2021–22 División de Honor de Rugby

2021–22 División de Honor
2021–22 División de Honor
Countries	Spain
Date	3 October 2021
Champions	Santboiana
Runners-up	Ordizia
Relegated	Gernika, Alcobendas
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 División de Honor was the 55th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.

Santboiana won its eight title, defeating Ordizia in the final.

Competition format

The season took place between October and May.

The league format was altered for the 2021-22 season.^[1] The twelve teams were split into two groups of 6, based on their placings in last season's league.


Group A	Group B
Alcobendas	Burgos
Barcelona	Ciencias
Cisneros	Gernika
El Salvador	Les Abelles
La Vila	Ordizia
Santboiana	Valladolid

Teams played the other teams in their group twice, and then played a further six games against teams from the other group, making a total of 16 games.

The teams were all classified in the same table, with the top eight sides qualifying for the playoffs to decide the champion.

Points were 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

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 play-off against the team which finishes 11th in the top flight.^[2]

Teams

Relegated sides Independiente and Getxo were replaced by La Vila and Gernika.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	2,000	Alcobendas, Madrid
Aparejadores	San Amaro	1,000	Burgos, Castile and León
Barcelona	La Teixonera	500	Barcelona, Catalonia
Ciencias	Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja	3,000	Seville, Andalusia
Complutense Cisneros	Estadio Complutense	12,400	Madrid, Madrid
El Salvador	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid, Castile and León
Gernika RT	Urbieta zelaia	3,000	Gernika
La Vila	Campo de Rugby “El Pantano”	1,550	Villajoyosa, Valencia
Les Abelles	Polideportivo de Quatre Carreres	500	Valencia, Valencia
Ordizia	Altamira	2,000	Ordizia, Basque Country
Santboiana	Baldiri Aleu	3,500	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
Valladolid	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid, Castile and León

Valladolid

El Salvador

Santboiana

Gernika

Aparejadores

Ordizia

Barcelona

Cisneros

Alcobendas

La Vila

Ciencias

Abelles

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2021–22 División de Honor teams

Results

	ALC	APA	FCB	CIE	CIS	ELS	GER	LaV	LES	ORD	SAN	VAL
Alcobendas			17-22	31-16	26-29	21-23		46-10	29-23	35-30	39-13
Aparejadores	9-16		42-30	20-20		21-17	34-13		68-31	22-22		30-28
Barcelona	13-25			33-34	12-28	30-33		26-19	41-21	24-9	20-23
Ciencias		29-14			42-11		45-15	30-20	43-5	34-28	41-40	28-3
Cisneros	13-36	33-20	25-15			24-20	31-35	22-15			31-25	26-28
El Salvador	23-22		36-13	29-19	25-14			33-10	24-7	47-26	12-17
Gernika RT	10-12	17-33	22-26	14-20		29-23			26-29	15-16		8-17
La Vila	0-22	24-20	31-43		15-29	34-42	20-7				20-33	20-16
Les Abelles		27-6		29-19	24-21		24-26	17-24		29-23	24-44	27-38
Ordizia		22-3		19-12	31-18		51-8	27-13	34-12		34-32	19-11
Santboiana	19-16	34-28	18-15		38-26	26-21	48-15	16-6				37-3
Valladolid	36-29	26-26	25-32	13-12		14-43	18-10		37-12	13-25

Standings

The final standings were affected by Alcobendas' use of Gavin van den Berg, a South African-born player whose passport was found to have falsified stamps on it. It emerged that van den Berg had played for Spain's national team despite not meeting the minimum residency requirements necessary to be eligible. Spain were duly disqualified from the rugby World Cup and Alcobendas were relegated for their part in the scandal.^[3]

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	TF	TA	+/-	Bon	Los	Pts
1	El Salvador	16	11	0	5	451	327	124	62	44	18	5	5	54
2	Santboiana	16	12	0	4	463	351	112	58	40	18	2	3	53
3	Alcobendas	16	10	0	6	422	289	133	49	28	21	4	6	50
4	Ordizia	16	10	1	5	416	328	88	44	37	7	4	3	49
5	Ciencias	16	10	1	5	444	324	120	54	44	10	4	2	48
6	Complutense Cisneros	16	8	0	8	381	407	-26	39	56	-17	0	3	35
7	FC Barcelona	16	7	0	9	395	408	-13	53	44	9	3	4	35
8	Aparejadores	16	6	3	7	396	389	7	43	46	-3	2	3	35
9	Valladolid	16	7	1	8	326	384	-58	37	40	-3	1	3	34
10	Les Abelles	16	5	0	11	341	503	-162	46	69	-23	1	3	24
11	CR La Vila	16	4	0	12	281	429	-148	38	54	-16	0	2	18
12	Gernika RT	16	3	0	13	270	447	-177	36	57	-21	1	5	18
Source: Federación Española de Rugby: Clasificación de la División de Honor

	Qualified for playoff quarterfinals
	Relegation to División de Honor B

Playoffs

The playoffs were played on the 15 May 2022, with the exception of Alcobendas vs. Cisneros, which was postponed due to ongoing investigations in the Van den Berg affair.^[4] The Spanish rugby federation finally disqualified Alcobendas on the 26 May 2022, meaning Cisneros earned a bye to the semifinals.

Quarter finals			Semifinals		Final

1	El Salvador	20

8	Aparejadores	14
			El Salvador	27

			Ordizia	30
4	Ordizia	26

5	Ciencias	20
					Ordizia	17

					Santboiana	23
2	Santboiana	30

7	Barcelona	23
			Santboiana	32

			Cisneros	26
3	Alcobendas

6	Cisneros

Copa del Rey

The twelve teams were divided into four groups of three.^[5] The winner of each group proceeded to the semifinals of the cup, which were one-legged ties.

The draw for the cup groups was restricted to ensure that teams are in the same group as well. This enabled specified league games to also count as cup group games.

Group 1: Barcelona, El Salvador, La Vila

Group 2: Ordizia, Les Abelles, Valladolid

Group 3: Santboiana, Lexus Alcobendas, Complutense Cisneros

Group 4: Gernika, Ciencias, Aparejadores

Although Alcobendas won a place in the final, they were eliminated from the competition as a result of the Van der Berg affair and were replaced in the final by Ciencias. Due to the prolonged investigation into Alcobendas, it was not possible to schedule the final before the off-season began, and the final was delayed until September 25 2022.^[6]

Semifinals			Final

1	Ordizia	16

2	El Salvador	23
			El Salvador	27

			Ciencias	26
3	Alcobendas	23

4	Ciencias	18

References

^ "La División de Honor de rugby cambia de formato". AS.com (in Spanish). 7 July 2021.
^ "NORMAS QUE REGIRÁN EL LII CAMPEONATO DE LIGA NACIONAL DE DIVISIÓN DE HONOR B MASCULINA EN LA TEMPORADA 2018/2019" (PDF). www.ferugby.es (in Spanish). 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-14.
^ "Spain take Gavin van den Berg falsification case to Prosecutor's Office". Americas Rugby News. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
^ Redaccion (2022-05-10). "Apelación ratifica el aplazamiento provisional del Alcobendas-Cisneros". Federación Española de Rugby - FERugby - Spanish Rugby Union (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-15.
^ "El Salvador y Ordizia toman ventaja en el camino a la fase final de la Copa". ferugby (in Spanish). 11 October 2021.
^ Sevilla, Diario de (10 June 2022). "La Final de la Copa del Rey de rugby entre el Ciencias y El Salvador será el próximo 25 de septiembre". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish).

External links

Official site

[1] "La División de Honor de rugby cambia de formato". AS.com (in Spanish). 7 July 2021.

[2] "NORMAS QUE REGIRÁN EL LII CAMPEONATO DE LIGA NACIONAL DE DIVISIÓN DE HONOR B MASCULINA EN LA TEMPORADA 2018/2019" (PDF). www.ferugby.es (in Spanish). 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-14.

[3] "Spain take Gavin van den Berg falsification case to Prosecutor's Office". Americas Rugby News. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-15.

[4] Redaccion (2022-05-10). "Apelación ratifica el aplazamiento provisional del Alcobendas-Cisneros". Federación Española de Rugby - FERugby - Spanish Rugby Union (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-15.

[5] "El Salvador y Ordizia toman ventaja en el camino a la fase final de la Copa". ferugby (in Spanish). 11 October 2021.

[6] Sevilla, Diario de (10 June 2022). "La Final de la Copa del Rey de rugby entre el Ciencias y El Salvador será el próximo 25 de septiembre". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish).

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