The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 47th season of the
top flight
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Background
Bred in Kentucky by the very prominent horseman Harry ...
of the Spanish domestic
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.
The playoff semifinals were played on 18/19 May with the Final taking place on 1 June.
Valladolid
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successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final.
Ciencias was the team relegated to
División de Honor B 2014–15.
Competition format
The regular season runs through 22 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;
*Teams in 1st & 2nd at regular season standings receive a bye to semifinal.
*Teams at 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th position plays for the two vacant places in quarter-finals.
*Team in 11th position plays the relegation playoff.
*Team in 12th position is relegated.
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*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
Regular season standings
Source
Federación Española de Rugby
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Championship playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Final
Relegation playoff
The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Blusens Universidade Vigo, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B
promotion playoff final. Vigo won the tie, winning 48-40 on aggregate.
1st leg
2nd leg
''Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.''
Scorers statistics
By try points
regular season stats
By total points
See also
*2013–14 División de Honor B de Rugby
The 2013–14 División de Honor B, the XVI edition, began on October 12, 2013 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 25, 2014 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2013–14 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 8 ...
References
External links
Official site
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