2020–21 División de Honor de Rugby

2020–21 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date24 October 2020 -
ChampionsValladolid
Runners-upAlcobendas
PromotedLa Vila, Gernika
RelegatedIndependiente RC, Getxo Artea

The 2020–21 División de Honor is the 54th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.

Valladolid won its fifth consecutive title, its eleventh overall, defeating Alcobendas in the final.[1]

Competition format

The División de Honor de Rugby season takes place between October[2] and May. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed and affected the competition.[3] Bathco withdrew from the competition due to financial issues,[4] and were replaced with Les Abelles, who beat Hernani, the team which had finished in 12th place in the 2019-20 season, in a playoff.[5]

The pandemic also meant the format for the 2020-21 tournament was altered:

  • Each team played each other once, with the top four teams qualifying for the Copa del Rey semifinals, played 1-2 May.
  • The league then divided into two groups of six, based on the league table after 11 games.
  • The results between the teams in each group were carried forward to the second stage, and they played each other again. The regular season was thus reduced to 16 games each instead of the usual 22.[6]
  • There were eight playoff positions instead of six, meaning the top two from the second group qualified along with all teams from the first group.

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

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.[7]

Teams

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 2,000 Alcobendas, Madrid
2020–21 División de Honor de Rugby is located in Spain
Valladolid
Valladolid
El Salvador

El Salvador
Santboiana
Santboiana
Aparejadores
Aparejadores
Ordizia
Ordizia
Barcelona
Barcelona
Cisneros
Cisneros
Getxo
Getxo
Alcobendas
Alcobendas
Independiente
Independiente
Ciencias
Ciencias
Abelles
Abelles
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2020–21 División de Honor teams
Aparejadores San Amaro 1,000 Burgos, Castile and León
Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona, Catalonia
Ciencias Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja 3,000 Seville, Andalusia
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid, Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León
Getxo Artea RT Fadura 1,000 Guecho
Independiente San Román 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
Les Abelles Polideportivo de Quatre Carreres 500 Valencia, Valencia
Ordizia Altamira 2,000 Ordizia, Basque Country
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 3,500 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León

Results

ALC APA BAR CIE CIS ELS GET IND LES ORD SAN VAL
Alcobendas 26-15 47-3 27-18 26-5 39-6 56-6
Aparejadores 31-29 18-29 31-20 21-0 27-24 39-22
Barcelona 33-14 28-29 47-14 51-21 18-12
Ciencias 19-36 11-28 31-31 3-28 6-35
Cisneros 18-12 8-27 51-18 36-15 35-16
El Salvador 32-0 24-6 48-19 37-23 13-20
Getxo 5-51 15-26 14-14 29-46 14-38
Independiente 10-31 3-55 21-28 22-26 25-32 14-40
Les Abelles 17-6 24-22 22-42 18-39 24-31
Ordizia 16-10 39-5 28-16 49-14 36-12 41-25
Santboiana 14-31 61-32 22-21 53-19 50-19 25-29
Valladolid 19-20 16-6 23-16 33-14 41-17 32-19

Standings

First stage

  Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 Valladolid 11 10 0 1 326 164 162 42 17 25 6 1 47
2 Alcobendas 11 9 0 2 342 143 199 42 14 28 4 2 42
3 El Salvador 11 8 0 3 304 196 108 43 24 19 5 2 39
4 Ordizia 11 8 0 3 349 210 139 38 23 15 4 1 37
5 Aparejadores 11 8 0 3 315 199 116 42 24 18 5 0 37
6 FC Barcelona 11 7 0 4 296 222 74 40 24 16 4 2 34
7 Santboiana 11 5 0 6 331 308 23 45 41 4 3 2 25
8 Complutense Cisneros 11 4 0 7 252 264 -12 31 35 -4 2 1 19
9 Les Abelles 11 2 1 8 175 359 -184 23 52 -29 0 1 11
10 Independiente 11 1 0 10 196 412 -216 25 57 -32 1 3 8
11 Getxo 11 1 2 8 202 422 -220 25 61 -36 0 0 8
12 Ciencias 11 1 1 9 157 346 -189 20 44 -24 0 1 7
Qualified for Group 1
Qualified for Group 2

Second stage

Group 1

  Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 Alcobendas 10 8 0 2 246 164 82 25 16 9 1 2 35
2 Valladolid 10 7 0 3 222 194 28 23 17 6 1 2 31
3 El Salvador 10 5 0 5 226 219 7 26 25 1 1 1 22
4 Ordizia 10 4 0 6 219 244 -25 25 29 -4 1 3 20
5 FC Barcelona 10 3 0 7 261 287 -26 31 32 -1 1 4 17
6 Aparejadores 10 3 0 7 207 273 -66 21 32 -11 0 2 14

Group 2

  Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 Complutense Cisneros 10 9 0 1 335 196 139 41 24 17 3 1 40
2 Ciencias 10 5 1 4 237 233 4 30 27 3 1 2 25
3 Santboiana 10 5 0 5 306 281 25 41 35 6 3 2 25
4 Les Abelles 10 4 1 5 210 250 -40 25 32 -7 1 3 22
5 Independiente 10 3 0 7 221 265 -44 25 33 -8 1 5 18
6 Getxo Artea RT 10 2 2 6 228 312 -84 28 39 -11 0 2 14
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals
Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor B
Relegation to División de Honor B

Playoffs

Quarter finals Semifinals Final
         
1 Community of MadridAlcobendas 21
8 AndalusiaCiencias 0
Community of MadridAlcobendas 43
CataloniaBarcelona 14
4 Basque Country (autonomous community)Ordizia 9
5 CataloniaBarcelona 16
Community of MadridAlcobendas 15
Castile and León Valladolid 19
2 Castile and LeónValladolid 14
7 Community of MadridCisneros 12
Castile and León Valladolid 16
Castile and León El Salvador 13
3 Castile and León El Salvador 34
6 Castile and LeónBurgos 26

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played by Independiente, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and Gernika, who lost the División de Honor B promotion playoff final 26-22 to La Vila.[8]

Gernika won 34–21 and gained promotion to the División de Honor for the 2021–22 season.[9]

References

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  2. ^ "La final de la Copa del Rey, en Burgos, abre la temporada". Marca.com (in Spanish). 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. ^ "Los clubes retrasan el inicio de la División de Honor de rugby". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ^ "El Bathco Rugby Santander renuncia a División de Honor". AS.com (in Spanish). 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  5. ^ Alejandro Baeza (2020-10-25). "Les Abelles consigue el ascenso a DH tras vencer a Hernani (12-13) en la UAX". RugbySpain.Com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
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  7. ^ "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.
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  9. ^ "Promoción Liga DH: el Gernika gana al Independiente 21-34 y vuelve a la élite". ferugby (in Spanish). 2021-05-29. Retrieved 30 May 2021.