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División de Honor de Hockey Hierba 2012–13

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Teams
  
12

Runner-up
  
Club de Campo

Goals scored
  
650 (4.92 per match)

Champions
  
RC Polo (11th title)

Matches played
  
132

División de Honor de Hockey Hierba 2012–13

Dates
  
September 30 – April 14 (regular season) April 21 – May 12 (championship playoffs) –

The División de Honor 2012–13 is the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic field hockey competitions since its inception in 1958. It began in autumn 2012. The defending champions are Atlètic Terrassa, while Caldaria-Barrocás and Junior are the teams promoted from División de Honor B.

Contents

RC Polo became champions by defeating Club de Campo 2–1 in the final series of championship playoffs.

Format

The División de Honor season it divides into regular season and championship playoff. The regular season comprises 22 matchdays played from September to April through a round-robin format, a format quite common in other sports as football. When finished the 22 matchdays, the top 4 teams qualified at standings play the championship playoffs, while the bottom two teams are relegated to División de Honor B. Points during regular season are awarded as follows:

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 point for a draw
  • During championship playoffs, both the semi finals and the Final are played to best of three matches.

    Regular season standings

    Source: Real Federación Española de Hockey

    2nd leg

    Club de Campo won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

    R.C. Polo won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

    3rd leg

    R.C. Polo won the final series 2–1 and became champions.

    Top goalscorers

  • Regular season only.
  • References

    División de Honor de Hockey Hierba 2012–13 Wikipedia