2016–17 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2016–17 División de Honor was the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.

2016–17 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date18 September 2016 to 28 May 2017
ChampionsValladolid
Runners-upEl Salvador
PromotedCR La Vila
RelegatedCiencias Sevilla CR
Matches played137
Tries scored921
(average 6.7 per match)
Top point scorerBradley Dean Linklater, 281
Top try scorerArturo Iñiguez, 17

Valladolid won the title, its seventh overall after defeating local arch-rivals 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
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Gernika, Bizkaia
Ciencias Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja 1,932 Seville
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
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
Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid

Table
2016-17
No Club P W D L Bon Los F A +/- Pts
1 El Salvador 22 19 0 3 15 2 796 401 395 93
2 Valladolid 22 19 0 3 16 1 878 337 541 93
3 Alcobendas 22 16 0 6 11 2 741 453 288 77
4 Santboiana 22 15 0 7 13 3 743 465 278 76
5 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 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 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 Valladolid 19  
  3 Alcobendas 47     3 Alcobendas 6    
  6 Independiente 24         Valladolid 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 19 0 19

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