2023–24 División de Honor de Rugby

2023–24 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date1 October 2023
← 2022–23
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 División de Honor is the 57th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.

Competition format

The season takes place between October and May.

Points are awarded as follows:

  • 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

Each team plays twelve games - one game against each opponent. Then the league divides into two groups: the top six teams will progress to Group A and the remaining six teams will progress to Group B. The teams play the other members of their groups once more.

Eight teams will progress through to the playoffs, meaning the top two teams from Group B will qualify along with the six teams from Group A.[1]

Promotion and relegation

The second-tier División de Honor B is made up of three regional groups. The top eight teams across the three groups play off; the champion is promoted to División de Honor, at the expense of the team which finishes last in the División de Honor.

The runner-up plays a further playoff against the team which finishes 11th in the top flight.

Teams

Gernika RT and La Vila were relegated while Alcobendas were promoted.

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas, Madrid
Aparejadores San Amaro 1,500 Burgos, Castile and León
Belenos RC Estadio Santa Bárbara 5,000 Avilés, Asturias
Ciencias Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja 1,932 Seville, Andalusia
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid, Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona, Catalonia
Les Abelles Polideportivo Quatre Carreres 500 Valencia, Valencia
Ordizia Altamira 500 Ordizia, Basque Country
Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas 500 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid, Castile and León
2023–24 División de Honor de Rugby is located in Spain
Alcobendas
Alcobendas
Valladolid
Valladolid
El Salvador

El Salvador
Santboiana
Santboiana
Aparejadores
Aparejadores
Ordizia
Ordizia
Barcelona
Barcelona
Cisneros
Cisneros
Ciencias
Ciencias
Abelles
Abelles
Belenos
Belenos
Pozuelo
Pozuelo
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Current División de Honor teams

Results and standings

First phase

Aparejadores set the pace in the first phase of the season, winning ten games out of eleven and scoring more than 40 points on six occasions.

ALC APA BEL CIE CIS ELS FCB LES ORD POZ SAN VAL
Alcobendas — 44–38 43–34 28–29 29–30 31–23
Aparejadores 48–26 — 66–13 40–26 26–8 52–24 32–10
Belenos RC 23–26 — 45–28 30–20 32–36 0–31
Ciencias 22–28 25–20 — 31–14 25–25 29–19 14–19
Complutense Cisneros 41–21 14–22 — 16–21 32–39 24–3
El Salvador 33–5 — 30–10 50–20 17–17 0–27
FC Barcelona 17–45 40–37 26–38 39–15 — 17–22 13–30
Les Abelles 0–21 32–28 0–22 38–15 — 43–28 14–24
Ordizia 34–35 19–38 10–15 — 44–38 18–28
Pozuelo 5–45 34–0 12–57 22–42 7–26 — 13–24
Santboiana 10–19 16–15 34–19 45–42 30–13 —
Valladolid 7–0 24–31 31–10 47–8 34–0 43–20 —

The first phase concluded in January 2024, with five of the six teams which qualified for Group A being the same as 2022-23.

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- BP Los Pts
1 Aparejadores 11 10 0 1 441 207 234 61 22 39 8 1 49
2 Valladolid 11 10 0 1 315 114 201 39 9 30 6 1 47
3 Ciencias 11 6 1 4 316 237 79 39 26 13 2 4 32
4 Alcobendas 11 6 0 5 288 283 5 35 39 -4 0 3 28
5 Santboiana 11 6 1 4 280 290 -10 29 31 -2 1 0 28
6 El Salvador 11 5 1 5 264 256 8 33 31 2 2 0 24
7 Complutense Cisneros 11 4 0 7 270 275 -5 30 37 -7 1 2 19
8 FC Barcelona 11 4 0 7 285 377 -92 39 46 -7 1 2 19
9 Ordizia 11 4 0 7 266 338 -78 19 36 -17 0 2 18
10 Les Abelles 11 4 1 6 197 267 -70 27 33 -6 0 0 16
11 Belenos RC 11 3 0 8 240 373 -133 30 51 -21 0 4 16
12 Pozuelo 11 2 0 9 190 335 -145 20 40 -20 1 0 9
Qualified for Group A
Qualified for Group B

Second phase

Group A

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 Aparejadores 13 11 0 2 479 243 236 64 25 39 8 2 54
2 Valladolid 13 11 0 2 359 158 201 45 14 31 6 2 52
3 Ciencias 13 8 1 4 368 258 110 46 28 18 3 4 41
4 Santboiana 13 7 1 5 307 314 -7 35 39 -4 1 2 33
5 Alcobendas 13 6 0 7 309 325 -16 37 44 -7 0 4 29
6 El Salvador 13 6 1 6 294 301 -7 37 38 -1 2 0 28

Group B

Team P W D L F A +/- TF TA +/- Bon Los Pts
1 Complutense Cisneros 13 5 0 8 324 327 -3 37 43 -6 1 3 24
2 Ordizia 13 5 0 8 326 385 -59 34 45 -11 1 3 24
3 FC Barcelona 13 5 0 8 336 430 -94 45 53 -8 1 3 24
4 Les Abelles 13 5 1 7 230 305 -75 30 37 -7 0 1 21
5 Belenos RC 13 4 0 9 306 449 -143 39 62 -23 0 4 20
6 Pozuelo 13 3 0 10 245 388 -143 26 47 -21 1 1 14
Qualified for playoff quarterfinals
Relegation playoff
Relegation to División de Honor B


References

  1. ^ "La División de Honor de rugby arrancará con 13 equipos y cambio de formato". sport.es (in Spanish). 28 September 2022.

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