2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby
The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 36th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.
The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias Fundación Cajasol was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2014–15.
Competition format
The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;- Teams in 1st & 2nd at regular season standings receive a bye to semifinal.
- Teams at 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th position plays for the two vacant places in quarter-finals.
- Team in 11th position plays the relegation playoff.
- Team in 12th position is relegated.
- Each win means 4 points to winning team.
- A draw means 2 points for each team.
- 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
- A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.
Teams
Team | Stadium | Capacity | City |
AMPO Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa |
Atlético Madrid | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid |
Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia |
Blusens Universidade Vigo | Lagoas-Marcosende | 3,000 | Vigo |
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol | La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville |
CR Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid |
Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1,000 | Guecho |
Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa |
Independiente RC | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria |
Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat |
SilverStorm El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
Valladolid RAC | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
Regular season standings
Source:Championship playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Final
Relegation playoff
The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.1st leg
2nd leg
Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.Scorers statistics
By try points
Player | Try points | Team |
Ignacio Contardi | 110 | Independiente RC |
Iñigo Olaeta | 75 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Afa Tauli | 70 | Santboiana |
Federico Casteglioni | 65 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Pedro Martín | 60 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares |
Maka Tatafu | 55 | Blusens Universidade Vigo |
Tiago Girão | 55 | Complutense Cisneros |
Simeon James | 55 | Getxo Artea |
Tom Pearce | 55 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Heinrich Steyl | 50 | AMPO Ordizia |