2021–22 División de Honor de Rugby

{{Infobox rugby union season

| name =2021–22 División de Honor

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| countries = {{flag|Spain}}

| date = 3 October 2021

| champions = Santboiana

| runnersup = Ordizia

| promoted =

| relegated = Gernika, Alcobendas

| matches =

| attendance =

| tries =

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| prevseason = 2020–21

| nextseason = 2022–23

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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.{{cite web |title=La División de Honor de rugby cambia de formato |url=https://as.com/masdeporte/2021/07/07/polideportivo/1625647382_696444.html |website=AS.com |language=es |date=7 July 2021}} The twelve teams were split into two groups of 6, based on their placings in last season's league.

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!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 for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
1 bonus point for 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.{{Cite web|date=2018|title=NORMAS QUE REGIRÁN EL LII CAMPEONATO DE LIGA NACIONAL DE DIVISIÓN DE HONOR B MASCULINA EN LA TEMPORADA 2018/2019|url=http://www.ferugby.es/userfiles/file/2018-19/Circular%205_%20Normativa%20Divisi%C3%B3n%20Honor%20B%20Masculina%202018-19(1).pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214170854/http://www.ferugby.es:80/userfiles/file/2018-19/Circular%205_%20Normativa%20Divisi%C3%B3n%20Honor%20B%20Masculina%202018-19(1).pdf |archive-date=2019-02-14 |access-date=|website=www.ferugby.es|language=es}}

Teams

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

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Team !Stadium !Capacity !Location ! style="background:white; border:none;" \|
Alcobendas \|Las Terrazas \|2,000 \|Alcobendas, Madrid \| rowspan="12" style="background:white; border:none;" \|{{Location map+\|Spain\|width=420\|float=none\|caption=2021–22 División de Honor teams\|places= {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=41.652136\|long=-4.726181\|position=right\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Valladolid\|label_size=80\|mark=Blue pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=41.652136\|long=-4.626181\|position=left\|marksize=5\|background=\|label= El Salvador\|label_size=80\|mark=Black pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=41.346015\|long=2.035217\|position=bottom\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Santboiana\|label_size=80\|mark=Blue pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=43.311377\|long=-2.680578\|position=top\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Gernika\|label_size=80\|mark=Green pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=42.56\|long=-3.310024\|position=bottom\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Aparejadores\|label_size=80\|mark=Yellow pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=43.054151\|long=-2.17864\|position=bottom\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Ordizia\|label_size=80\|mark=Red pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=41.423109\|long=2.146364\|position=top\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Barcelona\|label_size=80}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=40.437826\|long=-3.728517\|position=left\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Cisneros\|label_size=80\|mark=Blue pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=40.533\|long=-3.633\|position=top\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Alcobendas\|label_size=80\|mark=Red pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=38.505278\|long=-0.232778\|position=left\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=La Vila\|label_size=80\|mark=Blue pog.svg}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=37.3833\|long=-5.99655\|position=right\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Ciencias\|label_size=80}} {{Location map~\|Spain\|lat=39.4699\|long=-0.3763\|position=left\|marksize=5\|background=\|label=Abelles\|label_size=80\|mark=Yellow pog.svg}} \|x=0.56\|y=0.49 }}
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

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Team

!Stadium

!Capacity

!Location

! style="background:white; border:none;" |

Alcobendas

|Las Terrazas

|2,000

|Alcobendas, Madrid

| rowspan="12" style="background:white; border:none;" |{{Location map+|Spain|width=420|float=none|caption=2021–22 División de Honor teams|places=

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=41.652136|long=-4.726181|position=right|marksize=5|background=|label=Valladolid|label_size=80|mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=41.652136|long=-4.626181|position=left|marksize=5|background=|label=
El Salvador|label_size=80|mark=Black pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=41.346015|long=2.035217|position=bottom|marksize=5|background=|label=Santboiana|label_size=80|mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=43.311377|long=-2.680578|position=top|marksize=5|background=|label=Gernika|label_size=80|mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=42.56|long=-3.310024|position=bottom|marksize=5|background=|label=Aparejadores|label_size=80|mark=Yellow pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=43.054151|long=-2.17864|position=bottom|marksize=5|background=|label=Ordizia|label_size=80|mark=Red pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=41.423109|long=2.146364|position=top|marksize=5|background=|label=Barcelona|label_size=80}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=40.437826|long=-3.728517|position=left|marksize=5|background=|label=Cisneros|label_size=80|mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=40.533|long=-3.633|position=top|marksize=5|background=|label=Alcobendas|label_size=80|mark=Red pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=38.505278|long=-0.232778|position=left|marksize=5|background=|label=La Vila|label_size=80|mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=37.3833|long=-5.99655|position=right|marksize=5|background=|label=Ciencias|label_size=80}}

{{Location map~|Spain|lat=39.4699|long=-0.3763|position=left|marksize=5|background=|label=Abelles|label_size=80|mark=Yellow pog.svg}}

|x=0.56|y=0.49

}}

Aparejadores

|San Amaro

|1,000

|Burgos, Castile and León

Barcelona

|La Teixonera

|500

|Barcelona, Catalonia

Ciencias

|Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja

|3,000

|12,400

|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

Results

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| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|ALC

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;" |APA

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;" |FCB

| style="min-width:3em;" font-size:70%;" |CIE

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|CIS

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|ELS

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|GER

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;" |LaV

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;" |LES

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|ORD

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|SAN

| style=min-width:3em; font-size:70%;"|VAL

style="text-align: left;"|Alcobendas

|17-22

|31-16

|26-29

|21-23

|46-10

|29-23

|35-30

|39-13

style="text-align: left;"|Aparejadores

|9-16

|42-30

|20-20

|21-17

|34-13

|68-31

|22-22

|30-28

style="text-align: left;"|Barcelona

|13-25

|33-34

|12-28

|30-33

|26-19

|41-21

|24-9

|20-23

style="text-align: left;" |Ciencias

|29-14

|42-11

|45-15

|30-20

|43-5

|34-28

|41-40

|28-3

style="text-align: left;" |Cisneros

|13-36

|33-20

|25-15

|24-20

|31-35

|22-15

|31-25

|26-28

style="text-align: left;" |El Salvador

|23-22

|36-13

|29-19

|25-14

|33-10

|24-7

|47-26

|12-17

style="text-align: left;"|Gernika RT

|10-12

|17-33

|22-26

|14-20

|29-23

|26-29

|15-16

|8-17

style="text-align: left;"|La Vila

|0-22

|24-20

|31-43

|15-29

|34-42

|20-7

|20-33

|20-16

style="text-align: left;"|Les Abelles

|27-6

|29-19

|24-21

|24-26

|17-24

|29-23

|24-44

|27-38

style="text-align: left;"|Ordizia

|22-3

|19-12

|31-18

|51-8

|27-13

|34-12

|34-32

|19-11

style="text-align: left;"|Santboiana

|19-16

|34-28

|18-15

|38-26

|26-21

|48-15

|16-6

|37-3

style="text-align: left;"|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.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Spain take Gavin van den Berg falsification case to Prosecutor’s Office |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2022/04/28/spain-take-gavin-van-den-berg-falsification-case-to-prosecutors-office/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}

class="wikitable sortable col2izq" style="text-align: left; font-size: 85%" ! !! scope="col" style="width: 15em;" \| Team !! P !! W !! D !! L !! {{tooltip\|F\|Points for}}!! {{tooltip\|A\|Points against}}!! {{tooltip\|+/-\|Points difference}}!! {{tooltip\|TF\|tries for}} ! {{tooltip\|TA\|Tries against}} ! +/- !! {{tooltip\|Bon\|Bonus Points}}!! {{tooltip\|Los\|Losing Bonus Points}} ! {{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 1	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Castilla y León}} El Salvador}}	16	11	0	5	451	327	124	62	44	18	5	5	54
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 2	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Cataluña}} Santboiana}}	16	12	0	4	463	351	112	58	40	18	2	3	53
style="background:#FF6666;" \| 3	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Comunidad de Madrid}} Alcobendas}}	16	10	0	6	422	289	133	49	28	21	4	6	50
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 4	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|País Vasco}} Ordizia}}	16	10	1	5	416	328	88	44	37	7	4	3	49
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 5	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Andalucía}} Ciencias}}	16	10	1	5	444	324	120	54	44	10	4	2	48
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 6	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Comunidad de Madrid}} Complutense Cisneros}}	16	8	0	8	381	407	-26	39	56	-17	0	3	35
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 7	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Cataluña}} FC Barcelona}}	16	7	0	9	395	408	-13	53	44	9	3	4	35
style="background:#BBF3BB;" \| 8	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Castilla y León}} Aparejadores}}	16	6	3	7	396	389	7	43	46	-3	2	3	35
style="background:#F5F5F5;" \| 9	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Castilla y León}} Valladolid}}	16	7	1	8	326	384	-58	37	40	-3	1	3	34
style="background:#F5F5F5;" \| 10	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Comunidad Valenciana}} Les Abelles}}	16	5	0	11	341	503	-162	46	69	-23	1	3	24
style="background:#F5F5F5;" \| 11	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|Comunidad Valenciana}} CR La Vila}}	16	4	0	12	281	429	-148	38	54	-16	0	2	18
style="background:#F5F5F5;" \| 12	{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|País Vasco}} Gernika RT}}	16	3	0	13	270	447	-177	36	57	-21	1	5	18
class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center" \| colspan="15" \| Source: [http://ferugby.habitualdata.com/FerClasificacion.aspx?cat=DH Federación Española de Rugby: Clasificación de la División de Honor]

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Qualified for playoff quarterfinals

style="background: #FF6666;" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | 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.{{Cite web |last=Redaccion |date=2022-05-10 |title=Apelación ratifica el aplazamiento provisional del Alcobendas-Cisneros |url=https://ferugby.es/apelacion-ratifica-el-aplazamiento-provisional-del-alcobendas-cisneros |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Federación Española de Rugby - FERugby - Spanish Rugby Union |language=es}} The Spanish rugby federation finally disqualified Alcobendas on the 26 May 2022, meaning Cisneros earned a bye to the semifinals.{{8TeamBracket

| seed-width= | team-width= | score-width=

| seeds =

| RD1= Quarter finals

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{flagicon|Castile and León}} El Salvador| RD1-score1=20

| RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2={{flagicon|Castile and León}} Aparejadores | RD1-score2=14

| RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3={{flagicon|Basque Country}} Ordizia| RD1-score7=

| RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4= {{flagicon|Andalusia}} Ciencias | RD1-score8=

| RD1-seed5=2 | RD1-team5={{flagicon|Catalonia}} Santboiana | RD1-score3=26

| RD1-seed6=7 | RD1-team6={{flagicon|Catalonia}} Barcelona | RD1-score4=20

| RD1-seed7=3 | RD1-team7={{flagicon|Madrid}} Alcobendas | RD1-score5=30

| RD1-seed8=6 | RD1-team8={{flagicon|Madrid}} Cisneros| RD1-score6=23

| RD2= Semifinals

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|Castile and León}} El Salvador | RD2-score1=27

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|Basque Country}} Ordizia| RD2-score2=30

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|Catalonia}} Santboiana| RD2-score3=32

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|Madrid}} Cisneros| RD2-score4=26

| {{flagicon|Castile and León}} RD3-seed1= |

| {{flagicon|Castile and León}} RD3-seed2= |

| RD3= Final

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|Basque Country}} Ordizia| RD3-score1=17

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|Catalonia}} Santboiana| RD3-score2=23

}}

Copa del Rey

The twelve teams were divided into four groups of three.{{cite web |date=11 October 2021 |title=El Salvador y Ordizia toman ventaja en el camino a la fase final de la Copa |url=http://ferugby.es/el-camino-a-la-fase-final-de-copa-ya-marcha-y-2-equipos-toman-ventaja |website=ferugby |language=es}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Sevilla |first1=Diario de |title=La Final de la Copa del Rey de rugby entre el Ciencias y El Salvador será el próximo 25 de septiembre |url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/deportes/Final-Rugby-Ciencias-Septiembre_0_1691532653.html |website=Diario de Sevilla |language=es-ES |date=10 June 2022}}

{{4TeamBracket

| seed-width= | team-width= | score-width=

| seeds =

| RD1= Semifinals

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{flagicon|Basque Country}} Ordizia | RD1-score1=16

| RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2={{flagicon|Castile and León}} El Salvador| RD1-score2=23

| RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3={{flagicon|Madrid}} Alcobendas | RD1-score3=23

| RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4={{flagicon|Andalusia}} Ciencias| RD1-score4=18

| RD2= Final

| {{flagicon|Castile and León}} RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{flagicon|Castile and León}} El Salvador| RD2-score1=27

| {{flagicon|Castile and León}} RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{flagicon|Andalusia}} Ciencias | RD2-score2=26

}}

References

External links

[http://www.ferugby.es/ Official site]

Category:Rugby union in Spain

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