2020–21 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2020–21 División de Honor is the 54th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition.

2020–21 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date24 October 2020 -

Competition format

The División de Honor de Rugby season takes place between October[1] and March. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed and affected the competition.[2] Bathco withdrew from the competition due to financial issues,[3] and were replaced with Les Abelles, who beat Hernani, the team which had finished in 12th place in the 2019-20 season, in a playoff.[4]

The pandemic also meant the format for the 2020-21 tournament was altered.

Each team will play each other once, with the top four teams qualifying for the Copa del Rey semifinals, which are scheduled for the 1-2 May.

The league will then divide into two groups of six, based on the league table after 11 games. The teams in each group of six will play each other again, giving a total of 16 games.[5]

There will be eight playoff positions instead of six, meaning the top two from the second group will qualify along with all teams from the first group.

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

Promotion and relegation

The second-tier División de Honor B is made up of three regional groups. The top eight teams across the three groups play off; the champion is promoted to División de Honor, at the expense of the team which finishes last in the División de Honor. The runner-up plays a further play-off against the team which finishes 11th in the top flight.[6]

Teams
Valladolid

El Salvador
Santboiana
Aparejadores
Ordizia
Barcelona
Cisneros
Getxo
Alcobendas
Independiente
Ciencias
Abelles
Current División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity Location
Aparejadores San Amaro 1,500 Burgos, Castile and León
Ciencias Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja 1,932 Seville, Andalusia
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid, Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona, Catalonia
Getxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 Guecho
Independiente San Román 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
Les Abelles Polideportivo Quatre carreres 500 Valencia, Valencia
Ordizia Altamira 500 Ordizia, Basque Country
Sanitas Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas, Madrid
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León

References
  1. "La final de la Copa del Rey, en Burgos, abre la temporada". Marca.com (in Spanish). 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. "Los clubes retrasan el inicio de la División de Honor de rugby". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. "El Bathco Rugby Santander renuncia a División de Honor". AS.com (in Spanish). 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  4. Alejandro Baeza (2020-10-25). "Les Abelles consigue el ascenso a DH tras vencer a Hernani (12-13) en la UAX". RugbySpain.Com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  5. Ferugby19 (2020-10-09). "Así quedan los calendarios de las competiciones nacionales masculinas". ferugby (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  6. "NORMAS QUE REGIRÁN EL LII CAMPEONATO DE LIGA NACIONAL DE DIVISIÓN DE HONOR B MASCULINA EN LA TEMPORADA 2018/2019" (PDF). www.ferugby.es (in Spanish). 2018.
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