2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby

2014–15 División de Honor B
Countries	Spain
Champions	Zarautz (Group A) Sant Cugat (Group B) Alcobendas (Group C)
Runners-up	Durango (Group A) CAU Valencia (Group B) Ciencias Sevilla (Group C)
Matches played	354 (regular season) 13 (2nd stage) 1 (final)
Top point scorer	Mohamed Samet 240
Top try scorer	Lee Lay 41
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The 2014–15 División de Honor B, the XVII edition, began on September 13, 2014 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 23, 2015 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2014–15 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 10/12 teams each.

Alcobendas Rugby won the promotion playoff to Sant Cugat 18–13 and returned to División de Honor three years after of relegation. ^[1]

Competition format

The season comprises Main stage or regular season, 2nd stage and Final. The regular season runs through 22 matchdays (groups A and C) and 18 matchdays (Group B). Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group qualify for 2nd stage. 2nd stage features two groups of three teams each, in a round-robin format, playing each team 4 matches in total. Top team of each group play the Final with the winner team being promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams qualified in 10th, 11th & 12th in the standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

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 Univ. da Coruña

Real Oviedo

Durango

Burgos

Belenos

VRAC
El Salvador

Bathco

2014–15 group A teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2013–14
AVK Bera Bera	Miniestadio de Anoeta	San Sebastián	1st
Uribealdea	Atxurizubi	Mungia	2nd
Eibar Hierros Anetxe	Unbe	Eibar	3rd
Babyauto Zarautz	Asti	Zarautz	4th
CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Acea da Ma	A Coruña	5th
Real Oviedo Rugby	El Naranco	Oviedo	6th
Durango	Arripausueta	Durango	7th
Oxigar Belenos	Muro de Zaro	Avilés	P
Aparejadores Burgos	San Amaro	Burgos	P
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B	Pepe Rojo	Valladolid	P
Bathco Rugby B	Mies de Cozada	Santander	P
Hermi El Salvador B	Pepe Rojo	Valladolid	P

Group B

Teams from eastern section of Spain

Sant Cugat

La Vila

CAU Valencia

Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia

L'Hospitalet

Poble Nou

BUC

Fénix

Sitges

2014–15 group B teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2013–14
Sant Cugat	La Guinardera	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2nd
La Vila	El Pantano	Villajoyosa	3rd
CAU Valencia	Campo del Río Turia	Valencia	4th
Les Abelles	Quatre Carreres	Valencia	5th
Tecnidex Valencia	Quatre Carreres	Valencia	6th
L'Hospitalet	Feixa Llarga	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	7th
Poble Nou-Enginyers	Mar Bella	Barcelona	8th
BUC Barcelona	La Foixarda	Barcelona	9th
Fénix	Pinares de Venecia	Zaragoza	P
Sitges	Santa Bàrbara	Sitges	P

Group C

Teams from southern section of Spain

Alcobendas

CAU Madrid
Arquitectura
Cisneros B
Liceo Francés

Helvetia
Ciencias

Ingenieros

Univ. Granada

Pozuelo

Boadilla

CAR Cáceres

2014–15 group C teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2013–14
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	Alcobendas	1st
CAU Madrid	Orcasitas	Madrid	3rd
Helvetia	La Cartuja	Seville	4th
Arquitectura	Campo Central	Madrid	5th
Ingenieros Industriales	El Cantizal	Las Rozas	6th
Liceo Francés	Ramón Urtubi	Madrid	7th
Universidad de Granada	Fuentenueva	Granada	8th
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol	La Cartuja	Seville	R
Olímpico Pozuelo	Valle de las Cañas	Pozuelo de Alarcón	P
Complutense Cisneros B	Campo Central	Madrid	P
Tasman Boadilla	Complejo Deportivo	Boadilla del Monte	P
CAR Cáceres	El Cuartillo	Cáceres	P

Standings