2017–18 División de Honor de Rugby


The 2017–18 División de Honor was the 64th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970.
Valladolid won its second consecutive title, its eighth overall after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm El Salvador in the Final.

Competition format

The División de Honor season takes place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:
The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal birth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th play the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B is promoted to División de Honor.

Teams

TeamStadiumCapacityCity
AMPO OrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, Bizkaia
CR Complutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400Madrid
CR La VilaCampo de Rugby El Pantano3,000Villajoyosa, Valencia
FC BarcelonaLa Teixonera500Barcelona
Getxo Artea R.T.Fadura1,000Guecho
HernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, Cantabria
Sanitas AlcobendasLas Terrazas500Alcobendas
SantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de Llobregat
SilverStorm El SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Valladolid RACPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid

Table

TeamPWDL
1.Valladolid RAC222101867381+3419746141102
2.SilverStorm El Salvador221903751342+4091083916197
3.Sanitas Alcobendas221516637356+281854312377
4.Independiente RC221309621559+62817415575
5.AMPO Ordizia221318626502+124746910572
6.Santboiana2211011512508+4746911564
7.FC Barcelona229013491558-67647710251
8.Bizkaia Gernika229013348455-10747554344
9.CR Complutense Cisneros227015557617-60768310142
10.CR La Vila2267015377518-14154726439
11.Hernani224018316630-31446895426
12.Getxo Artea R.T.223019322854-532411316323


Playoffs

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Hernani, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor and Ciencias Sevilla, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won 57-48 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.