División de Honor B is the second level of
Spanish
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league competition for
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 ...
clubs. The league began in 1998 and consists of three groups (North, East and South) of 8 or 9 teams each. The two top teams of each group and two best 3rd-placed teams qualify for promotion playoff.
Competition
Format
The season takes place between October and April. There are three groups of 12 teams, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4
tries or more in a match
*1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
Promotion playoffs
For the promotion playoff, the teams are seeded by total points. The draw for the promotion playoff is as follows:
2015–16 season teams
Group A
*''Teams from northern part of Spain''
Group B
*''Teams from eastern part of Spain''
Group C
*''Teams from southern part of Spain''
2014–15 season
Champions by season
See also
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División de Honor de Rugby
The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby (Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 ...
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Rugby union in Spain
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions.
The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federacià ...
References
External links
Spanish Rugby Federation
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1998 establishments in Spain
Sports leagues established in 1998