-30 39-13
Aparejadores 9-16 20-20 21-17 42-30 34-13 68-31 22-22 30-28
Ciencias 29-14 42-11 45-15 30-20 43-5 34-28 41-40 28-3
Cisneros 13-36 33-20 24-20 25-15 31-35 22-15 31-25 26-28
El Salvador 23-22 29-19 25-14 36-13 33-10 24-7 47-26 12-17
FC Barcelona 13-25 33-34 12-28 30-33 26-19 41-21 24-9 20-23
Gernika RT 10-12 17-33 14-20 29-23 22-26 26-29 15-16 8-17
La Vila 0-22 24-20 15-29 34-42 31-43 20-7 20-33 20-16
Les Abelles 27-6 29-19 24-21 24-26 17-24 29-23 24-44 27-38
Ordizia 22-3 19-12 31-18 51-8 27-13 34-12 34-32 19-11
Santboiana 19-16 34-28 38-26 26-21 18-15 48-15 16-6 37-3
Valladolid 36-29 26-26 13-12 14-43 25-32 18-10 37-12 13-25

Standings
 TeamPWDLFA+/-TF TA +/-BonLos Pts
1 El Salvador1611054513271246244185554
2 Santboiana1612044633511125840182353
3 Alcobendas1610064222891334928214650
4 Ordizia16101541632888443774349
5 Ciencias1610154443241205444104248
6 Complutense Cisneros16808381407-263956-170335
7 FC Barcelona16709395408-13534493435
8 Aparejadores1663739638974346-32335
9 Valladolid16718326384-583740-31334
10 Les Abelles165011341503-1624669-231324
11 CR La Vila164012281429-1483854-160218
12 Gernika RT163013270447-1773657-211518
Source: Federación Española de Rugby: Clasificación de la División de Honor
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals
Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor B
Relegation to División de Honor B

Playoffs

The playoffs will be played the weekend of the 14 May 2022. The quarter finals featured a Castilla derby, a Catalan derby and a Madrid derby.

Quarter finals Semifinals Finals
         
1 El Salvador
8 Aparejadores
 
 
4 Ordizia
5 Ciencias
 
 
2 Santboiana
7 Barcelona
 
 
3 Alcobendas
6 Cisneros

Copa del Rey

The twelve teams were divided into four groups of three.[3] The winner of each group proceeded to the semifinals of the cup, which were one-legged ties.

The draw for the cup groups was restricted to ensure that teams are in the same league group as well. This enabled specified league games to also count as cup group games.

Group 1: Barcelona, El Salvador, La Vila

Group 2: Ordizia, Les Abelles, Valladolid

Group 3: Santboiana, Lexus Alcobendas, Complutense Cisneros

Group 4: Gernika, Ciencias, Aparejadores

Semifinals Final
      
1 Ordizia 16
2 El Salvador 23
El Salvador
Alcobendas
3 Alcobendas 23
4 Ciencias 18

References
  1. "La División de Honor de rugby cambia de formato". AS.com (in Spanish). 7 July 2021.
  2. "NORMAS QUE REGIRÁN EL LII CAMPEONATO DE LIGA NACIONAL DE DIVISIÓN DE HONOR B MASCULINA EN LA TEMPORADA 2018/2019" (PDF). www.ferugby.es (in Spanish). 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-14.
  3. "El Salvador y Ordizia toman ventaja en el camino a la fase final de la Copa". ferugby (in Spanish). 11 October 2021.
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