2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby

2014–15 División de Honor B
Countries	Spain
Champions	Zarautz (Group A) Sant Cugat (Group B) Alcobendas (Group C)
Runners-up	Durango (Group A) CAU Valencia (Group B) Ciencias Sevilla (Group C)
Matches played	354 (regular season) 13 (2nd stage) 1 (final)
Top point scorer	Mohamed Samet 240
Top try scorer	Lee Lay 41

The 2014–15 División de Honor B, the XVII edition, began on September 13, 2014 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 23, 2015 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2014–15 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 10/12 teams each.

Alcobendas Rugby won the promotion playoff to Sant Cugat 18–13 and returned to División de Honor three years after of relegation.

Competition format

The season comprises Main stage or regular season, 2nd stage and Final. The regular season runs through 22 matchdays (groups A and C) and 18 matchdays (Group B). Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group qualify for 2nd stage. 2nd stage features two groups of three teams each, in a round-robin format, playing each team 4 matches in total. Top team of each group play the Final with the winner team being promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams qualified in 10th, 11th & 12th in the standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

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

Bera Bera

Uribealdea

Eibar

Zarautz

CRAT Univ. da Coruña

Real Oviedo

Durango

Burgos

Belenos

VRAC
El Salvador

Bathco

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2014–15 group A teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	Website	2013–14
AVK Bera Bera	Miniestadio de Anoeta	San Sebastián	[1]	1st
Uribealdea	Atxurizubi	Mungia	[2] Archived 2014-01-01 at the Wayback Machine	2nd
Eibar Hierros Anetxe	Unbe	Eibar	[3]	3rd
Babyauto Zarautz	Asti	Zarautz	[4]	4th
CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Acea da Ma	A Coruña	[5]	5th
Real Oviedo Rugby	El Naranco	Oviedo	[6]	6th
Durango	Arripausueta	Durango	[7]	7th
Oxigar Belenos	Muro de Zaro	Avilés	[8]	P
Aparejadores Burgos	San Amaro	Burgos	[9]	P
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B	Pepe Rojo	Valladolid	[10] Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine	P
Bathco Rugby B	Mies de Cozada	Santander	[11]	P
Hermi El Salvador B	Pepe Rojo	Valladolid	[12]	P

Group B

• Teams from eastern section of Spain

Sant Cugat

La Vila

CAU Valencia

Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia

L'Hospitalet

Poble Nou

BUC

Fénix

Sitges

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2014–15 group B teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	Website	2013–14
Sant Cugat	La Guinardera	Sant Cugat del Vallès	[13]	2nd
La Vila	El Pantano	Villajoyosa	[14]	3rd
CAU Valencia	Campo del Río Turia	Valencia	[15]	4th
Les Abelles	Quatre Carreres	Valencia	[16]	5th
Tecnidex Valencia	Quatre Carreres	Valencia	[17]	6th
L'Hospitalet	Feixa Llarga	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	[18]	7th
Poble Nou-Enginyers	Mar Bella	Barcelona	[19]	8th
BUC Barcelona	La Foixarda	Barcelona	[20]	9th
Fénix	Pinares de Venecia	Zaragoza	[21]	P
Sitges	Santa Bàrbara	Sitges	[22]	P

Group C

• Teams from southern section of Spain

Alcobendas

CAU Madrid
Arquitectura
Cisneros B
Liceo Francés

Helvetia
Ciencias

Ingenieros

Univ. Granada

Pozuelo

Boadilla

CAR Cáceres

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2014–15 group C teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	Website	2013–14
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	Alcobendas	[23]	1st
CAU Madrid	Orcasitas	Madrid	[24] Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine	3rd
Helvetia	I.D. La Cartuja	Seville	[25]	4th
Arquitectura	Campo Central	Madrid	[26]	5th
Ingenieros Industriales	El Cantizal	Las Rozas	[27]	6th
Liceo Francés	Ramón Urtubi	Madrid	[28]	7th
Universidad de Granada	Fuentenueva	Granada	[29]	8th
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol	I.D La Cartuja	Seville	[30]	R
Olímpico Pozuelo	Valle de las Cañas	Pozuelo de Alarcón	[31]	P
Complutense Cisneros B	Campo Central	Madrid	[32]	P
Tasman Boadilla	Complejo Deportivo	Boadilla del Monte	[33]	P
CAR Cáceres	El Cuartillo	Cáceres	[34]	P

Standings

Regular season

Group A

Qualified for 2nd Stage

#	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Difference
1	Babyauto Zarautz	22	21	0	1	769	232	537	105	27	78	14	98
2	Durango	22	18	1	3	597	253	344	92	27	65	15	89
3	AVK Bera Bera	22	16	0	6	677	244	433	99	26	73	16	80
4	Aparejadores Burgos	22	13	1	8	533	364	169	73	47	26	8	62
5	Uribealdea	22	12	1	9	649	364	285	80	43	37	11	61
6	CRAT Univ. da Coruña	22	12	0	10	398	341	57	50	43	7	6	54
7	Real Oviedo Rugby	22	10	0	12	421	520	−99	56	71	−15	7	47
8	Hermi El Salvador B	22	9	0	13	334	550	−216	46	80	−34	9	45
9	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares B	22	8	1	13	333	438	−105	42	62	−20	9	43
10	Eibar Hierros Anetxe	22	6	0	16	297	499	−202	37	68	−31	7	31
11	Oxigar Belenos	22	5	0	17	349	598	−249	43	77	−34	8	28
12	Bathco Rugby B	22	0	0	22	197	1151	−954	28	180	−152	5	5
Source: División de Honor B – Group A Archived 2016-01-14 at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Qualified for 2nd Stage

#	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Difference
1	Sant Cugat	18	16	0	2	575	284	291	82	34	48	14	78
2	CAU Valencia	18	16	0	2	605	230	375	87	30	57	13	77
3	La Vila	18	16	0	2	626	163	463	88	21	67	12	76
4	Les Abelles	18	8	0	10	366	392	−26	48	54	−6	10	42
5	Tecnidex Valencia	18	8	0	10	337	313	24	48	33	15	9	41
6	Poble Nou-Enginyers	18	7	0	11	305	420	−115	36	56	−20	5	33
7	Fénix	18	5	0	13	223	483	−260	31	67	−36	6	26
8	BUC Barcelona	18	4	0	14	324	441	−117	38	62	−24	10	26
9	Sitges	18	5	0	13	230	548	−318	21	75	−54	4	24
10	L'Hospitalet	18	5	0	13	174	491	−317	19	66	−47	1	21
Source: División de Honor B – Group B Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine

Group C

Qualified for 2nd Stage

#	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Difference
1	Alcobendas	22	22	0	0	1234	224	1010	190	29	161	21	109
2	Ciencias Sevilla	22	18	0	4	714	341	373	103	49	54	15	87
3	Liceo Francés	22	13	0	9	483	513	−30	69	65	4	10	62
4	Olímpico Pozuelo	22	12	1	9	519	492	27	69	73	−4	12	62
5	Arquitectura	22	12	0	10	566	544	22	88	80	8	13	61
6	Helvetia	22	9	1	12	439	582	−143	56	78	−22	8	46
7	Ingenieros Industriales	22	7	2	13	465	567	−102	68	76	−8	13	45
8	CAU Madrid	22	9	0	13	416	576	−160	59	82	−23	8	44
9	Universidad de Granada	22	8	0	14	386	628	−242	48	98	−50	8	40
10	CAR Cáceres	22	7	0	15	366	545	−179	44	82	−38	10	38
11	Complutense Cisneros B	22	6	1	15	441	627	−186	66	95	−29	12	38
12	Tasman Boadilla	22	6	1	15	388	778	−390	60	113	−53	5	31
Source: División de Honor B – Group C Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

2nd phase

Group A

Qualified for Final

#	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Difference
1	Alcobendas	4	3	0	1	86	34	52	11	3	8	3	15
2	Babyauto Zarautz	4	2	0	2	50	89	−39	6	12	−6	0	8
3	CAU Valencia	4	1	0	3	69	82	−13	8	10	−2	2	6
Source: División de Honor B – 2nd stage – Group A Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Qualified for Final

#	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Difference
1	Sant Cugat	4	4	0	0	141	70	71	22	11	11	4	20
2	Ciencias Sevilla	4	1	0	3	70	81	−11	11	12	−1	3	7
3	Durango	4	1	0	3	51	111	−60	9	19	−10	1	5
Source: División de Honor B – 2nd stage – Group B Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

Final

May 23, 2015	Alcobendas	18–13	Sant Cugat	Estadio Nelson Mandela, Tudela
17:30 (UTC 2)	Try: Rado 11' Ati 25' c Con: Ati (1/2) 25' Pen: Ati (1/1) 68' Drop: Ati (1/1) 30'	Report	Try: Velázquez 16' Raya 36' Pen: Louteiro (1/1) 32'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Fernando Raposo (Castilla y León)

Promoted to División de Honor
Alcobendas (3 years later)

• Sant Cugat play the relegation/promotion playoff against FC Barcelona.

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Tries	Team
1	Lee Lay	41	Arquitectura
2	Pedro Martín	19	Alcobendas
	Antxon Iriondo		Durango
4	Diego García	18	Alcobendas
5	Manuel Sobrino	17	Ciencias Sevilla
	Alejandro Lázaro		Alcobendas
7	Rodrigo Rosso	16	Tecnidex Valencia
8	Juan Pablo Pistone	15	BUC Barcelona
	Gonzalo Bermejo		Alcobendas
	Glen Rolls		Alcobendas
	Xanti Irazusta		Zarautz

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Points	Team
1	Mohamed Samet	240	Uribealdea
2	Lucas Panichelli	227	Zarautz
3	Ati	218	Alcobendas
4	Rafael Rivero	215	Ciencias Sevilla
5	Lee Lay	207	Arquitectura
6	Gonzalo Rivilla	180	Olímpico Pozuelo
7	Gaizka Iturriaga	171	Durango
8	Eduardo Sorribes	162	CAU Valencia
9	James Devlin	159	Aparejadores Burgos
10	Malcolm Van Steeden	134	Sitges

See also

• 2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

External links

• Federación Española de Rugby