2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby

The 2015–16 División de Honor B, the XVIII edition since its inception in 1998, began on September 19, 2015 with the first matchday of regular season and will run through 29 May with the Promotion playoffs Final. For 2015–16 season, championship comprises 3 groups of 12 teams each.

2015–16 División de Honor B
Countries Spain
ChampionsZarautz (Group A)
La Vila (Group B)
Ciencias Sevilla (Group C)
Runners-upUBU-Cajaviva (Group A)
Sant Cugat (Group B)
Liceo Francés (Group C)
Matches played396 (regular season)
9 (promotion playoff)
Top point scorer Matías Jara 353
Top try scorer David Camacho 27


Competition format

The season comprises Main stage or regular season and Promotion playoff. The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group and two-best 3rd placed teams qualify for promotion playoff.

Points during regular season are awarded as following;

  • 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

Group A

  • Teams from northern section of Spain
Bera Bera
Uribealdea
Eibar
Zarautz
CRAT A Coruña
Real Oviedo
Durango
UBU Burgos
VRAC B
El Salvador
La Única
2015–16 group A teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Blusens Networks Universidade As Lagoas-Marcosende Vigo R
Babyauto Zarautz Asti Zarautz 1st
Durango Nissan-Gaursa Arripausueta Durango 2nd
AVK Bera Bera Miniestadio de Anoeta San Sebastián 3rd
UBU-Aparejadores Burgos San Amaro Burgos 4th
Uribealdea Atxurizubi Mungia 5th
CRAT A Coruña Acea da Ma A Coruña 6th
Real Oviedo Rugby El Naranco Oviedo 7th
El Salvador B Pepe Rojo Valladolid 8th
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B Pepe Rojo Valladolid 9th
Eibar Hierros Anetxe Unbe Eibar 10th
La Única Berokizelaia Pamplona P

Group B

  • Teams from eastern part of Spain
Sant Cugat
L'Hospitalet
BUC
Poble Nou
Químic
Sitges
Santboiana B
Fénix
La Vila
CAU Valencia
Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia
2015–16 group B teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Sant Cugat La Guinardera Sant Cugat del Vallès 1st
CAU Valencia Campo del Río Turia Valencia 2nd
La Vila El Pantano Villajoyosa 3rd
Les Abelles Quatre Carreres Valencia 4th
Tecnidex Valencia Quatre Carreres Valencia 5th
Barcelona Enginyers Mar Bella Barcelona 6th
Fénix Pinares de Venecia Zaragoza 7th
BUC Barcelona La Foixarda Barcelona 8th
Sitges Santa Bàrbara Sitges 9th
L'Hospitalet Feixa Llarga L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 10th
Santboiana B Baldiri Aleu Sant Boi de Llobregat P
Químic Barcelona La Teixonera Barcelona P

Group C

  • Teams from southern section of Spain
Alcobendas
CAU Madrid
Arquitectura
Cisneros B
Liceo Francés
Helvetia
Ciencias
Ingenieros
Univ. Granada
Pozuelo
CAR Cáceres
Atl. Portuense
URA Almería
2015–16 group C teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Ciencias Sevilla La Cartuja Seville 2nd
Liceo Francés Ramón Urtubi Madrid 3rd
Olímpico Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas Pozuelo de Alarcón 4th
Arquitectura Campo Central Madrid 5th
Helvetia La Cartuja Seville 6th
Ingenieros Industriales El Cantizal Las Rozas 7th
CAU Madrid Orcasitas Madrid 8th
Universidad de Granada Fuentenueva Granada 9th
CAR Cáceres El Cuartillo Cáceres 10th
Complutense Cisneros Zeta Campo Central Madrid 11th
Atlético Portuense Ciudad Deportiva El Puerto de Santa María P
URA Almería Emilio Campra Almería P

Regular season standings

Group A

Qualified for promotion playoff
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1Babyauto Zarautz 222101751280+47110636+701599
2Aparejadores Burgos 221705655371+2849242+501886
3AVK Bera Bera 221129425384+415450+41159
4Uribealdea 2211110471372+996144+171157
5CRAT Univ. da Coruña 221129432371+615047+3957
6Blusens Networks Universidade 229013449414357155+161147
7Real Oviedo Rugby 22901345045335063131046
8Durango Nissan-Gaursa 228014394453595654+21244
9AVIA Eibar 229013365575210458136541
10El Salvador B 2280143457113664710053840
11VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B 228113310528218367236640
12La Única 226214343478135477023735
Source: División de Honor B – Group A

Group B

Qualified for promotion playoff
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1La Vila 2221011005200+80515227+12518102
2Sant Cugat 221903685337+3489339+541389
3CAU Valencia 221507831311+52011536+791979
4Les Abelles 221408584347+2378546+391268
5BUC Barcelona 221219518546287170+11161
6Barcelona Enginyers 22110115075070687021155
7Tecnidex Valencia 2211011420540120617110751
8Santboiana B 229013415543128496819945
9L'Hospitalet 2280143705872175083331143
10Fénix 227213375631256488840638
11Sitges 2221192827945123211381414
12Químic Barcelona 2202202288776492413711315
Source: División de Honor B – Group B

Group C

Qualified for promotion playoff
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1Ciencias Sevilla 2222001180195+98518325+15819107
2Liceo Francés 221804715348+36711241+711587
3Atlético Portuense* 221408672505+1679871+272076
4Arquitectura 221219562549+138571+141565
5Olímpico Pozuelo 2211011554535+19747621054
6CAR Cáceres 2211110435578143567923652
7Ingenieros Industriales 221001245652165577316949
8Helvetia 2210012490652162648925848
9Complutense Cisneros B 228014527615887192211244
10UR Almería 2280144776591825489351042
11CAU Madrid 227015412691279539946937
12Universidad de Granada 2200222198516322712910277
Source: División de Honor B – Group C
  • CR Atlético Portuense initially qualified for promotion playoff, but later declined to take part.

Promotion playoff

Qualified teams

To determine pairings, teams qualified are sorted by total points.

# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1Ciencias Sevilla 2222001180195+98518325+15819107
2La Vila 2221011005200+80515227+12518102
3Babyauto Zarautz 222101751280+47110636+701599
4Sant Cugat 221903685337+3489339+541389
5Liceo Francés 221804715348+36711241+711587
6Aparejadores Burgos 221705655371+2849242+501886
7CAU Valencia 221507831311+52011536+791979

According to competition rules, pairings are based as follows:

Round Pairing
Quarter-final
A) 1st vs. 8th
B) 2nd vs. 7th
C) 3rd vs. 6th
D) 4th vs. 5th
Semifinals
E) Winner A) vs. Winner D)
F) Winner B) vs. Winner C)
Final G) Winner E) vs. Winner F)

Calendar

Round Date Fixtures Clubs Notes
Quarter-finals 23/24 April 3 6 → 3 Ciencias Sevilla receive a bye to Semifinals as the best overall team.
30 April/1 May
Semifinals 7/8 May 2 4 → 2 Ciencias Sevilla gain entry.
14/15 May
Final 21/22 May 1 2 → 1
28/29 May

Quarter finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
La Vila 29–19 CAU Valencia 14–13 15–6
Babyauto Zarautz 33–45 UBU-Aparejadores Burgos 12–15 21–30
Sant Cugat 11–20 Liceo Francés 3–12 8–18
  • CR La Vila, disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. CAU Valencia advanced to next round.


Teams qualified to Semifinals
La Vila Aparejadores Burgos Liceo Francés

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ciencias Sevilla 39–19 Liceo Francés 16–12 23–7
UBU-Aparejadores Burgos 40–50 CAU Valencia 23–23 17–27
1st leg
2nd leg


Teams qualified to Final
Ciencias Sevilla CAU Valencia

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ciencias Sevilla 38–37 CAU Valencia 15–22 23–15

1st leg

2nd leg


Promoted to División de Honor
Ciencias Sevilla
(2 years later)

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

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Rank Player Tries Team
1 David Camacho 27 Atlético Portuense
2 Matías Jara 23 La Vila
3 Alejandro Ortega 22 Ciencias Sevilla
4 Lee Lay 20 Arquitectura
5 Antxon Iriondo 17 Durango Nissan-Gaursa
Pau Anguita Barcelona Enginyers
Luis Vázquez Ciencias Sevilla
8 Juan Gabriel Aristemuño 16 Aparejadores Burgos
Phillip Huxford Babyauto Zarautz
Falemaka Tatafu Blusens Networks Universidade

Top points scorers

Rank Player Points Team
1 Matías Jara 353 La Vila
2 Eduardo Sorribes 312 CAU Valencia
3 Lucas Panichelli 270 Babyauto Zarautz
4 Iñaki Berasategui 211 Sant Cugat
5 Nacho de Luque 207 URA Almería
6 Alfonso Menéndez 185 Real Oviedo Rugby
7 Mikel Álvarez 179 Aparejadores Burgos
8 José de la Cueva 172 Atlético Portuense
9 Luis Gascón 167 CRAT A Coruña
10 Eduardo Lasanta 165 Ingenieros Industriales

See also

References

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