2018–19 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2018–19 División de Honor was the 65th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970.

2018–19 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date16 September 2018 - 2 June 2019
ChampionsVRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Runners-upSilverStorm El Salvador
PromotedCiencias Sevilla CR, Independiente RC
RelegatedBizkaia Gernika, CR La Vila
Matches played137
Tries scored939
(average 6.9 per match)
Top point scorerValentin Cruz, 271
Top try scorerJuandre Kleynhans, 22

The championship playoffs began in May finishing with the Final on 28 May.

Valladolid won its third consecutive title, its ninth overall, after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm El Salvador in the Final.

Competition format

The División de Honor season takes place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:

  • 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

The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.

The club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th play the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B is promoted to División de Honor.

Teams
Valladolid

El Salvador
Santboiana
Bizkaia Gernika
Colina Clinic
Ordizia
Barcelona
Cisneros
Hernani
Alcobendas
Independiente
La Vila
Current División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City
AMPO Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Gernika, Bizkaia
CR Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid
CR La Vila Campo de Rugby El Pantano 3,000 Villajoyosa, Valencia
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RC San Román 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
Sanitas Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
SilverStorm El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
UBU-Colina Clinic San Amaro 1,500 Burgos
Valladolid RAC Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid

Table
 TeamPWDLFA+/-TFTABonLosPts
1SilverStorm El Salvador2218228524054471205315192
2Valladolid RAC2218138164483681075314189
3Sanitas Alcobendas221615614487127806210278
4AMPO Ordizia2212286145813376779263
5UBU-Colina Clinic2211011612654-42808612359
6FC Barcelona2211110503549-4664657457
7Santboiana2210111566570-4797410557
8Independiente RC227114580691-11174948543
9Hernani CRE227015467687-22061917641
10CR Complutense Cisneros225116526673-14773949839
11CR La Vila226016471661-19061927738
12Bizkaia Gernika225215497712-21564986636
Qualified for playoff semifinals.
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals.
Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor B
Relegation to División de Honor B

Playoffs
  Quarter finals     Semifinals     Final
                           
        2 VRAC 33  
  3 Alcobendas 34     3 Alcobendas 12    
  6 Barcelona 20           VRAC 39
        El Salvador 27
        1 El Salvador 39    
  4 Ordizia 38     4 Ordizia 26  
  5 UBU-Colina Clinic 31  

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by La Vila, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and Santander, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Santander won 57–53 on aggregate and gained promotion to the División de Honor for the 2019–20 season.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th La Vila 14 39 53
DHB Santander 30 27 57
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References
  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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