División de Plata de Balonmano

División de Plata de Balonmano, is the second level handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1994 and is managed by RFEBM. From 1994 until 2008–09 season, this competition was known as División de Honor B. From 2009–10 season onwards, it's officially known as División de Plata.[1]

División de Plata
Current season, competition or edition:
2018–19 season
CountriesSpain
ConfederationEHF
Founded1994
Number of teams16
Promotion toLiga ASOBAL
Relegation toPrimera Nacional
Levels on pyramidLevel 2
Current championsBM Alcobendas (2017–18)
Websitehttp://www.rfebm.net/

The División de Plata, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including ones like Academia Octavio, Calmec Barakaldo, Alcobendas, and Pozoblanco.

Competition rules

The championship consist of 16 teams playing each other twice for a total of 30 matchdays. At end of regular season, the top team in the standings is promoted to Liga ASOBAL. Teams in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place play the promotion playoff for a single spot in Liga ASOBAL. Bottom three teams are relegated to Primera División Estatal.

Points during regular season are awarded as following;

Each victory adds 2 points to the winner team.

Each drawn adds 1 point to each team.

2015–16 season teams

Bidasoa
Barcelona B
Alcobendas
Amenabar
Antequera
A. Octavio
Bordils
ARS Palma del Río
Atl. Valladolid
La Roca
Nava
Cisne
Alarcos
Covadonga
Zamora
Juanfersa
Location of teams in División de Plata 2015–16
Team Location Stadium Capacity
MMT Seguros Zamora Zamora Ángel Nieto 1,200
Juanfersa Comunicalia Gijón Palacio de Deportes 5,197
FC Barcelona B Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,500
Atlético Valladolid Valladolid Huerta del Rey 3,500
Bidasoa Irun Irun Polideportivo Artaleku 2,200
Viveros Herol Nava Nava de la Asunción Polideportivo Municipal 700
Alcobendas Alcobendas Los Sueños 1,000
Academia Octavio Vigo As Travesas 4,500
Zumosol ARS Palma del Río Palma del Río El Pandero 1,500
Bordils Bordils Pavelló Blanc i Verd 500
La Roca La Roca del Vallès Pavelló Nou 1,000
Meridiano Antequera Antequera Fernando Argüelles 2,575
Amenabar Zarautz Zarautz Polideportivo Municipal 3,000
Cisne Pontevedra CGTD de Pontevedra 300
Alarcos Ciudad Real Ciudad Real Quijote Arena 5,863
R.G.C. Covadonga Gijón Braulio García 1,331

2014–15 regular season standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Teucro 30 24 2 4 957 830 +127 50 Promotion to Liga ASOBAL
2 Go Fit 30 21 3 6 912 800 +112 45 Qualified to promotion playoff
3 FC Barcelona B 30 21 2 7 916 823 +93 44
4 Atlético Valladolid 30 19 6 5 859 772 +87 44 Qualified to promotion playoff
5 Bidasoa Irun 30 19 2 9 849 780 +69 40
6 Viveros Herol Nava 30 17 3 10 804 776 +28 37
7 UCAM Alcobendas 30 15 6 9 818 788 +30 36
8 Academia Octavio 30 13 2 15 860 893 33 28
9 Zumosol ARS Palma del Río 30 11 4 15 835 819 +16 26
10 Bordils 30 11 3 16 837 884 47 25
11 La Roca 30 8 5 17 820 887 67 21
12 Meridiano Antequera 30 9 3 18 817 858 41 21
13 Amenabar Zarautz 30 8 3 19 819 882 63 19
14 Torrelavega 30 8 2 20 784 853 69 18 Relegation to Primera División
15 Automobica Barakaldo 30 7 3 20 790 870 80 17
16 Interstar Deporte Algemesí 30 3 3 24 777 939 162 9
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: División de Plata and rfebm.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

Teams promoted by year

YearTeams promoted
1995Caja Bilbao UPV Barakaldo & Ariston San Antonio
1996Pescanova Chapela & PRASA Pozoblanco
1997Universidad de Oviedo-Naranco
1998Barakaldo-UPV
1999Valencia Airtel & Stadium Casablanca
2000Altea & Pilotes Posada
2001Barakaldo-UPV, Teucro Caixanova & Almería 2005
2002Canal Alcobendas & Torrevieja
2003Octavio Pilotes Posada & Arrate
2004Alcobendas Toyota & Torrevieja
2005Algeciras & CAI Aragón
YearTeams promoted
2006Antequera & Darien Logroño
2007Pilotes Posada and Teucro
2008Alcobendas and Edenca Ciudad Encantada
2009Lábaro Toledo and Frigoríficos Morrazo
2010Alser Puerto Sagunto and Realitas Guadalajara
2011Octavio Pilotes Posada and Obearagón Huesca
2012ARS PalmaNaranja and Frigoríficos del Morrazo
2013Juanfersa Gijón, Ángel Ximénez and Bidasoa Irun
2014MMT Seguros Zamora and Servigroup Benidorm
2015Teucro and Go Fit

References

  1. "División de Honor B will change its name to División de Plata". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
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