2012–13 División de Honor B de Rugby

The 2012–13 División de Honor B, the XV edition, began on October 13, 2012 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 5, 2013 with the Promotion playoffs final.[1]

2012–13 División de Honor B
Countries Spain
ChampionsIndependiente (Group A)
Alcobendas (Group B)
Runners-upSant Cugat (Group A)
Les Abelles (Group B)
Matches played154 (regular season)

Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group play a promotion playoff consisting of semifinal and final. The final winner is promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams in 9th & 10th standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

  • 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.

2012–13 season teams

Group A

  • Teams from northern section of Spain
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2011–12
Pegamo Bera Bera Miniestadio de Anoeta San Sebastián http://www.berabera.com/ 2nd
Oviedo TRADEHI El Naranco Oviedo https://web.archive.org/web/20110423104112/http://www.oviedorugby.com/ 3rd
Bathco Independiente Mies de Cozada Santander http://www.independienterugbyclub.eu/ 4th
FC Barcelona La Teixonera Barcelona http://www.fcbrugby.com/ 6th
L'Hospitalet Feixa Llarga L'Hospitalet de Llobregat http://www.rugbyhospitalet.com/ 7th
Durango Ilarduya Arripausueta Durango https://web.archive.org/web/20150328070752/http://www.durangorugby.com/ 8th
Barcelona UC La Foixarda Barcelona https://web.archive.org/web/20130416142142/http://www.buc-rugby.com/ P
CRAT Universidade da Coruña Acea da Ma A Coruña http://www.cratcoruna.com/ P
Eibar Hierros Anetxe Unbe Eibar http://www.eibarugby.com/ P
Sant Cugat La Guinardera Sant Cugat del Vallès http://www.rugbysantcugat.santcugatentitats.net/ P
  • Hercesa moved to Group B.

Final standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA Dif Bonus Pts
1Bathco Independiente1815126232783451072
2Sant Cugat1810356363243121561
3Oviedo TRADEHI181116457360971056
4FC Barcelona181017485324161951
5L'Hospitalet181008379319601050
6Eibar Hierros Anetxe18101738032159850
7Pegamo Bera Bera181008299414115646
8CRAT Universidade da Coruña18711035540247434
9Barcelona UC182016344615271917
10Durango Ilarduya18101718979060115

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Qualified for Promotion playoffs

Group B

  • Teams from southern section of Spain
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2011–12
Alcobendas Las Terrazas Alcobendas http://www.alcobendasrugby.com/ 10th
Liceo Francés Ramón Urtubi Madrid http://www.liceo.com/ 3rd
Les Abelles Quatre Carreres Valencia http://www.lesabelles.net/ 4th
CAU Valencia Campo del Río Turia Valencia http://www.caurugbyvalencia.com/ 5th
Hercesa[2] Antonio Machado Alcalá de Henares http://cdhercesa.com/ 5th*
Atlético Portuense Polideportivo Municipal El Puerto de Santa María https://web.archive.org/web/20121017112229/http://www.craportuense.com/new/ 6th
Arquitectura Estadio Nacional Complutense Madrid http://www.arquitectura-rugby.org/ 7th
Helvetia Instalaciones Deportivas "La Cartuja" Seville http://www.clubamigosrugby.com/ 8th
Universidad de Granada Fuentenueva Granada http://www.rugbyuniversidadgr.es.tl/ P
Ingenieros Industriales El Cantizal Las Rozas http://www.iirugby.com/ P

Final standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA Dif Bonus Pts
1Alcobendas1614207401745661373
2Les Abelles161213457230227858
3CAU Valencia161114435213222955
4Arquitectura1691643340528947
5Atlético Portuense1680830633226638
6Liceo Francés16709240348108634
7Universidad de Granada163013205418213618
8Helvetia163112219582363317
9Ingenieros Industriales162014221554333715

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Qualified for Promotion playoffs

Promotion playoffs

  Semifinals Final
                         
Sant Cugat 20 17 37  
Alcobendas 24 24 48  
    Alcobendas 8 13 21
  Bathco Independiente 13 12 25
Les Abelles 14 12 26
Bathco Independiente 36 42 78  

1st leg

April 13, 2013
17:00 (UTC+2)
Sant Cugat 20–24 Alcobendas
La Guinardera, Sant Cugat

April 14, 2013
12:30 (UTC+2)
Les Abelles 14–36 Bathco Independiente
Quatre Carreres, Valencia

2nd leg

April 20, 2013
16:00 (UTC+2)
Alcobendas 24–17 Sant Cugat
Las Terrazas, Alcobendas

Alcobendas won 48–37 on aggregate and advanced to Final.


April 21, 2013
13:00 (UTC+2)
Bathco Independiente 42–12 Les Abelles
San Román, Santander

Bathco Independiente won 78–26 on aggregate and advanced to Final.

Final

Winning team will be promoted to División de Honor for 2013–14 season. Loser team will get a new chance to achieve promotion, playing a playoff against Hernani CRE for a single spot in División de Honor.

1st leg

April 28, 2013
12:30 (UTC+2)
Alcobendas 8–13 Bathco Independiente
Las Terrazas, Alcobendas

2nd leg

Bathco Independiente won 25–21 on aggregate and got promoted to División de Honor.

Promoted to División de Honor
Bathco Independiente
(33 years later)


See also

References

  1. "División de Honor B de Rugby 2012–13". Federación Española de Rugby. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. withdrawn before start of competition due to financial constraints Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine ferugby.es, September 26, 2012
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