2016–17 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2016–17 División de Honor was the 63rd season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970.

2016–17 División de Honor
Countries	Spain
Date	18 September 2016 to 28 May 2017
Champions	VRAC
Runners-up	El Salvador
Promoted	CR La Vila
Relegated	Ciencias Sevilla CR
Matches played	137
Tries scored	921 (average 6.7 per match)
Top point scorer	Bradley Dean Linklater, 281
Top try scorer	Arturo Iñiguez, 17

Valladolid won the title, its seventh 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

Ordizia

Barcelona

Cisneros

Hernani

Alcobendas

Independiente

Ciencias

Getxo

Current División de Honor teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City
AMPO Ordizia	Altamira	500[1]	Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia Gernika	Urbieta	2,500	Gernika, Bizkaia
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol	Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja	1,932	Seville
CR Complutense Cisneros	Estadio Complutense	12,400	Madrid
FC Barcelona	La Teixonera	500	Barcelona
Gernika RT	Urbieta zelaia	1,000	Gernika
Getxo Artea R.T.	Fadura	1,000	Guecho
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
Valladolid RAC	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid

Table

2016-17

N^o	Club	P	W	D	L	Bon	Los	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	SilverStorm El Salvador	22	19	0	3	15	2	796	401	395	93
2	Valladolid RAC	22	19	0	3	16	1	878	337	541	93
3	Sanitas Alcobendas	22	16	0	6	11	2	741	453	288	77
4	Santboiana	22	15	0	7	13	3	743	465	278	76
5	CR Complutense Cisneros	22	13	0	9	13	1	613	528	85	66
6	Independiente RC	22	12	0	10	9	1	563	694	-131	58
7	AMPO Ordizia	22	10	0	12	8	3	491	493	-2	51
8	Bizkaia Gernika	22	9	0	13	9	4	479	538	-59	49
9	Hernani	22	7	0	15	3	4	351	608	-257	35
10	FC Barcelona	22	5	0	17	5	4	459	739	-280	29
11	Getxo Artea R.T.	22	4	1	17	6	3	432	790	-358	27
12	Ciencias Fundación Cajasol	22	2	1	19	5	5	368	868	-500	20

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	19
	3	Alcobendas	47			3	Alcobendas	6
	6	Independiente	24									VRAC	15
												El Salvador	6
						1	El Salvador	32
	4	Saintboiana	39			4	Saintboiana	16
	5	Cisneros	15

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Getxo Artea, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and UBU-Colina Clinic, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Getxo Artea won 132-19 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.

	Relegation/promotion playoff
	11th	Getxo Artea	47	85	132
	DHB	UBU-Colina Clinic	19	0	19

References

1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.

External links

• Official site