División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

Spanish rugby union league competition

División de Honor de RugbyCurrent season, competition or edition:
2022–23 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby

Sport| Rugby union
Founded| 2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Owner(s)| Federación Española de Rugby
No. of teams| 8
Country|  Spain
Most recent
champion(s)| Majadahonda (3rd title)
Most titles| INEF Barcelona (11 titles)
TV partner(s)| TVE
FERUGBYTV (Live Streams and VOD)
Sponsor(s)| Iberdrola
Relegation to| División de Honor B
Related
competitions| Copa de la Reina de Rugby Campeonato de España Femenino de Rugby
Official website| ferugby.es

The División de Honor Femenina, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Liga Iberdrola,[1][2] is the top Spanish league competition for women's rugby union clubs. The league began in 2010 and consists of eight teams. Clubs are relegated to and promoted from Regional Championships.

There were two competitions before establishment of División de Honor Femenina in 2010, Campeonato de España Femenino (1989–1997) and Copa de la Reina (1998–2010).

## Competition[edit]

### Format[edit]

The División de Honor comprises regular season and playoff. Regular season takes place between November and May, with every team playing each other once. Then the teams are splitted into 2 groups. Group A comprises the first 4 placed and Group B the 4 last. Teams play again against the others on their group, thus reaching a total of 10 rounds.[3] Points are awarded according to the following:[4]

* 4 points for a win
* 2 points for a draw
* 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 3 tries more than the opponent.
* 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

After the regular season, the top six teams play a championship playoff. The first two classify to the semi-finals and the 4 next play the quarter-finals.[3]

### Promotion and relegation[edit]

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to Honor Division B, while the second-to-last plays a relegation playoff on neutral ground against Honor Division B runner up.[5]

## Past winners[edit]

### Campeonato de España Femenino[edit]

Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score

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1989  |  INEF Barcelona (1º) |  CEU Madrid  | 10–6
1990  |  CEU Madrid (1º) |  Puig Castellar | 30–0
1991  |  Alcobendas RC (1º) |  INEF Barcelona | 24–0
1992  |  Alcobendas RC (2º) |  INEF Barcelona | 4–0
1993  |  Majadahonda (1º) |  Bonanova | 6–0
1994  |  Majadahonda (2º) |  Bonanova | 15–0
1995  |  INEF Barcelona (2º) |  Majadahonda | 10–0
1996  |  Getafe RC (1º) |  BUC | 10–0
1997  |  Getafe RC (2º) |  L'Hospitalet | 15–0

### Copa de la Reina[edit]

Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score

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1998  |  L'Hospitalet (1º) |  Majadahonda | 71–12
1999  |  Liceo Francés (1º) |  Majadahonda | 24–12
2000  |  Liceo Francés (2º) |  Majadahonda | 20–6
2001  |  Getxo Artea (1º) |  L'Hospitalet | 13–10
2002  |  Liceo Francés (3º) |  L'Hospitalet | 24–20
2003  |  UCM 2M12 (1º) |  BUC | 18–6
2004  |  UCM 2M12 (2º) |  Getxo | 14–13
2005  |  INEF Barcelona (3º) |  Olímpico Pozuelo | 26–12
2006  |  INEF Barcelona (4º) |  Olímpico Pozuelo | 19–18
2007  |  INEF Barcelona (5º) |  Olímpico Pozuelo | 25–19
2008  |  Getxo Artea (2º) |  INEF Barcelona | 7–3
2009  |  INEF Barcelona (6º) |  Getxo | 26–10
2010  |  INEF Barcelona (7º) |  Getxo | 33–5

### División de Honor Femenina de Rugby[edit]

Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third | Fourth |  Relegated |  Promoted

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2010–11 |  INEF Barcelona (8th) |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña |  Majadahonda |  GEiEG |  Gaztedi |  XV Sanse Scrum

Complutense Cisneros

2011–12 |  INEF Barcelona (9th) |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña |  Bizkarians |  Majadahonda |  XV Sanse Scrum |  Gòtics
2012–13 |  INEF Barcelona (10th) |  Olímpico de Pozuelo |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña |  Complutense Cisneros |  Gòtics |  XV Sanse Scrum
2013–14 |  Olímpico de Pozuelo (1st) |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña |  INEF Barcelona |  GEiEG | None  | None
2014–15 |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña (1st) |  Getxo Artea |  Olímpico de Pozuelo |  GEiEG |  Complutense Cisneros |  XV Hortaleza
2015–16 |  INEF Barcelona (11th) |  Majadahonda |  XV Sanse Scrum |  Olímpico de Pozuelo | None  | None
2016–17 |  Olímpico de Pozuelo (2nd) |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña |  Getxo Artea |  Majadahonda |  GEiEG |  Complutense Cisneros
2017–18 |  Olímpico de Pozuelo (3rd) |  Majadahonda |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña |  Complutense Cisneros |  Getxo Artea |  Corteva Cocos
2018–19 |  CRAT Univ. da Coruña (2nd) |  INEF-L'Hospitalet |  Majadahonda |  Complutense Cisneros |  XV Hortaleza |  Crealia El Salvador
2019–20 |  Universitario Sevilla CR (1st) |  Majadahonda |  Complutense Cisneros |  Sanse Scrum |  Crealia El Salvador |  Les Abelles
2020–21 |  Complutense Cisneros (1st) |  Majadahonda |  Eibar |  Corteva Cocos |  Les Abelles |  CR Sant Cugat
2021–22 |  Corteva Cocos (2nd) |  Majadahonda |  Olímpico de Pozuelo |  Complutense Cisneros |  Sanse Scrum |  Crealia El Salvador
2022–23 |  Majadahonda (3rd) |  Corteva Cocos |  Crealia El Salvador |  Eibar Rugby Taldea |  Complutense Cisneros |  AVR FC Barcelona

### Titles by team[edit]

Club  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Years champion

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|
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INEF Barcelona |

1989, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016

Majadahonda |

1993, 1994, 2023

Olímpico Pozuelo |

2014, 2017, 2018

Liceo Francés |

1999, 2000, 2002

CRAT Univ. da Coruña |

2015, 2019

Getxo Artea |

2001, 2008

Corteva Cocos |

2020, 2022

Alcobendas |

1991, 1992

UCM 2M12 |

2003, 2004

Getafe RC |

1996, 1997

L'Hospitalet |

1998

CEU Madrid  |

1990

Complutense Cisneros |

2021

## See also[edit]

* División de Honor de Rugby
* Copa del Rey de Rugby

## References[edit]

1. ^ "El rugby femenino eclosiona con la energía de Iberdrola" (in Spanish). Iberdrola. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
2. ^ "Iberdrola dobla su apoyo al deporte femenino: firma como espónsor de 32 federaciones" (in Spanish). 2Playbook. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
3. ^ a b "Normativa común a todas las competiciones para la Temporada 2023-24" [Common regulations to all competitions for the 2023-24 Season] (PDF) (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. 2023-07-14. p. 7\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
4. ^ "Reglamento de Partidos y Competiciones, Artículo 29" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
5. ^ "Circular 5. Normativa División de Honor Femenina Temporada 2022-23, Sección 4" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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2023–24 teams|

* AVR FC Barcelona
* CRAT Residencia RIALTA
* Crealia El Salvador
* Eibar Rugby Taldea
* Ghenova Cocos
* Olímpico de Pozuelo
* Sant Cugat
* Silicius Majadahonda

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* 2010–11
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