Puneet Varma (Editor)

2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Countries
  
Spain

Matches played
  
132

Runners-up
  
Santboiana

2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

Date
  
13 September 2014 – 3 May 2015 (regular season)17 May 2015 – (championship playoff)

Champions
  
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares

Relegated
  
Blusens Universidade Vigo

The 2014–15 División de Honor was the 37th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 13 September 2014 and finished on 3 May 2015.

Contents

Championship's playoffs began on 17 May finishing with the Final on 31 May.

VRAC Quesos Entrepinares were the defending champions, while Ciencias Fundación Cajasol was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2014–15.

VRAC Quesos Entrepinares won its six title after defeating UE Santboiana 19–8 in the Final.

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.

    • Relegation playoff

    Relegation playoff to be played over two legs by the 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 2015–16 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.

    2nd leg

    FC Barcelona won 39–26 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2015–16 season.

    References

    2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics