2018–19 División de Honor de Rugby

Competition format

Teams

Results

Table

Playoffs

Relegation playoff

References

External links

Promotion and relegation

2018–19 División de Honor

Countries	Spain
Date	16 September 2018 - 2 June 2019
Champions	Valladolid RAC
Runners-up	El Salvador
Promoted	Ciencias Sevilla CR, Independiente RC
Relegated	Bizkaia Gernika, CR La Vila
Matches played	137
Tries scored	939 (average 6.9 per match)
Top point scorer	Valentin Cruz, 271
Top try scorer	Juandre Kleynhans, 22
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 División de Honor was the 52nd season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.

The championship playoffs began in May finishing with the Final on 28 May.

Valladolid won its third consecutive title, its ninth overall, after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm El Salvador in the Final.

The División de Honor season takes place between September and March, 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

The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.

The club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th play the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B is promoted to División de Honor.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	500	Alcobendas
Aparejadores	San Amaro	1,500	Burgos
Barcelona	La Teixonera	500	Barcelona
Bizkaia Gernika	Urbieta	2,500	Gernika, Bizkaia
Complutense Cisneros	Estadio Complutense	12,400	Madrid
El Salvador	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid
Hernani	Landare Toki	500	Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RC	San Román	1,500	Santander, Cantabria
La Vila	Campo de Rugby El Pantano	3,000	Villajoyosa, Valencia
Ordizia	Altamira	500^[1]	Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana	Baldiri Aleu	4,000	Sant Boi de Llobregat
Valladolid	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid

Valladolid

El Salvador

Santboiana

Bizkaia Gernika

Aparejadores

Ordizia

Barcelona

Cisneros

Hernani

Alcobendas

Independiente

La Vila

2018–19 División de Honor teams

	ALC	APA	BAR	CIS	ELS	GER	HER	IND	LaV	ORD	SAN	VAL
Alcobendas		21-10	43-14	25-7	31-31	26-20	59-19	38-10	42-40	27-33	21-14	17-16
Aparejadores	23-25		27-36	32-29	29-27	57-17	46-18	39-36	48-15	30-47	29-15	11-48
Barcelona	26-29	40-3		18-18	20-59	21-17	19-12	20-12	11-17	22-34	26-27	21-34
Cisneros	35-37	30-24	26-31		17-57	32-39	43-36	34-39	17-21	18-35	33-27	14-54
El Salvador	33-25	36-18	33-16	54-31		52-21	77-28	43-24	36-14	51-10	55-7	26-17
Gernika	27-29	27-28	17-24	30-10	12-31		29-27	29-39	18-13	23-24	13-13	21-42
Hernani	15-14	8-6	20-13	6-22	12-45	35-27		20-31	22-16	39-15	27-34	20-22
Independiente	23-26	27-31	24-32	14-43	28-29	54-21	36-31		33-17	27-26	21-34	22-28
La Vila	12-21	24-30	16-21	18-17	7-40	20-27	29-38	35-20		31-24	17-15	20-44
Ordizia	22-30	27-40	40-13	15-7	13-13	55-22	36-10	11-11	35-28		48-31	29-45
Santboiana	32-12	37-29	19-22	25-18	5-24	53-13	27-14	42-30	41-28	22-23		25-33
Valladolid	25-16	64-22	22-37	36-25	20-0	27-27	41-10	62-19	61-33	41-12	34-21

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	TF	TA	Bon	Los	Pts
1	El Salvador	22	18	2	2	852	405	447	120	53	15	1	92
2	Valladolid	22	18	1	3	816	448	368	107	53	14	1	89
3	Alcobendas	22	16	1	5	614	487	127	80	62	10	2	78
4	Ordizia	22	12	2	8	614	581	33	76	77	9	2	63
5	Aparejadores	22	11	0	11	612	654	-42	80	86	12	3	59
6	Barcelona	22	11	1	10	503	549	-46	64	65	7	4	57
7	Santboiana	22	10	1	11	566	570	-4	79	74	10	5	57
8	Independiente RC	22	7	1	14	580	691	-111	74	94	8	5	43
9	Hernani CRE	22	7	0	15	467	687	-220	61	91	7	6	41
10	Complutense Cisneros	22	5	1	16	526	673	-147	73	94	9	8	39
11	La Vila	22	6	0	16	471	661	-190	61	92	7	7	38
12	Bizkaia Gernika	22	5	2	15	497	712	-215	64	98	6	6	36

	Qualified for playoff semifinals.
	Qualified for playoff quarterfinals.
	Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor B
	Relegation to División de Honor B

Quarter finals			Semifinals			Final

			2	Valladolid	33
3	Alcobendas	34	3	Alcobendas	12
6	Barcelona	20				Valladolid	39
						El Salvador	27
			1	El Salvador	39
4	Ordizia	38	4	Ordizia	26
5	Aparejadores	31

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by La Vila, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and Santander, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Santander won 57–53 on aggregate and gained promotion to the División de Honor for the 2019–20 season.

^ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.

Relegation/promotion playoff

Official site

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Current teams	Alcobendas Aparejadores Ciencias Complutense Cisneros El Salvador FC Barcelona Gernika La Vila Les Abelles Ordizia Santboiana Valladolid
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