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División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

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División de Honor de Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024–25 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby
SportRugby union
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Owner(s)Federación Española de Rugby
No. of teams8
Country Spain
Most recent
champion(s)
Majadahonda (4th title)
Most titlesINEF Barcelona (11 titles)
TV partner(s)TVE
FERUGBYTV (Live Streams and VOD)
Sponsor(s)Iberdrola
Relegation toDivisión de Honor B
Related
competitions
Copa de la Reina de Rugby Campeonato de España Femenino de Rugby
Official websiteferugby.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

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Format

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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 split 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

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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

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Campeonato de España Femenino

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1989 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (1º) Community of Madrid CEU Madrid 10–6
1990 Community of Madrid CEU Madrid (1º) Catalonia Puig Castellar 30–0
1991 Community of Madrid Alcobendas RC (1º) Catalonia INEF Barcelona 24–0
1992 Community of Madrid Alcobendas RC (2º) Catalonia INEF Barcelona 4–0
1993 Community of Madrid Majadahonda (1º) Catalonia Bonanova 6–0
1994 Community of Madrid Majadahonda (2º) Catalonia Bonanova 15–0
1995 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (2º) Community of Madrid Majadahonda 10–0
1996 Community of Madrid Getafe RC (1º) Catalonia BUC 10–0
1997 Community of Madrid Getafe RC (2º) Catalonia L'Hospitalet 15–0

Copa de la Reina

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998 Catalonia L'Hospitalet (1º) Community of Madrid Majadahonda 71–12
1999 Community of Madrid Liceo Francés (1º) Community of Madrid Majadahonda 24–12
2000 Community of Madrid Liceo Francés (2º) Community of Madrid Majadahonda 20–6
2001 Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea (1º) Catalonia L'Hospitalet 13–10
2002 Community of Madrid Liceo Francés (3º) Catalonia L'Hospitalet 24–20
2003 Community of Madrid UCM 2M12 (1º) Catalonia BUC 18–6
2004 Community of Madrid UCM 2M12 (2º) Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo 14–13
2005 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (3º) Community of Madrid Olímpico Pozuelo 26–12
2006 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (4º) Community of Madrid Olímpico Pozuelo 19–18
2007 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (5º) Community of Madrid Olímpico Pozuelo 25–19
2008 Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea (2º) Catalonia INEF Barcelona 7–3
2009 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (6º) Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo 26–10
2010 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (7º) Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo 33–5

División de Honor Femenina de Rugby

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Season Champion Runner-up Third Fourth Relegated Promoted
2010–11 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (8th) Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Community of Madrid Majadahonda Catalonia GEiEG Basque Country (autonomous community) Gaztedi Community of Madrid XV Sanse Scrum

Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros

2011–12 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (9th) Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Basque Country (autonomous community) Bizkarians Community of Madrid Majadahonda Community of Madrid XV Sanse Scrum Catalonia Gòtics
2012–13 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (10th) Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Catalonia Gòtics Community of Madrid XV Sanse Scrum
2013–14 Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo (1st) Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Catalonia INEF Barcelona Catalonia GEiEG None None
2014–15 Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña (1st) Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo Catalonia GEiEG Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Community of Madrid XV Hortaleza
2015–16 Catalonia INEF Barcelona (11th) Community of Madrid Majadahonda Community of Madrid XV Sanse Scrum Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo None None
2016–17 Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo (2nd) Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea Community of Madrid Majadahonda Catalonia GEiEG Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros
2017–18 Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo (3rd) Community of Madrid Majadahonda Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea Andalusia Corteva Cocos
2018–19 Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña (2nd) Catalonia INEF-L'Hospitalet Community of Madrid Majadahonda Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Community of Madrid XV Hortaleza Castile and León Crealia El Salvador
2019–20 Andalusia Universitario Sevilla CR (1st) Community of Madrid Majadahonda Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Community of Madrid Sanse Scrum Castile and León Crealia El Salvador Valencian Community Les Abelles
2020–21 Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros (1st) Community of Madrid Majadahonda Basque Country (autonomous community) Eibar Andalusia Corteva Cocos Valencian Community Les Abelles Catalonia CR Sant Cugat
2021–22 Andalusia Corteva Cocos (2nd) Community of Madrid Majadahonda Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Community of Madrid Sanse Scrum Castile and León Crealia El Salvador
2022–23 Community of Madrid Majadahonda (3rd) Andalusia Corteva Cocos Castile and León Crealia El Salvador Basque Country (autonomous community) Eibar Rugby Taldea Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros Catalonia AVR FC Barcelona
2023–24 Community of Madrid Silicius Majadahonda (4th) Galicia (Spain) CRAT Residencia RIALTA Catalonia AVR FC Barcelona
Catalonia Sant Cugat
Basque Country (autonomous community) Eibar Rugby Taldea
Community of Madrid Olímpico de Pozuelo
Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros
Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea

Titles by team

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Club Titles Runners-up Years champion
Catalonia INEF Barcelona
11
3
1989, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
Community of Madrid Majadahonda
4
5
1993, 1994, 2023, 2024
Community of Madrid Olímpico Pozuelo
3
4
2014, 2017, 2018
Community of Madrid Liceo Francés
3
0
1999, 2000, 2002
Galicia (Spain) CRAT Univ. da Coruña
2
5
2015, 2019
Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Artea
2
4
2001, 2008
Andalusia Corteva Cocos
2
1
2020, 2022
Community of Madrid Alcobendas
2
0
1991, 1992
Community of Madrid UCM 2M12
2
0
2003, 2004
Community of Madrid Getafe RC
2
0
1996, 1997
Catalonia L'Hospitalet
1
3
1998
Community of Madrid CEU Madrid
1
1
1990
Community of Madrid Complutense Cisneros
1
0
2021

See also

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References

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  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.
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