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División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

The División de Honor Femenina, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Liga Iberdrola,[1][2] is the top Spanish league competition for women's rugby union clubs. The league began in 2010 and consists of eight teams. Clubs are relegated to and promoted from Regional Championships.

División de Honor de Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024–25 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby
SportRugby union
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Owner(s)Federación Española de Rugby
No. of teams8
Country Spain
Most recent
champion(s)		Majadahonda (4th title)
Most titlesINEF Barcelona (11 titles)
TV partner(s)TVE
FERUGBYTV (Live Streams and VOD)
Sponsor(s)Iberdrola
Relegation toDivisión de Honor B
Related
competitions		Copa de la Reina de Rugby Campeonato de España Femenino de Rugby
Official websiteferugby.es

There were two competitions before establishment of División de Honor Femenina in 2010, Campeonato de España Femenino (1989–1997) and Copa de la Reina (1998–2010).

Competition

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Format

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The División de Honor comprises regular season and playoff. Regular season takes place between November and May, with every team playing each other once. Then the teams are split into 2 groups. Group A comprises the first 4 placed and Group B the 4 last. Teams play again against the others on their group, thus reaching a total of 10 rounds.[3] Points are awarded according to the following:[4]

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 3 tries more than the opponent.
  • 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

After the regular season, the top six teams play a championship playoff. The first two classify to the semi-finals and the 4 next play the quarter-finals.[3]

Promotion and relegation

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The bottom team in the standings is relegated to Honor Division B, while the second-to-last plays a relegation playoff on neutral ground against Honor Division B runner up.[5]


Past winners

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Campeonato de España Femenino

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1989   INEF Barcelona (1º)   CEU Madrid 10–6
1990   CEU Madrid (1º)   Puig Castellar 30–0
1991   Alcobendas RC (1º)   INEF Barcelona 24–0
1992   Alcobendas RC (2º)   INEF Barcelona 4–0
1993   Majadahonda (1º)   Bonanova 6–0
1994   Majadahonda (2º)   Bonanova 15–0
1995   INEF Barcelona (2º)   Majadahonda 10–0
1996   Getafe RC (1º)   BUC 10–0
1997   Getafe RC (2º)   L'Hospitalet 15–0

Copa de la Reina

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998   L'Hospitalet (1º)   Majadahonda 71–12
1999   Liceo Francés (1º)   Majadahonda 24–12
2000   Liceo Francés (2º)   Majadahonda 20–6
2001   Getxo Artea (1º)   L'Hospitalet 13–10
2002   Liceo Francés (3º)   L'Hospitalet 24–20
2003   UCM 2M12 (1º)   BUC 18–6
2004   UCM 2M12 (2º)   Getxo 14–13
2005   INEF Barcelona (3º)   Olímpico Pozuelo 26–12
2006   INEF Barcelona (4º)   Olímpico Pozuelo 19–18
2007   INEF Barcelona (5º)   Olímpico Pozuelo 25–19
2008   Getxo Artea (2º)   INEF Barcelona 7–3
2009   INEF Barcelona (6º)   Getxo 26–10
2010   INEF Barcelona (7º)   Getxo 33–5

División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

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Season Champion Runner-up Third Fourth   Relegated   Promoted
2010–11   INEF Barcelona (8th)   CRAT Univ. da Coruña   Majadahonda   GEiEG   Gaztedi   XV Sanse Scrum

  Complutense Cisneros

2011–12   INEF Barcelona (9th)   CRAT Univ. da Coruña   Bizkarians   Majadahonda   XV Sanse Scrum   Gòtics
2012–13   INEF Barcelona (10th)   Olímpico de Pozuelo   CRAT Univ. da Coruña   Complutense Cisneros   Gòtics   XV Sanse Scrum
2013–14   Olímpico de Pozuelo (1st)   CRAT Univ. da Coruña   INEF Barcelona   GEiEG None None
2014–15   CRAT Univ. da Coruña (1st)   Getxo Artea   Olímpico de Pozuelo   GEiEG   Complutense Cisneros   XV Hortaleza
2015–16   INEF Barcelona (11th)   Majadahonda   XV Sanse Scrum   Olímpico de Pozuelo None None
2016–17   Olímpico de Pozuelo (2nd)   CRAT Univ. da Coruña   Getxo Artea   Majadahonda   GEiEG   Complutense Cisneros
2017–18   Olímpico de Pozuelo (3rd)   Majadahonda   CRAT Univ. da Coruña   Complutense Cisneros   Getxo Artea   Corteva Cocos
2018–19   CRAT Univ. da Coruña (2nd)   INEF-L'Hospitalet   Majadahonda   Complutense Cisneros   XV Hortaleza   Crealia El Salvador
2019–20   Universitario Sevilla CR (1st)   Majadahonda   Complutense Cisneros   Sanse Scrum   Crealia El Salvador   Les Abelles
2020–21   Complutense Cisneros (1st)   Majadahonda   Eibar   Corteva Cocos   Les Abelles   CR Sant Cugat
2021–22   Corteva Cocos (2nd)   Majadahonda   Olímpico de Pozuelo   Complutense Cisneros   Sanse Scrum   Crealia El Salvador
2022–23   Majadahonda (3rd)   Corteva Cocos   Crealia El Salvador   Eibar Rugby Taldea   Complutense Cisneros   AVR FC Barcelona
2023–24   Silicius Majadahonda (4th)   CRAT Residencia RIALTA   AVR FC Barcelona
  Sant Cugat 		  Eibar Rugby Taldea
  Olímpico de Pozuelo 		  Complutense Cisneros
  Getxo Artea

Titles by team

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Club Titles Runners-up Years champion
  INEF Barcelona
11
3
1989, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
  Majadahonda
4
5
1993, 1994, 2023, 2024
  Olímpico Pozuelo
3
4
2014, 2017, 2018
  Liceo Francés
3
0
1999, 2000, 2002
  CRAT Univ. da Coruña
2
5
2015, 2019
  Getxo Artea
2
4
2001, 2008
  Corteva Cocos
2
1
2020, 2022
  Alcobendas
2
0
1991, 1992
  UCM 2M12
2
0
2003, 2004
  Getafe RC
2
0
1996, 1997
  L'Hospitalet
1
3
1998
  CEU Madrid
1
1
1990
  Complutense Cisneros
1
0
2021

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "El rugby femenino eclosiona con la energía de Iberdrola" (in Spanish). Iberdrola. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. ^ "Iberdrola dobla su apoyo al deporte femenino: firma como espónsor de 32 federaciones" (in Spanish). 2Playbook. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. ^ a b "Normativa común a todas las competiciones para la Temporada 2023-24" [Common regulations to all competitions for the 2023-24 Season] (PDF) (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. 2023-07-14. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  4. ^ "Reglamento de Partidos y Competiciones, Artículo 29" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  5. ^ "Circular 5. Normativa División de Honor Femenina Temporada 2022-23, Sección 4" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
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