The 2023–24 División de Honor is the 57th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.
2023–24 División de Honor | |
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Date | 1 October 2023 |
Valladolid won its seventh title in eight years, its thirteenth overall, defeating local rivals El Salvador in the final.
Competition format
editThe season took place between October and May.
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
Each team played twelve games - one game against each opponent. Then the league divided into two groups: the top six teams progressed to Group A and the remaining six teams progressed to Group B. The teams played the other members of their groups once more.
Eight teams progressed through to the playoffs, meaning the top two teams from Group B qualified along with the six teams from Group A.[1]
Promotion and relegation
editThe 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 playoff against the team which finishes 11th in the top flight.
Teams
editGernika RT and La Vila were relegated while Alcobendas were promoted.
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
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Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | 500 | Alcobendas, Madrid |
Aparejadores | San Amaro | 1,500 | Burgos, Castile and León |
Belenos RC | Estadio Santa Bárbara | 5,000 | Avilés, Asturias |
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 |
Les Abelles | Polideportivo Quatre Carreres | 500 | Valencia, Valencia |
Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Basque Country |
Pozuelo | Valle de las Cañas | 500 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid |
Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia |
Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid, Castile and León |
Results and standings
editFirst phase
editAparejadores set the pace in the first phase of the season, winning ten games out of eleven and scoring more than 40 points on six occasions.
ALC | APA | BEL | CIE | CIS | ELS | FCB | LES | ORD | POZ | SAN | VAL | |
Alcobendas | — | 44–38 | 43–34 | 28–29 | 29–30 | 31–23 | ||||||
Aparejadores | 48–26 | — | 66–13 | 40–26 | 26–8 | 52–24 | 32–10 | |||||
Belenos RC | 23–26 | — | 45–28 | 30–20 | 32–36 | 0–31 | ||||||
Ciencias | 22–28 | 25–20 | — | 31–14 | 25–25 | 29–19 | 14–19 | |||||
Complutense Cisneros | 41–21 | 14–22 | — | 16–21 | 32–39 | 24–3 | ||||||
El Salvador | 33–5 | — | 30–10 | 50–20 | 17–17 | 0–27 | ||||||
FC Barcelona | 17–45 | 40–37 | 26–38 | 39–15 | — | 17–22 | 13–30 | |||||
Les Abelles | 0–21 | 32–28 | 0–22 | 38–15 | — | 43–28 | 14–24 | |||||
Ordizia | 34–35 | 19–38 | 10–15 | — | 44–38 | 18–28 | ||||||
Pozuelo | 5–45 | 34–0 | 12–57 | 22–42 | 7–26 | — | 13–24 | |||||
Santboiana | 10–19 | 16–15 | 34–19 | 45–42 | 30–13 | — | ||||||
Valladolid | 7–0 | 24–31 | 31–10 | 47–8 | 34–0 | 43–20 | — |
The first phase concluded in January 2024, with five of the six teams which qualified for Group A being the same as 2022-23.
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TF | TA | +/- | BP | Los | Pts | |
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1 | Aparejadores | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 441 | 207 | 234 | 61 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 49 |
2 | Valladolid | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 315 | 114 | 201 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 47 |
3 | Ciencias | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 316 | 237 | 79 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
4 | Alcobendas | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 288 | 283 | 5 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
5 | Santboiana | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 280 | 290 | -10 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
6 | El Salvador | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 264 | 256 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
7 | Complutense Cisneros | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 270 | 275 | -5 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
8 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 285 | 377 | -92 | 39 | 46 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
9 | Ordizia | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 266 | 338 | -78 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
10 | Les Abelles | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 197 | 267 | -70 | 27 | 33 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
11 | Belenos RC | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 240 | 373 | -133 | 30 | 51 | -21 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
12 | Pozuelo | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 190 | 335 | -145 | 20 | 40 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Qualified for Group A | |
Qualified for Group B |
Second phase
editGroup A
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TF | TA | +/- | Bon | Los | Pts | |
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1 | Aparejadores | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 551 | 302 | 249 | 73 | 30 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 66 |
2 | Valladolid | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 400 | 205 | 195 | 51 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 56 |
3 | Ciencias | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 435 | 283 | 152 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 47 |
4 | El Salvador | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 372 | 337 | 35 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 39 |
5 | Alcobendas | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 367 | 395 | -28 | 43 | 53 | -10 | 0 | 5 | 34 |
6 | Santboiana | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 338 | 424 | -86 | 38 | 54 | -16 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
Group B
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TF | TA | +/- | Bon | Los | Pts | |
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1 | Complutense Cisneros | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 444 | 393 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
2 | Les Abelles | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 304 | 377 | -73 | 39 | 45 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
3 | Ordizia | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 392 | 453 | -61 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
4 | Pozuelo | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 334 | 451 | -117 | 35 | 54 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
5 | FC Barcelona | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 393 | 510 | -117 | 50 | 61 | -11 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
6 | Belenos RC | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 348 | 548 | -200 | 44 | 74 | -30 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals | |
Relegation playoff | |
Relegation to División de Honor B |
Playoffs
editThe season climaxed with three extremely close games in the semifinals and final, with Valladolid prevailing over local rivals El Salvador to win their second consecutive title.
Relegation playoff
editThe relegation playoff was played over two legs by Barcelona, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and Ingenieros Industriales Las Rozas, the losing team from the División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Barcelona won the game 34-3, retaining their place in the División de Honor for the 2024–25 season.
Relegation Playoff
editCopa del Rey
editThe Copa del Rey returned to its 2021-22 format; the twelve teams were divided into four groups of three and their league results counted towards the qualification for the cup.
Group A: Les Abelles, Pozuelo, Valladolid
Group B: Alcobendas, Barcelona, Aparejadores
Group C: Real Ciencias, Santboiana, Pasek Belenos
Group D: Ordizia, Complutense Cisnerosm El Salvador
Semifinals
editThe winner of each group proceeded to the semifinals of the cup, which were one-legged ties.
Final
editThe final was a rematch of the 2023 final, but was won this time by Aparejadores, who denied Valladolid a second consecutive double.
References
edit- ^ "La División de Honor de rugby arrancará con 13 equipos y cambio de formato". sport.es (in Spanish). 28 September 2022.