2011–12 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2011–12 División de Honor was the 34th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1970. It began in autumn 2011 and finished on May 12 with the Final. The defending champions are CR La Vila, while Iveco Universidade Vigo and Getxo Artea RT are the teams promoted from División de Honor B.[1]

2011–12 División de Honor
Countries Spain
ChampionsVRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Runners-upAMPO Ordizia
RelegatedSanitas Alcobendas
Matches played90
Tries scored600
(average 6.7 per match)
Top point scorerDaniel Waenga, 221
Top try scorerJulen Goia, 17

Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;

  • Teams in 1st & 2nd at regular season standings receive a bye to semifinal.
  • Teams at 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th position plays for the two vacant places in quarter-finals.
  • Team in 9th position plays the relegation playoff.
  • Team in 10th position is relegated.
  • Each win means 4 points to winning team.
  • A draw means 2 points for each team.
  • 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
  • A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.

Teams

Valladolid
El Salvador
Ordizia
Gernika
La Vila
Cajasol Ciencas
Getxo
IVECO Vigo
Alcobendas
Santboiana
2011–12 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
AMPO Ordizia Altamira 500[2] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Guernica, Biscay
La Vila El Pantano 1,550 Villajoyosa, Alicante
Cajasol Ciencias Olímpico La Cartuja 5,000 Seville
Getxo Artea Fadura 500 Getxo
Cetransa El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
IVECO Universidade Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Sanitas Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
Santboiana SEAT Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat

Regular season standings
Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA Bon Pts
1VRAC Quesos Entrepinares18150358937421574441171
2AMPO Ordizia18131454338415966461165
3Santboiana Seat18130553634818867421264
4La Vila 18102645044285448953
5Bizkaia Gernika 189094313884347591147
6Getxo Artea 18927406409−35647747
7Cetransa El Salvador 18909469472−36262945
8Cajasol Ciencias185013353503−15049651131
9Universidade de Vigo Iveco182016353543−19049751422
10Sanitas Alcobendas182115325592−2674480818

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
Relegation playoff

Championship playoffs

Bracket
  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      1 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 55  
  3 Santboiana Seat 14     6 Bizkaia Gernika 25    
  6 Bizkaia Gernika 18         1 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 27
      2 AMPO Ordizia 10
      2 AMPO Ordizia 38    
  4 La Vila 3     5 Getxo Artea 22  
  5 Getxo Artea 33  
2011–12 División de Honor winners

VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Third title

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Alcobendas, who finished 10th in División de Honor, and Hernani, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won the tie, winning 27-24 on aggregate.

Relegation/promotion playoff
3rd Hernani 19 8 27
10th Sanitas Alcobendas 18 6 24

1st leg

2nd leg
  • Hernani promoted to División de Honor. Sanitas Alcobendas relegated to División de Honor B.

Scorers statistics

By try points
Player Try points Team
Julen Goia 80 AMPO Ordizia
Josh Hamilton 75 IVECO Universidade Vigo
Ryan Le Loux 70 Santboiana Seat
Marcos Poggi 55 La Vila
Pablo Feijoo 50 Cetransa El Salvador
Glen Rolls 50 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Aníbal Bonan 45 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Jon Magunazelaia 40 Bizkaia Gernika
Santiago Fernández 40 Sanitas Alcobendas
Daniel Kroll 40 AMPO Ordizia

By total points
Player Points Team
Daniel Waenga 221 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Daniel Kroll 215 AMPO Ordizia
Isaac Thompson 187 Santboiana Seat
Brad Linklater 165 Getxo Artea
Josh Hamilton 163 IVECO Universidade Vigo
Pedro Rodríguez 147 Cetransa El Salvador
Marvin Swartbooi 147 Bizkaia Gernika
Santiago Fernández 126 Sanitas Alcobendas
Eduardo Sorribes 90 La Vila
Julen Goia 85 AMPO Ordizia
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See also

References
  1. "CR La Vila campeón" (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  2. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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