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División de Honor B
Current season or competition:
2024–25 División de Honor B de Rugby
SportRugby union
Instituted1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Number of teams36
Country Spain (FER)
HoldersCR La Vila (2023–24)
Websiteferugby.es

División de Honor B is the second level of 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 two top teams of each group and two best 3rd-placed teams qualify for promotion playoff.

Competition

Format

The season takes place between October and April. There are three groups of 12 teams, 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 playoffs

For the promotion playoff, the teams are seeded by total points. The draw for the promotion playoff is as follows:

Round Pairing
Quarter-final
A) 1st vs. 8th
B) 2nd vs. 7th
C) 3rd vs. 6th
D) 4th vs. 5th
Semifinals
E) Winner A) vs. Winner D)
F) Winner B) vs. Winner C)
Final G) Winner E) vs. Winner F)

Group system

In the División de Honor B, a zoning system is followed for the teams that make up the competition, dividing them into geographical groups numbered as A (North Group), B (Levante Group) and C (Central and South Group). Group A is made up of teams from the northern part of Spain (Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Galicia, La Rioja, Navarra and Basque Country), Group B is made up of teams from the eastern part (Aragon, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands and Murcia) and Group C is made up of teams from the southern half and central part (Andalusia, Canary Islands, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Madrid)

For promotion to the División de Honor B, the regional competitions follow a system similar to that of promotion from the División de Honor B to the División de Honor, facing the champions of the different divisions between them to decide the promotion to the corresponding group of the División de Honor B.

In the case of relegations, these are automatically made to the corresponding regional competition, leaving it up to the regional federation to fit the new team into the highest regional category, either by increasing the teams for the season or preventing any promotion between its second and highest category to avoid exceeding the number of teams.

There are some regions, such as the Canary Islands or the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, which have never had a team playing in the División de Honor B.

Champions by season

Season Champion Region
1998–99 Arquitectura Community of Madrid
1999–2000 La Moraleja Alcobendas Community of Madrid
2000–01 CAU Valencia Valencian Community
2001–02 Valencia Valencian Community
2002–03 Getxo Basque Country (autonomous community)
2003–04 Ciencias Sevilla Andalusia
2004–05 Ordizia Basque Country (autonomous community)
= La Vila Valencian Community
2005–06 CR Cisneros Community of Madrid
= CRC Madrid Community of Madrid
2006–07 Alcobendas Community of Madrid
= Ciencias Sevilla Andalusia
2007–08 Liceo Francés Community of Madrid
= Les Abelles Valencian Community
2008–09 Gernika Basque Country (autonomous community)
= At. Portuense Andalusia
2009–10 Hernani Basque Country (autonomous community)
= Alcobendas Community of Madrid
2010–11 Getxo Basque Country (autonomous community)
= CRC Madrid Community of Madrid
2011–12 Hernani Basque Country (autonomous community)
= CRC Madrid Community of Madrid
2012–13 Bathco Independiente Cantabria
2013–14 FC Barcelona Catalonia
2014–15 Alcobendas Community of Madrid
Season Champion Region
2015–16 Ciencias Sevilla Andalusia
2016–17 La Vila Valencian Community
2017–18 UBU Colina Clinic Castile and León
2018–19 Ciencias Sevilla Andalusia
= Bathco Independiente Cantabria
2019–20 Getxo Basque Country (autonomous community)
= Les Abelles Valencian Community
2020–21 La Vila Valencian Community
= Gernika Basque Country (autonomous community)
2021–22 Pozuelo Rugby Unión Community of Madrid
= Belenos Asturias
2022–23 Alcobendas Community of Madrid
2023–24 La Vila Valencian Community
2024–25

See also

References

External links

División de Honor B
Group A
Group B
Group C
Seasons
Rugby union in Spain
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