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2021–22 División de Honor de Rugby

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The 2021–22 División de Honor was 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
ChampionsSantboiana
Runners-upOrdizia
RelegatedGernika, Alcobendas

Santboiana won its eight title, defeating Ordizia in the final.

Competition format

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The season took 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

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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

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

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 2,000 Alcobendas, Madrid
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
Gernika RT Urbieta zelaia 3,000 Gernika
La Vila Campo de Rugby “El Pantano” 1,550 Villajoyosa, Valencia
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
 
 
Valladolid
 

El Salvador
 
Santboiana
 
Gernika
 
Aparejadores
 
Ordizia
 
Barcelona
 
Cisneros
 
Alcobendas
 
La Vila
 
Ciencias
 
Abelles
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2021–22 División de Honor teams


Results

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ALC APA FCB CIE CIS ELS GER LaV LES ORD SAN VAL
Alcobendas 17-22 31-16 26-29 21-23 46-10 29-23 35-30 39-13
Aparejadores 9-16 42-30 20-20 21-17 34-13 68-31 22-22 30-28
Barcelona 13-25 33-34 12-28 30-33 26-19 41-21 24-9 20-23
Ciencias 29-14 42-11 45-15 30-20 43-5 34-28 41-40 28-3
Cisneros 13-36 33-20 25-15 24-20 31-35 22-15 31-25 26-28
El Salvador 23-22 36-13 29-19 25-14 33-10 24-7 47-26 12-17
Gernika RT 10-12 17-33 22-26 14-20 29-23 26-29 15-16 8-17
La Vila 0-22 24-20 31-43 15-29 34-42 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 18-15 38-26 26-21 48-15 16-6 37-3
Valladolid 36-29 26-26 25-32 13-12 14-43 18-10 37-12 13-25

Standings

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The final standings were affected by Alcobendas' use of Gavin van den Berg, a South African-born player whose passport was found to have falsified stamps on it. It emerged that van den Berg had played for Spain's national team despite not meeting the minimum residency requirements necessary to be eligible. Spain were duly disqualified from the rugby World Cup and Alcobendas were relegated for their part in the scandal.[3]

  Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1   El Salvador 16 11 0 5 451 327 124 62 44 18 5 5 54
2   Santboiana 16 12 0 4 463 351 112 58 40 18 2 3 53
3   Alcobendas 16 10 0 6 422 289 133 49 28 21 4 6 50
4   Ordizia 16 10 1 5 416 328 88 44 37 7 4 3 49
5   Ciencias 16 10 1 5 444 324 120 54 44 10 4 2 48
6   Complutense Cisneros 16 8 0 8 381 407 -26 39 56 -17 0 3 35
7   FC Barcelona 16 7 0 9 395 408 -13 53 44 9 3 4 35
8   Aparejadores 16 6 3 7 396 389 7 43 46 -3 2 3 35
9   Valladolid 16 7 1 8 326 384 -58 37 40 -3 1 3 34
10   Les Abelles 16 5 0 11 341 503 -162 46 69 -23 1 3 24
11   CR La Vila 16 4 0 12 281 429 -148 38 54 -16 0 2 18
12   Gernika RT 16 3 0 13 270 447 -177 36 57 -21 1 5 18
Source: Federación Española de Rugby: Clasificación de la División de Honor
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals
Relegation to División de Honor B

Playoffs

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The playoffs were played on the 15 May 2022, with the exception of Alcobendas vs. Cisneros, which was postponed due to ongoing investigations in the Van den Berg affair.[4] The Spanish rugby federation finally disqualified Alcobendas on the 26 May 2022, meaning Cisneros earned a bye to the semifinals.

Quarter finals Semifinals Final
         
1   El Salvador 20
8   Aparejadores 14
  El Salvador 27
  Ordizia 30
4   Ordizia 26
5   Ciencias 20
  Ordizia 17
  Santboiana 23
2   Santboiana 30
7   Barcelona 23
  Santboiana 32
  Cisneros 26
3   Alcobendas
6   Cisneros

Copa del Rey

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The twelve teams were divided into four groups of three.[5] 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 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

Although Alcobendas won a place in the final, they were eliminated from the competition as a result of the Van der Berg affair and were replaced in the final by Ciencias. Due to the prolonged investigation into Alcobendas, it was not possible to schedule the final before the off-season began, and the final was delayed until September 25 2022.[6]

Semifinals Final
      
1   Ordizia 16
2   El Salvador 23
  El Salvador 27
  Ciencias 26
3   Alcobendas 23
4   Ciencias 18

References

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  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. ^ "Spain take Gavin van den Berg falsification case to Prosecutor's Office". Americas Rugby News. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  4. ^ Redaccion (2022-05-10). "Apelación ratifica el aplazamiento provisional del Alcobendas-Cisneros". Federación Española de Rugby - FERugby - Spanish Rugby Union (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  5. ^ "El Salvador y Ordizia toman ventaja en el camino a la fase final de la Copa". ferugby (in Spanish). 11 October 2021.
  6. ^ Sevilla, Diario de (10 June 2022). "La Final de la Copa del Rey de rugby entre el Ciencias y El Salvador será el próximo 25 de septiembre". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish).
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