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División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

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Sport
  
Rugby union

Number of teams
  
8

Instituted
  
2010

Country
  
Spain (FER)

División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

Current champions
  
CRAT Univ. da Coruña (2014–15)

Most titles
  
INEF Barcelona (10 titles)

The División de Honor Femenina is the top Spanish league competition for women's rugby union clubs. The league began in 2010 and consists of eight teams. Clubs are relegated to and promoted from Regional Championship's.

Contents

There was two competitions before establishment of División de Honor Femenina in 2010, Campeonato de España Femenino (1989–1997) and Copa de la Reina (1998–2010).

Format

The División de Honor comprises regular season and playoff. Regular season takes place between February and May, with every team playing each other one match for a total of 7 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

    • When finish regular season, top four teams play championship playoff.

    Promotion and relegation

    The bottom team in the standings play the relegation playoff against División de Honor B champion.

    Relegation playoff

    XV Hortaleza won 51–24 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor.

    References

    División de Honor Femenina de Rugby Wikipedia
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