2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby

The 2015–16 División de Honor B, the XVIII edition since its inception in 1998, began on September 19, 2015 with the first matchday of regular season and will run through 29 May with the Promotion playoffs Final. For 2015–16 season, championship comprises 3 groups of 12 teams each.

2015–16 División de Honor B
Countries Spain
ChampionsZarautz (Group A)
La Vila (Group B)
Ciencias Sevilla (Group C)
Runners-upUBU-Cajaviva (Group A)
Sant Cugat (Group B)
Liceo Francés (Group C)
Matches played396 (regular season)
9 (promotion playoff)
Top point scorerArgentina Matías Jara 353
Top try scorerSpain David Camacho 27


Competition format

The season comprises Main stage or regular season and Promotion playoff. 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.

Points during regular season are awarded as following;

  • 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.

Teams

Group A
  • Teams from northern section of Spain
2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby is located in Spain
Bera Bera
Bera Bera
Uribealdea
Uribealdea
Eibar
Eibar
Zarautz
Zarautz
CRAT A Coruña
CRAT A Coruña
Real Oviedo
Real Oviedo
Durango
Durango
UBU Burgos
UBU Burgos
VRAC BEl Salvador
VRAC B
El Salvador
La Única
La Única
2015–16 group A teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Blusens Networks Universidade As Lagoas-Marcosende Vigo R
Babyauto Zarautz Asti Zarautz 1st
Durango Nissan-Gaursa Arripausueta Durango 2nd
AVK Bera Bera Miniestadio de Anoeta San Sebastián 3rd
UBU-Aparejadores Burgos San Amaro Burgos 4th
Uribealdea Atxurizubi Mungia 5th
CRAT A Coruña Acea da Ma A Coruña 6th
Real Oviedo Rugby El Naranco Oviedo 7th
El Salvador B Pepe Rojo Valladolid 8th
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B Pepe Rojo Valladolid Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine 9th
Eibar Hierros Anetxe Unbe Eibar 10th
La Única Berokizelaia Pamplona P

Group B
  • Teams from eastern part of Spain
2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby is located in Spain
Sant Cugat
Sant Cugat
L'Hospitalet
L'Hospitalet
BUCPoble NouQuímic
BUC
Poble Nou
Químic
Sitges
Sitges
Santboiana B
Santboiana B
Fénix
Fénix
La Vila
La Vila
CAU Valencia
CAU Valencia
Les AbellesTecnidex Valencia
Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia
2015–16 group B teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Sant Cugat La Guinardera Sant Cugat del Vallès 1st
CAU Valencia Campo del Río Turia Valencia 2nd
La Vila El Pantano Villajoyosa 3rd
Les Abelles Quatre Carreres Valencia 4th
Tecnidex Valencia Quatre Carreres Valencia 5th
Barcelona Enginyers Mar Bella Barcelona 6th
Fénix Pinares de Venecia Zaragoza 7th
BUC Barcelona La Foixarda Barcelona 8th
Sitges Santa Bàrbara Sitges 9th
L'Hospitalet Feixa Llarga L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 10th
Santboiana B Baldiri Aleu Sant Boi de Llobregat P
Químic Barcelona La Teixonera Barcelona P

Group C
  • Teams from southern section of Spain
2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby is located in Spain
Alcobendas
Alcobendas
CAU MadridArquitecturaCisneros BLiceo Francés
CAU Madrid
Arquitectura
Cisneros B
Liceo Francés
HelvetiaCiencias
Helvetia
Ciencias
Ingenieros
Ingenieros
Univ. Granada
Univ. Granada
Pozuelo
Pozuelo
CAR Cáceres
CAR Cáceres
Atl. Portuense
Atl. Portuense
URA Almería
URA Almería
2015–16 group C teams
Team Stadium City/Area Website 2014–15
Ciencias Sevilla La Cartuja Seville 2nd
Liceo Francés Ramón Urtubi Madrid 3rd
Olímpico Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas Pozuelo de Alarcón 4th
Arquitectura Campo Central Madrid 5th
Helvetia La Cartuja Seville 6th
Ingenieros Industriales El Cantizal Las Rozas 7th
CAU Madrid Orcasitas Madrid Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine 8th
Universidad de Granada Fuentenueva Granada 9th
CAR Cáceres El Cuartillo Cáceres 10th
Complutense Cisneros Zeta Campo Central Madrid 11th
Atlético Portuense Ciudad Deportiva El Puerto de Santa María P
URA Almería Emilio Campra Almería P

Regular season standings

Group A
Qualified for promotion playoff
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points		 Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1Babyauto Zarautz 222101751280+47110636+701599
2Aparejadores Burgos 221705655371+2849242+501886
3AVK Bera Bera 221129425384+415450+41159
4Uribealdea 2211110471372+996144+171157
5CRAT Univ. da Coruña 221129432371+615047+3957
6Blusens Networks Universidade 229013449414357155+161147
7Real Oviedo Rugby 229013450453−35063−131046
8Durango Nissan-Gaursa 228014394453−595654+21244
9AVIA Eibar 229013365575−2104581−36541
10El Salvador B 228014345711−36647100−53840
11VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B 228113310528−2183672−36640
12La Única 226214343478−1354770−23735
Source: División de Honor B – Group A Archived 2016-01-14 at the Wayback Machine

Group B
Qualified for promotion playoff
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points		 Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1La Vila 2221011005200+80515227+12518102
2Sant Cugat 221903685337+3489339+541389
3CAU Valencia 221507831311+52011536+791979
4Les Abelles 221408584347+2378546+391268
5BUC Barcelona 221219518546−287170+11161
6Barcelona Enginyers 221101150750706870−21155
7Tecnidex Valencia 2211011420540−1206171−10751
8Santboiana B 229013415543−1284968−19945
9L'Hospitalet 228014370587−2175083−331143
10Fénix 227213375631−2564888−40638
11Sitges 222119282794−51232113−81414
12Químic Barcelona 220220228877−64924137−11315
Source: División de Honor B – Group B Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine

Group C
Qualified for promotion playoff
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points		 Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1Ciencias Sevilla 2222001180195+98518325+15819107
2Liceo Francés 221804715348+36711241+711587
3Atlético Portuense* 221408672505+1679871+272076
4Arquitectura 221219562549+138571+141565
5Olímpico Pozuelo 2211011554535+197476−21054
6CAR Cáceres 2211110435578−1435679−23652
7Ingenieros Industriales 2210012456521−655773−16949
8Helvetia 2210012490652−1626489−25848
9Complutense Cisneros B 228014527615−887192−211244
10UR Almería 228014477659−1825489−351042
11CAU Madrid 227015412691−2795399−46937
12Universidad de Granada 220022219851−63227129−10277
Source: División de Honor B – Group C Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  • CR Atlético Portuense initially qualified for promotion playoff, but later declined to take part.

Promotion playoff

Qualified teams

To determine pairings, teams qualified are sorted by total points.

# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points		 Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1Ciencias Sevilla 2222001180195+98518325+15819107
2La Vila 2221011005200+80515227+12518102
3Babyauto Zarautz 222101751280+47110636+701599
4Sant Cugat 221903685337+3489339+541389
5Liceo Francés 221804715348+36711241+711587
6Aparejadores Burgos 221705655371+2849242+501886
7CAU Valencia 221507831311+52011536+791979

According to competition rules, pairings are based as follows:

Round Pairing
Quarter-final
A) 1st vs. 8th
B) 2nd vs. 7th
C) 3rd vs. 6th
D) 4th vs. 5th
Semifinals
E) Winner A) vs. Winner D)
F) Winner B) vs. Winner C)
Final G) Winner E) vs. Winner F)

Calendar
Round Date Fixtures Clubs Notes
Quarter-finals 23/24 April 3 6 → 3 Ciencias Sevilla receive a bye to Semifinals as the best overall team.
30 April/1 May
Semifinals 7/8 May 2 4 → 2 Ciencias Sevilla gain entry.
14/15 May
Final 21/22 May 1 2 → 1
28/29 May

Quarter finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
La Vila Valencian Community 29–19 Valencian Community CAU Valencia 14–13 15–6
Babyauto Zarautz Basque Country (autonomous community) 33–45 Castile and León UBU-Aparejadores Burgos 12–15 21–30
Sant Cugat Catalonia 11–20 Community of Madrid Liceo Francés 3–12 8–18
  • CR La Vila, disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. CAU Valencia advanced to next round.


Teams qualified to Semifinals
La Vila Aparejadores Burgos Liceo Francés

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ciencias Sevilla Andalusia 39–19 Community of Madrid Liceo Francés 16–12 23–7
UBU-Aparejadores Burgos Castile and León 40–50 Valencian Community CAU Valencia 23–23 17–27
1st leg
May 8, 2016 CAU Valencia 23–23 UBU-Aparejadores Burgos Campo del Río Turia, Valencia  
11:30 (UTC+2) Boxscore Referee: Ignacio Muñoz (Madrid)
May 8, 2016 Liceo Francés 12–16 Ciencias Sevilla Ramón Urtubi, Madrid  
13:30 (UTC+2) Boxscore Referee: Luis Santos (Castile and León)
2nd leg
May 15, 2016 UBU-Aparejadores Burgos 17–27 CAU Valencia San Amaro, Burgos  
12:00 (UTC+2) Boxscore Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia)
May 15, 2016 Ciencias Sevilla 23–7 Liceo Francés La Cartuja, Seville  
13:30 (UTC+2) Boxscore Referee: Joaquín Santoro (Valencia)


Teams qualified to Final
Ciencias Sevilla CAU Valencia

Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ciencias Sevilla Andalusia 38–37 Valencian Community CAU Valencia 15–22 23–15

1st leg
May 22, 2016 CAU Valencia 22–15 Ciencias Sevilla Campo del Río Turia, Valencia  
tba (UTC+2) Try: A Sorribes 74' c
Con: E Sorribes (1/1) 74'
Pen: E Sorribes (4/4) 5', 40', 43', 51'
Drop: Casanova 36'
 Boxscore Try: Ortega 12' c
Morán 59'
Con: Rivero (1/2) 13'
Pen: Rivero (1/1) 21'
 Referee: Félix Villegas (Castile and León)

2nd leg
May 29, 2016 Ciencias Sevilla 23–15
(a.e.t.)		 CAU Valencia La Cartuja, Seville  
12:00 (UTC+2) Try: Herrero 32' c
Vázquez 95' c
Con: Mazo (2/2) 32', 95'
Pen: Mazo (3/3) 52', 65', 77'
 Boxscore Pen: Sorribes (5/6) 25', 35', 40', 87', 89'
 Referee: Alfonso Mirat (Madrid)


Promoted to División de Honor
Ciencias Sevilla
(2 years later)

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

[1]

Rank Player Tries Team
1 Spain David Camacho 27 Atlético Portuense
2 Argentina Matías Jara 23 La Vila
3 Spain Alejandro Ortega 22 Ciencias Sevilla
4 Spain Lee Lay 20 Arquitectura
5 Spain Antxon Iriondo 17 Durango Nissan-Gaursa
Spain Pau Anguita Barcelona Enginyers
Spain Luis Vázquez Ciencias Sevilla
8 Argentina Juan Gabriel Aristemuño 16 Aparejadores Burgos
New Zealand Phillip Huxford Babyauto Zarautz
Tonga Falemaka Tatafu Blusens Networks Universidade

Top points scorers
Rank Player Points Team
1 Argentina Matías Jara 353 La Vila
2 Spain Eduardo Sorribes 312 CAU Valencia
3 Argentina Lucas Panichelli 270 Babyauto Zarautz
4 Spain Iñaki Berasategui 211 Sant Cugat
5 Spain Nacho de Luque 207 URA Almería
6 Spain Alfonso Menéndez 185 Real Oviedo Rugby
7 Spain Mikel Álvarez 179 Aparejadores Burgos
8 Spain José de la Cueva 172 Atlético Portuense
9 Spain Luis Gascón 167 CRAT A Coruña
10 Spain Eduardo Lasanta 165 Ingenieros Industriales

See also

References
  1. "regular season stats". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
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