2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby

2014–15 División de Honor B
Countries Spain
ChampionsZarautz (Group A)
Sant Cugat (Group B)
Alcobendas (Group C)
Runners-upDurango (Group A)
CAU Valencia (Group B)
Ciencias Sevilla (Group C)
Matches played354 (regular season)
13 (2nd stage)
1 (final)
Top point scorerCzech Republic Mohamed Samet 240
Top try scorerSpain Lee Lay 41

The 2014–15 División de Honor B, the XVII edition, began on September 13, 2014 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 23, 2015 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2014–15 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 10/12 teams each.

Alcobendas Rugby won the promotion playoff to Sant Cugat 18–13 and returned to División de Honor three years after of relegation. [1]

Competition format

The season comprises Main stage or regular season, 2nd stage and Final. The regular season runs through 22 matchdays (groups A and C) and 18 matchdays (Group B). Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group qualify for 2nd stage. 2nd stage features two groups of three teams each, in a round-robin format, playing each team 4 matches in total. Top team of each group play the Final with the winner team being promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams qualified in 10th, 11th & 12th in the standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

Points during regular season are awarded as following;

  • Each win means 4 points to winning team.
  • A draw means 2 points for each team.
  • 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
  • A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.

Teams

Group A

  • Teams from northern section of Spain
2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby is located in Spain
Bera Bera
Bera Bera
Uribealdea
Uribealdea
Eibar
Eibar
Zarautz
Zarautz
CRAT Univ. da Coruña
CRAT Univ. da Coruña
Real Oviedo
Real Oviedo
Durango
Durango
Burgos
Burgos
Belenos
Belenos
VRAC El Salvador
VRAC
El Salvador
Bathco
Bathco
2014–15 group A teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2013–14
AVK Bera Bera Miniestadio de Anoeta San Sebastián [1][permanent dead link] 1st
Uribealdea Atxurizubi Mungia [2] Archived 2014-01-01 at the Wayback Machine 2nd
Eibar Hierros Anetxe Unbe Eibar [3] 3rd
Babyauto Zarautz Asti Zarautz [4] 4th
CRAT Univ. da Coruña Acea da Ma A Coruña [5] 5th
Real Oviedo Rugby El Naranco Oviedo [6] 6th
Durango Arripausueta Durango [7] 7th
Oxigar Belenos Muro de Zaro Avilés [8] P
Aparejadores Burgos San Amaro Burgos [9] P
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B Pepe Rojo Valladolid [10] Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine P
Bathco Rugby B Mies de Cozada Santander [11] P
Hermi El Salvador B Pepe Rojo Valladolid [12] P

Group B

  • Teams from eastern section of Spain
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Sant Cugat
Sant Cugat
La Vila
La Vila
CAU Valencia
CAU Valencia
Les Abelles Tecnidex Valencia
Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia
L'Hospitalet
L'Hospitalet
Poble Nou
Poble Nou
BUC
BUC
Fénix
Fénix
Sitges
Sitges
2014–15 group B teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2013–14
Sant Cugat La Guinardera Sant Cugat del Vallès [13] 2nd
La Vila El Pantano Villajoyosa [14] 3rd
CAU Valencia Campo del Río Turia Valencia [15] 4th
Les Abelles Quatre Carreres Valencia [16] 5th
Tecnidex Valencia Quatre Carreres Valencia [17] 6th
L'Hospitalet Feixa Llarga L'Hospitalet de Llobregat [18] 7th
Poble Nou-Enginyers Mar Bella Barcelona [19] 8th
BUC Barcelona La Foixarda Barcelona [20] 9th
Fénix Pinares de Venecia Zaragoza [21] P
Sitges Santa Bàrbara Sitges [22] P

Group C

  • Teams from southern section of Spain
2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby is located in Spain
Alcobendas
Alcobendas
CAU Madrid Arquitectura Cisneros B Liceo Francés
CAU Madrid
Arquitectura
Cisneros B
Liceo Francés
Helvetia Ciencias
Helvetia
Ciencias
Ingenieros
Ingenieros
Univ. Granada
Univ. Granada
Pozuelo
Pozuelo
Boadilla
Boadilla
CAR Cáceres
CAR Cáceres
2014–15 group C teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2013–14
Alcobendas Las Terrazas Alcobendas [23] 1st
CAU Madrid Orcasitas Madrid [24] Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine 3rd
Helvetia I.D. La Cartuja Seville [25] 4th
Arquitectura Campo Central Madrid [26] 5th
Ingenieros Industriales El Cantizal Las Rozas [27] 6th
Liceo Francés Ramón Urtubi Madrid [28] 7th
Universidad de Granada Fuentenueva Granada [29] 8th
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol I.D La Cartuja Seville [30] R
Olímpico Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas Pozuelo de Alarcón [31] P
Complutense Cisneros B Campo Central Madrid [32] P
Tasman Boadilla Complejo Deportivo Boadilla del Monte [33] P
CAR Cáceres El Cuartillo Cáceres [34] P

Standings

Regular season

Group A

Qualified for 2nd Stage
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1 Babyauto Zarautz 22 21 0 1 769 232 +537 105 27 +78 14 98
2 Durango 22 18 1 3 597 253 +344 92 27 +65 15 89
3 AVK Bera Bera 22 16 0 6 677 244 +433 99 26 +73 16 80
4 Aparejadores Burgos 22 13 1 8 533 364 +169 73 47 +26 8 62
5 Uribealdea 22 12 1 9 649 364 +285 80 43 +37 11 61
6 CRAT Univ. da Coruña 22 12 0 10 398 341 57 50 43 +7 6 54
7 Real Oviedo Rugby 22 10 0 12 421 520 −99 56 71 −15 7 47
8 Hermi El Salvador B 22 9 0 13 334 550 −216 46 80 −34 9 45
9 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B 22 8 1 13 333 438 −105 42 62 −20 9 43
10 Eibar Hierros Anetxe 22 6 0 16 297 499 −202 37 68 −31 7 31
11 Oxigar Belenos 22 5 0 17 349 598 −249 43 77 −34 8 28
12 Bathco Rugby B 22 0 0 22 197 1151 −954 28 180 −152 5 5
Source: División de Honor B – Group A Archived 2016-01-14 at the Wayback Machine


Group B

Qualified for 2nd Stage
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1 Sant Cugat 18 16 0 2 575 284 +291 82 34 +48 14 78
2 CAU Valencia 18 16 0 2 605 230 +375 87 30 +57 13 77
3 La Vila 18 16 0 2 626 163 +463 88 21 +67 12 76
4 Les Abelles 18 8 0 10 366 392 −26 48 54 −6 10 42
5 Tecnidex Valencia 18 8 0 10 337 313 +24 48 33 +15 9 41
6 Poble Nou-Enginyers 18 7 0 11 305 420 −115 36 56 −20 5 33
7 Fénix 18 5 0 13 223 483 −260 31 67 −36 6 26
8 BUC Barcelona 18 4 0 14 324 441 −117 38 62 −24 10 26
9 Sitges 18 5 0 13 230 548 −318 21 75 −54 4 24
10 L'Hospitalet 18 5 0 13 174 491 −317 19 66 −47 1 21
Source: División de Honor B – Group B Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine


Group C

Qualified for 2nd Stage
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1 Alcobendas 22 22 0 0 1234 224 +1010 190 29 +161 21 109
2 Ciencias Sevilla 22 18 0 4 714 341 +373 103 49 +54 15 87
3 Liceo Francés 22 13 0 9 483 513 −30 69 65 +4 10 62
4 Olímpico Pozuelo 22 12 1 9 519 492 +27 69 73 −4 12 62
5 Arquitectura 22 12 0 10 566 544 +22 88 80 +8 13 61
6 Helvetia 22 9 1 12 439 582 −143 56 78 −22 8 46
7 Ingenieros Industriales 22 7 2 13 465 567 −102 68 76 −8 13 45
8 CAU Madrid 22 9 0 13 416 576 −160 59 82 −23 8 44
9 Universidad de Granada 22 8 0 14 386 628 −242 48 98 −50 8 40
10 CAR Cáceres 22 7 0 15 366 545 −179 44 82 −38 10 38
11 Complutense Cisneros B 22 6 1 15 441 627 −186 66 95 −29 12 38
12 Tasman Boadilla 22 6 1 15 388 778 −390 60 113 −53 5 31
Source: División de Honor B – Group C Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine


2nd phase

Group A

Qualified for Final
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1 Alcobendas 4 3 0 1 86 34 +52 11 3 +8 3 15
2 Babyauto Zarautz 4 2 0 2 50 89 −39 6 12 −6 0 8
3 CAU Valencia 4 1 0 3 69 82 −13 8 10 −2 2 6
Source: División de Honor B – 2nd stage – Group A Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine


Group B

Qualified for Final
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1 Sant Cugat 4 4 0 0 141 70 +71 22 11 +11 4 20
2 Ciencias Sevilla 4 1 0 3 70 81 −11 11 12 −1 3 7
3 Durango 4 1 0 3 51 111 −60 9 19 −10 1 5
Source: División de Honor B – 2nd stage – Group B Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine


Final

May 23, 2015 Alcobendas 18–13 Sant Cugat Estadio Nelson Mandela, Tudela  
17:30 (UTC+2) Try: Rado 11'
Ati 25' c
Con: Ati (1/2) 25'
Pen: Ati (1/1) 68'
Drop: Ati (1/1) 30'
Report Try: Velázquez 16'
Raya 36'
Pen: Louteiro (1/1) 32'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Fernando Raposo (Castilla y León)


Promoted to División de Honor
Alcobendas
(3 years later)

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

[2]

Rank Player Tries Team
1 Spain Lee Lay 41 Arquitectura
2 Spain Pedro Martín 19 Alcobendas
Spain Antxon Iriondo Durango
4 Spain Diego García 18 Alcobendas
5 Spain Manuel Sobrino 17 Ciencias Sevilla
Spain Alejandro Lázaro Alcobendas
7 Spain Rodrigo Rosso 16 Tecnidex Valencia
8 Spain Juan Pablo Pistone 15 BUC Barcelona
Spain Gonzalo Bermejo Alcobendas
New Zealand Glen Rolls Alcobendas
Spain Xanti Irazusta Zarautz

Top points scorers

Rank Player Points Team
1 Czech Republic Mohamed Samet 240 Uribealdea
2 Argentina Lucas Panichelli 227 Zarautz
3 Argentina Ati 218 Alcobendas
4 Spain Rafael Rivero 215 Ciencias Sevilla
5 Spain Lee Lay 207 Arquitectura
6 Spain Gonzalo Rivilla 180 Olímpico Pozuelo
7 Spain Gaizka Iturriaga 171 Durango
8 Spain Eduardo Sorribes 162 CAU Valencia
9 Australia James Devlin 159 Aparejadores Burgos
10 Argentina Malcolm Van Steeden 134 Sitges

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alcobendas Rugby, back to élite". MARCA. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ^ "regular season stats". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-17.