2012–13 División de Honor de Rugby

2012–13 División de Honor
Countries  Spain
Champions VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Runners-up Santboiana SEAT
Relegated La Vila
Matches played 132
Top point scorer Eduardo Sorribes, 190
Top try scorer Clinton Sills, 20

The 2012–13 División de Honor is the 35th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began in September 2012 and finished on April 28, 2013.

Championship's playoffs began on 19 May finishing with the Final on 2 June.

Defending champions, VRAC Quesos Entrepinares, successfully defended its previous season title after defeating Santboiana SEAT 27–25 in the championship final. La Vila was the relegated team to División de Honor B.

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


VRAC /
Cetransa El Salvador
Ordizia
Gernika
La Vila
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol
Getxo
Vigo
Atl. Madrid
Santboiana SEAT
Complutense Cisneros
Hernani
2012–13 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
AMPO Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Guernica, Biscay
La Vila El Pantano 1,550 Villajoyosa, Alicante
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol La Cartuja 1,932 Seville
Getxo Artea Fadura 500 Getxo
Cetransa El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Blusens Universidade Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Santboiana SEAT Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Atlético Madrid Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Complutense Cisneros Central de la Ciudad Universitaria 12,400 Madrid
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa

Regular season standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA Dif Bonus Pts
1VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 2217056804122681785
2Santboiana SEAT 2216246384072311381
3Bizkaia Gernika 2215076734452281575
4Cetransa El Salvador 2213185303901401468
5AMPO Ordizia 221228584536481365
6Atlético Madrid 2212284914954860
7Ciencias Fundación Cajasol22801455755521850
8Getxo Artea 229013474520461450
9Complutense Cisneros 229013544636921450
10Blusens Universidade Vigo 2281134806011211044
11Hernani 226016354568214832
12La Vila 223019383823440517

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

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

Championship playoffs

Bracket

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      1  VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 22  
  4  Cetransa El Salvador 34     4  Cetransa El Salvador 18    
  5  AMPO Ordizia 26         1  VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 27
      2  Santboiana SEAT 25
      2  Santboiana SEAT 28    
  3  Bizkaia Gernika 15     6  Atlético Madrid 17  
  6  Atlético Madrid 29  
2012–13 División de Honor winners
Castile and León
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Fourth title

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

Relegation playoff

Relegation playoff to be played through two legs. Team qualified 11th in División de Honor and losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final play the relegation playoff. Winner team will play in División de Honor in 2013–14 season and loser in División de Honor B.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th Hernani 31 5 =36
DHB Alcobendas 11 14 =25

1st leg

2nd leg


See also

References

  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.

External links

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