División de Honor B | |
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Current season or competition:: 2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Instituted | 1998 |
Number of teams | Three groups of 8/9 teams |
Country | Spain (FER) |
Current champions |
Zarautz (Group A) (2015–16) La Vila (Group B) (2015–16) Ciencias Sevilla (Group C) (2015–16) |
Website | ferugby.com |
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.
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:
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: