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División de Honor B de Rugby

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Sport
  
Rugby union

Country
  
Spain (FER)

Instituted
  
1998

Website
  
ferugby.com

División de Honor B de Rugby

Number of teams
  
Three groups of 8/9 teams

Current champions
  
Zarautz (Group A) (2015–16) La Vila (Group B) (2015–16) Ciencias Sevilla (Group C) (2015–16)

División de Honor B is the second Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. The league began in 1998 and consists of three groups (North, East and South) of 8 or 9 teams each. The top two teams of each group play promotion playoffs.

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Format

The format is similar to División de Honor. The División de Honor "B" season takes place between October and April. There are three groups of 12 teams each one, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:

  • 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 regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group and two-best 3rd placed teams qualify for promotion playoff.

    Before promotion playoff, qualified teams are sorted by total points. The pairing of promotion playoff are as follows:

    Group A

  • Teams from northern part of Spain
  • Group B

  • Teams from eastern part of Spain
  • Group C

  • Teams from southern part of Spain
  • References

    División de Honor B de Rugby Wikipedia