2015–16 División de Honor de Waterpolo


The 2015–16 season of the División de Honor de Waterpolo was the 93rd season of top-tier water polo in Spain since its inception in 1925. Twelve teams competed for this season.
The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. The regular season started in October 2015 and finished on April 23, 2016. Top eight teams at standings when finishing regular season play the championship playoff.
The championship playoff started on 3/4 May with the quarter finals series. Quarter finals, semifinals and Final are played to the best of 3 matches.
Atlètic-Barceloneta won its eleventh title in a row and sixteenth overall after defeating AstralPool Sabadell in the Championship Final series 2–1.

Competition

Format

The División de Honor season took place between October and May, with every team playing each other at home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:
Top eight teams when finishing regular season play championship playoff. Bottom team is relegated while team qualified 11th play relegation playoff.

Promotion and relegation

Bottom team at standings when finishing regular season is relegated to Primera División, while the champion team from Primera División is promoted.

Team information

TeamCity/AreaFoundedStadiumwebsite
Atlètic-BarcelonetaBarcelona1913 Piscina Sant Sebastià
MediterraniBarcelona1931Instal·lació Josep Vallès
SabadellSabadell1916Can Llong
Mataró QuadisMataró1932Piscina Joan Serra
TerrassaTerrassa1932Àrea Olímpica
Real Canoe–IsostarMadrid1931Piscina Real Canoe
BarcelonaBarcelona1907Nova Escullera
CatalunyaBarcelona1931Piscina Sant Jordi
Sant AndreuBarcelona1971Piscina Pere Serrat
Waterpolo NavarraPamplona2006Ciudad Deportiva Amaya
RubíRubí1971Piscina Can Rosés
Sant FeliuSant Feliu de Llobregat1969Piscina CN Molins de Rei

Regular season standings

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals

1st match

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2nd match

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3rd match

Semifinals

1st match

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2nd match

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3rd match

Final

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

Atlètic-Barceloneta wins championship Final series 2–1.

Individual awards

Playoff to be played in two legs. 1st leg to be played on 7 May and 2nd leg on 14 May. The overall winner will play in División de Honor 2016–17 and the loser will play in Primera Nacional.

1st leg

2nd leg

CN Rubí won 23–18 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor 2016–17.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Robin LindhoutQuadis Mataró64
2 Alberto BarrosoReal Canoe–Isostar58
3 Víctor GutiérrezReal Canoe–Isostar53
4 Albert EspañolAtlètic-Barceloneta52
5 Gonzalo López EscribanoAstralPool Sabadell47
6 Víctor FloresBarcelona45
7 Germán YañezMediterrani41
8 Joel EstellerBarcelona40
9 Lukáš ĎuríkBarcelona39
9 Strahinja RašovićAtlètic-Barceloneta39

Number of teams by autonomous communities