2013–14 División de Honor B de Rugby

2013–14 División de Honor B
Countries	Spain
Champions	FC Barcelona (Group 1); Sant Cugat (Group 2)
Runners-up	Pegamo Bera Bera (Group 1); Uribealdea (Group 2)
Matches played	184 (regular season); 12 (2nd stage); 1 (final)

The 2013–14 División de Honor B, the XVI edition, began on October 12, 2013 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 25, 2014 with the Promotion playoffs final. For 2013–14 season, the championship expands to 3 groups of 8/9 teams each.

FC Barcelona achieved the promotion to División de Honor six years after by defeating Sant Cugat 40–21 in the promotion playoff Final.[1]

Competition format

The season comprises 1st stage or regular season, 2nd stage and Final. The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group play the 2nd stage. 2nd stage features two groups of three teams each. Top team of each group play the Final with the winner team being promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams qualified in 8th & 9th in the standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

Points during regular season are awarded as following;

Each win means 4 points to winning team.
A draw means 2 points for each team.
1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.

Teams

Group North

Teams from northern section of Spain

Oviedo

CRAT Univ. da Coruña

Eibar

Bera Bera

Durango

Uribealdea

Zarautz

Bilbao

2013–14 group north teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2012–13
Oviedo	El Naranco	Oviedo	3rd
Eibar Hierros Anetxe	Unbe	Eibar	6th
Pegamo Bera Bera	Miniestadio de Anoeta	San Sebastián	7th
CRAT Univ. da Coruña	Acea da Ma	A Coruña	8th
Durango	Arripausueta	Durango	10th
Uribealdea	Atxurizubi	Mungia	P
Babyauto Zarautz	Asti	Zarautz	P
Universitario Bilbao	El Fango	Bilbao	P

Group East

Teams from eastern section of Spain

Sant Cugat

Les Abelles
Tecnidex Valencia

CAU Valencia

FC Barcelona
Barcelona UC

L'Hospitalet

La Vila

CNPN Enginyers

2013–14 group east teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2012–13
Sant Cugat	La Guinardera	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2nd
Les Abelles	Quatre Carreres	Valencia	2nd
CAU Valencia	Campo del Río Turia	Valencia	3rd
FC Barcelona	La Teixonera	Barcelona	4th
L'Hospitalet	Feixa Llarga	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	5th
Barcelona UC–Ubae	La Foixarda	Barcelona	9th
La Vila	El Pantano	Villajoyosa	R
Tecnidex Valencia	Quatre Carreres	Valencia	P
Poble Nou-Enginyers	Mar Bella	Barcelona	P

Group South

Teams from southern section of Spain

Alcobendas

Atl. Portuense

Liceo Francés
Arquitectura

Univ. Granada

Helvetia

Ingenieros

CAU Madrid

XV Sanse Scrum

2013–14 group south teams

Team	Stadium	City/Area	2012–13
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	Alcobendas	1st
Arquitectura	Campo Central	Madrid	4th
Atlético Portuense	Polideportivo Municipal	Pto. de Sta. María	5th
Liceo Francés	Ramón Urtubi	Madrid	6th
Universidad de Granada	Fuentenueva	Granada	7th
Helvetia	La Cartuja	Seville	8th
Ingenieros Industriales	El Cantizal	Las Rozas	9th
XV Sanse Scrum	Dehesa Boyal	S.S. de los Reyes	P
CAU Madrid	Orcasitas	Madrid	P