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2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

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Countries
  
Spain

Matches played
  
132

Runners-up
  
Hermi El Salvador

Top point scorer
  
Brad Linklater, 228

2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

Champions
  
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (5th title)

Relegated
  
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol

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.

Contents

Championship's playoffs semifinals were played on 18/18May finishing with the Final being played 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 18 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.

    • Regular season standings

    Source: Federación Española de Rugby

    Relegation playoff

    Relegation playoff to be played through two legs. Team qualified 11th in División de Honor and losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final play the relegation playoff. Winner team will play in División de Honor 2014–15 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.

    2nd leg

    Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.

    References

    2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby Wikipedia
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