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División de Honor de Rugby

Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Owner(s)	Federación Española de Rugby
No. of teams	8
Country	Spain
Most recent champion(s)	Majadahonda (4th title)
Most titles	INEF Barcelona (11 titles)
TV partner(s)	TVE FERUGBYTV (Live Streams and VOD)
Sponsor(s)	Iberdrola
Relegation to	División de Honor B
Related competitions	Copa de la Reina de Rugby Campeonato de España Femenino de Rugby
Official website	ferugby.es

The División de Honor Femenina, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Liga Iberdrola, is the top Spanish league competition for women's rugby union clubs. The league began in 2010 and consists of eight teams. Clubs are relegated to and promoted from Regional Championships.

There were two competitions before establishment of División de Honor Femenina in 2010, Campeonato de España Femenino (1989–1997) and Copa de la Reina (1998–2010).

Competition

Format

The División de Honor comprises regular season and playoff. Regular season takes place between November and May, with every team playing each other once. Then the teams are split into 2 groups. Group A comprises the first 4 placed and Group B the 4 last. Teams play again against the others on their group, thus reaching a total of 10 rounds. 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 3 tries more than the opponent.
• 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

After the regular season, the top six teams play a championship playoff. The first two classify to the semi-finals and the 4 next play the quarter-finals.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to Honor Division B, while the second-to-last plays a relegation playoff on neutral ground against Honor Division B runner up.

Past winners

Campeonato de España Femenino

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1989	INEF Barcelona (1º)	CEU Madrid	10–6
1990	CEU Madrid (1º)	Puig Castellar	30–0
1991	Alcobendas RC (1º)	INEF Barcelona	24–0
1992	Alcobendas RC (2º)	INEF Barcelona	4–0
1993	Majadahonda (1º)	Bonanova	6–0
1994	Majadahonda (2º)	Bonanova	15–0
1995	INEF Barcelona (2º)	Majadahonda	10–0
1996	Getafe RC (1º)	BUC	10–0
1997	Getafe RC (2º)	L'Hospitalet	15–0

Copa de la Reina

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1998	L'Hospitalet (1º)	Majadahonda	71–12
1999	Liceo Francés (1º)	Majadahonda	24–12
2000	Liceo Francés (2º)	Majadahonda	20–6
2001	Getxo Artea (1º)	L'Hospitalet	13–10
2002	Liceo Francés (3º)	L'Hospitalet	24–20
2003	UCM 2M12 (1º)	BUC	18–6
2004	UCM 2M12 (2º)	Getxo	14–13
2005	INEF Barcelona (3º)	Olímpico Pozuelo	26–12
2006	INEF Barcelona (4º)	Olímpico Pozuelo	19–18
2007	INEF Barcelona (5º)	Olímpico Pozuelo	25–19
2008	Getxo Artea (2º)	INEF Barcelona	7–3
2009	INEF Barcelona (6º)	Getxo	26–10
2010	INEF Barcelona (7º)	Getxo	33–5

División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Relegated	Promoted
2010–11	INEF Barcelona (8th)	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Majadahonda	GEiEG	Gaztedi	XV Sanse Scrum Complutense Cisneros
2011–12	INEF Barcelona (9th)	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Bizkarians	Majadahonda	XV Sanse Scrum	Gòtics
2012–13	INEF Barcelona (10th)	Olímpico de Pozuelo	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Complutense Cisneros	Gòtics	XV Sanse Scrum
2013–14	Olímpico de Pozuelo (1st)	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	INEF Barcelona	GEiEG	None	None
2014–15	CRAT Univ. da Coruña (1st)	Getxo Artea	Olímpico de Pozuelo	GEiEG	Complutense Cisneros	XV Hortaleza
2015–16	INEF Barcelona (11th)	Majadahonda	XV Sanse Scrum	Olímpico de Pozuelo	None	None
2016–17	Olímpico de Pozuelo (2nd)	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Getxo Artea	Majadahonda	GEiEG	Complutense Cisneros
2017–18	Olímpico de Pozuelo (3rd)	Majadahonda	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Complutense Cisneros	Getxo Artea	Corteva Cocos
2018–19	CRAT Univ. da Coruña (2nd)	INEF-L'Hospitalet	Majadahonda	Complutense Cisneros	XV Hortaleza	Crealia El Salvador
2019–20	Universitario Sevilla CR (1st)	Majadahonda	Complutense Cisneros	Sanse Scrum	Crealia El Salvador	Les Abelles
2020–21	Complutense Cisneros (1st)	Majadahonda	Eibar	Corteva Cocos	Les Abelles	CR Sant Cugat
2021–22	Corteva Cocos (2nd)	Majadahonda	Olímpico de Pozuelo	Complutense Cisneros	Sanse Scrum	Crealia El Salvador
2022–23	Majadahonda (3rd)	Corteva Cocos	Crealia El Salvador	Eibar Rugby Taldea	Complutense Cisneros	AVR FC Barcelona
2023–24	Silicius Majadahonda (4th)	CRAT Residencia RIALTA	AVR FC Barcelona Sant Cugat		Eibar Rugby Taldea Olímpico de Pozuelo	Complutense Cisneros Getxo Artea

Titles by team

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years champion
INEF Barcelona	11	3	1989, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
Majadahonda	4	5	1993, 1994, 2023, 2024
Olímpico Pozuelo	3	4	2014, 2017, 2018
Liceo Francés	3	0	1999, 2000, 2002
CRAT Univ. da Coruña	2	5	2015, 2019
Getxo Artea	2	4	2001, 2008
Corteva Cocos	2	1	2020, 2022
Alcobendas	2	0	1991, 1992
UCM 2M12	2	0	2003, 2004
Getafe RC	2	0	1996, 1997
L'Hospitalet	1	3	1998
CEU Madrid	1	1	1990
Complutense Cisneros	1	0	2021

See also

• División de Honor de Rugby
• Copa del Rey de Rugby

References

1. "El rugby femenino eclosiona con la energía de Iberdrola" (in Spanish). Iberdrola. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
2. "Iberdrola dobla su apoyo al deporte femenino: firma como espónsor de 32 federaciones" (in Spanish). 2Playbook. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
3. ^ "Normativa común a todas las competiciones para la Temporada 2023-24" [Common regulations to all competitions for the 2023-24 Season] (PDF) (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. 2023-07-14. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
4. "Reglamento de Partidos y Competiciones, Artículo 29" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
5. "Circular 5. Normativa División de Honor Femenina Temporada 2022-23, Sección 4" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

External links

• Official website

• Women's rugby union competitions in Spain
• Rugby union leagues in Spain
• National rugby union premier leagues
• Sports leagues established in 2010
• 2010 establishments in Spain
• División de Honor Femenina de Rugby