2013–14 División de Honor de Waterpolo

The 2013–14 season of the División de Honor de Waterpolo is the 91st season of top-tier water polo in Spain since its inception in 1925.

División de Honor 2013–14
League	División de Honor
Sport	Water polo
Duration	October 19, 2013–April 26, 2014 (regular season) May 7–May 21 (championship playoff)
League champions	Atlètic-Barceloneta
Runners-up	Terrassa
Top scorer	Albert Español, 61 goals
Relegated to 1ª División	CN Helios

The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. Regular season started in October 2013 and finished on April 26, 2014. Top eight teams at standings play championship playoff.

Championship playoff will begin on 7 May with semifinals, with winners advancing to Final.

Atlètic-Barceloneta won its ninth title in a row (14 in total) after defeating CN Terrassa 3–0 in the Championship Finals.

Teams

Atl. Barceloneta
Barcelona
Mediterrani
Sant Andreu
Catalunya

Sabadell

Terrassa

Real Canoe
Concepción

Navarra

Mataró

Helios

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División de Honor de Waterpolo 2013–14 teams

Team	City/Area	Founded	Stadium	website
Atlètic-Barceloneta	Barcelona	1913 (1992)	Piscina Sant Sebastià	[1]
Sabadell	Sabadell	1916	Can Llong	[2]
Terrassa	Terrassa	1932	Àrea Olímpica	[3]
Barcelona	Barcelona	1907	Nova Escullera	[4]
Real Canoe–Isostar	Madrid	1931	Piscina Real Canoe	[5]
Mediterrani	Barcelona	1931	Instal·lació Josep Vallès	[6]
Waterpolo Navarra	Pamplona	2006	Ciudad Deportiva Amaya	[7]
Mataró Quadis	Mataró	1932	Instal·lacions CN Mataró	[8]
Sant Andreu	Barcelona	1971	Piscina Pere Serrat	[9]
Catalunya	Barcelona	1931	Piscina Sant Jordi	[10]
Helios	Zaragoza	1925	Piscina Stadium Casablanca	[11]
Concepción–Cdad Lineal	Madrid	1969	Piscina CMD Concepción	[12]

Regular season standings

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	22	22	0	0	330	159	171	66
2	Terrassa	22	17	2	3	258	155	103	53
3	Mataró Quadis	22	16	3	3	228	163	65	51
4	Mediterrani	22	14	1	7	227	179	48	43
5	Sabadell	22	11	2	9	239	203	36	35
6	Real Canoe–Isostar	22	10	3	9	209	209	0	33
7	Sant Andreu	22	9	3	10	176	174	+2	30
8	Catalunya	22	9	1	12	197	211	−14	28
9	Waterpolo Navarra	22	6	2	14	170	226	−56	20
10	Barcelona	22	5	3	14	176	210	−34	18
11	Concepción–Cdad Lineal	22	1	2	19	147	298	−151	5
12	Helios	22	1	0	21	142	312	−170	3

Source:

	Championship playoffs
	Relegation playoff
	Relegated

Championship playoffs

	Semifinals (best of 3)							Final (best of 5)
	1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	15	17
	4	Mediterrani	3	14
								1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	10	15	6
								2	Terrassa	7	9	3
	2	Terrassa	6	13	12
	3	Mataró Quadis	8	8	8

Semifinals

1st leg

May 7 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Mataró Quadis	8–6	Terrassa	Piscines Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Galindo Moreno, Teule Barreda
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 2–1, 1–1
		Estrany 4	Goals	Carrillo 3

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May 7 20:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Mediterrani	3–15	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Instal.lació Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Colominas Ezponda, Guardia Marsal
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–1, 1–6, 1–3
		Yánez 2	Goals	Español 5

2nd leg

May 10 12:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	17–14	Mediterrani	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Piñero Martínez, Aymerich Miñarro
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 5–3, 6–4
		Español, Ubović 4	Goals	Santiveri, Yánez 4

Atlètic-Barceloneta won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

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May 10 18:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Terrassa	13–8	Mataró Quadis	Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Buch Juanola, Ortega Carreras
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2
		Alarcón 3	Goals	Estrany 3

3rd leg

May 11 13:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Terrassa	12–8	Mataró Quadis	Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Teixidó Bermúdez, Torres Pérez
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 3–1, 3–2
		Carrillo 4	Goals	three players 2

Terrassa won series 2–1 and advanced to Final.

Final

1st leg

May 14 19:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	10–7	Terrassa	Piscines de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Gómez Pordomingo, Cisneros Horrillo
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–0, 1–3, 2–2
		Español 4	Goals	Carrillo, Gallego 2

2nd leg

May 17 12:00 (UTC+2)	Report	Atlètic-Barceloneta	15–9	Terrassa	Piscines de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Moreno Cuervas, Jaumandreu Sellarès
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 7–1, 5–2, 1–3
		Roca, Ubović 3	Goals	Carrillo 4

3rd leg

May 21 20:45 (UTC+2)	Report	Terrassa	3–6	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Borrell Sánchez, Iñesta Peralta
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 0–1, 1–1
		three players 1	Goals	Petković 2

Atlètic-Barceloneta won Championship final series 3–0.

2013–14 División de Honor winners
Atlètic-Barceloneta Fourteenth title

Relegation playoff

Playoff to be played in two legs. 1st leg to be played on 10 May and 2nd leg on 17 May. The overall winner will play in División de Honor 2014–15 and the loser one in Primera Nacional.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Concepción–Cdad Lineal	23–22	Yoin! Tenerife Echeyde	13–13	10–9

1st leg

May 10 19:30 (UTC+1)	Report	Yoin! Tenerife Echeyde	13–13	Concepción–Cdad Lineal	Piscina Municipal, Santa Cruz Referees: Felicidad Rodríguez, Muntané Llavería
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 5–3, 4–2, 0–2
		J.P. Sánchez 4	Goals	Martínez 4

2nd leg

May 17 18:30 (UTC+2)	Report	Concepción–Cdad Lineal	10–9	Yoin! Tenerife Echeyde	Piscina CMD Concepción, Madrid Referees: Cabello López, Blanch Sánchez
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 3–2, 1–3
		Cagigal, Hernández Gómez 3	Goals	Fernández–Caldas 4

Concepción–Cdad Lineal won 23–22 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor.

Top goal scorers

(regular season only)

Player	Goals	Team
Albert Español	61	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
Svilen Piralkov	59	CN Mataró Quadis
Óscar Carrillo	58	CN Terrassa
Pere Estrany	57	CN Mataró Quadis
Alberto Barroso	55	Real Canoe-Isostar
Gonzalo López-Escribano	50	CN Sabadell
Matthew Small	50	CN Helios
Mario García	49	Real Canoe-Isostar
Sergi Mora	48	CN Terrassa
Daniel Lawrence	45	Waterpolo Navarra

See also

• 2013–14 División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo

External links

• Real Federación Española de Natación
• Competition format
• Relegation playoff rules