División de Honor B de Rugby

División de Honor B
Current season or competition: 2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1998
Number of teams	Three groups of 8/9 teams
Country	Spain (FER)
Current champions	Zarautz (Group A) (2014–15) Sant Cugat (Group B) (2014–15) Alcobendas (Group C) (2014–15)
Website	ferugby.com

División de Honor B is the second Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. The league began in 1998 and consists of three groups (North, East and South) of 8 or 9 teams each. The top two teams of each group play promotion playoffs.

Competition

Format

The format is similar to División de Honor. The División de Honor "B" season takes place between October and April. There are three groups of 12 teams each one, 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

Promotion and relegation

The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion of the regular season, the two top teams of each group qualify for the promotion playoff, consisting of a group stage of two groups of three teams each one, with the top team of each group advancing to final playoff being promoted to División de Honor the winner team, while the loser teams play an extra-playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor.

Teams qualified 11th and 12th at standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

2015–16 season teams

Group A

Bera Bera

Uribealdea

Eibar

Zarautz

CRAT A Coruña

Real Oviedo

Durango

UBU Cajaviva

VRAC B
El Salvador

La Única

2015–16 group A teams

Teams from northern part of Spain

Team	Stadium	City/Area	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 Cajaviva	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 Emerging	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

Sant Cugat

La Vila

CAU Valencia

Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia

L'Hospitalet

Poble Nou

BUC

Fénix

Sitges

2015–16 group B teams

Teams from eastern part of Spain

Team	Stadium	City/Area	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

Group C

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

Teams from southern part of Spain

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2014–15
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol	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

2014–15 season

Main article: 2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby

Champions by season

Season	Champion	Region
1998–99	Arquitectura
1999–2000	La Moraleja Alcobendas
2000–01	CAU Valencia
2001–02	Valencia
2002–03	Getxo
2003–04	Ciencias Sevilla
2004–05	Ordizia
=	La Vila
2005–06	CR Cisneros
=	CRC Madrid
2006–07	Alcobendas
=	Ciencias Sevilla
2007–08	Liceo Francés
=	Les Abelles

Season	Champion	Region
2008–09	Gernika
=	At. Portuense
2009–10	Hernani
=	Alcobendas
2010–11	Getxo
=	CRC Madrid
2011–12	Hernani
=	CRC Madrid
2012–13	Bathco Independiente
2013–14	FC Barcelona
2014–15	Alcobendas

References

External links

Spanish Rugby Federation

División de Honor B · 2015–16

Group A	AVK Bera Bera Babyauto Zarautz Blusens Networks Universidade CRAT A Coruña Durango Nissan-Gaursa Eibar Hierros Anetxe El Salvador Emerging La Única Real Oviedo UBU Cajaviva Uribealdea VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B

Group B	Barcelona Enginyers BUC Barcelona CAU Valencia Fénix L'Hospitalet La Vila Les Abelles Sant Cugat Sitges Tecnidex Valencia

Group C	Arquitectura Atlético Portuense CAR Cáceres CAU Madrid Ciencias Fundación Cajasol Complutense Cisneros Zeta Helvetia Ingenieros Industriales Liceo Francés Olímpico Pozuelo Universidad de Granada URA Almería

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Rugby union in Spain

Governing body	Federación Española de Rugby

National teams	Spain A Olympus Madrid 7's U-21 U-19 Schoolboys Women's Women's 7's

Competitions	Superibérica de Rugby División de Honor División de Honor B Primera Nacional División de Honor Femenina (women's) Copa del Rey Supercopa Four Nations Copa Ibérica

Related articles	Javier Bardem Women's Six Nations Anoeta Stadium

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