# 2016–17 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2016–17 División de Honor was the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.
Valladolid won the title, its seventh overall after defeating local arch-rivals El Salvador in the Final.

## Competition format

The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:
* 4 points for a win
* 2 points for a draw
* 1 bonus point for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
* 1 bonus point for a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finished bottom was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

### Promotion and relegation

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

## Teams

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
| Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | 2,000 | Alcobendas, Madrid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Barcelona | La Teixonera | 500 | Barcelona | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Ciencias | Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Gernika RT | Urbieta zelaia | 1,000 | Gernika | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1,000 | Guecho | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Independiente RC | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteCienciasGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams |
| Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |

## Results

| | ALC | BAR | CIE | CIS | ELS | GER | GET | HER | IND | ORD | SAN | VAL |
| Alcobendas | | 52-24 | 82-0 | 27-11 | 25-29 | 28-20 | 63-26 | 38-5 | 46-10 | 34-18 | 31-17 | 28-17 |
| Barcelona | 17-61 | | 33-20 | 41-26 | 10-36 | 13-20 | 31-27 | 30-18 | 30-34 | 17-24 | 33-56 | 5-28 |
| Ciencias | 22-29 | 27-18 | | 24-26 | 22-31 | 42-33 | 25-25 | 12-17 | 33-40 | 14-29 | 15-52 | 7-89 |
| Cisneros | 22-32 | 34-27 | 66-3 | | 23-17 | 45-24 | 47-19 | 50-19 | 29-15 | 22-17 | 15-22 | 12-33 |
| El Salvador | 32-31 | 44-19 | 55-7 | 47-31 | | 11-6 | 69-0 | 50-8 | 54-31 | 36-18 | 22-13 | 23-15 |
| Gernika RT | 27-7 | 40-28 | 27-13 | 7-11 | 14-37 | | 37-18 | 14-11 | 27-33 | 24-6 | 24-35 | 13-17 |
| Getxo | 11-28 | 17-24 | 10-5 | 15-31 | 39-24 | 23-40 | | 26-22 | 26-33 | 18-39 | 21-20 | 24-45 |
| Hernani | 26-0 | 15-7 | 33-10 | 10-29 | 7-48 | 39-26 | 23-13 | | 18-22 | 23-8 | 17-34 | 7-41 |
| Independiente | 19-55 | 23-14 | 44-18 | 35-27 | 17-47 | 22-23 | 29-21 | 19-15 | | 28-10 | 19-17 | 14-59 |
| Ordizia | 15-23 | 51-14 | 39-13 | 26-29 | 10-33 | 32-6 | 25-10 | 19-3 | 38-24 | | 36-20 | 6-13 |
| Santboiana | 38-7 | 31-10 | 33-22 | 37-22 | 32-27 | 33-20 | 62-8 | 57-10 | 58-32 | 34-7 | | 28-31 |
| Valladolid | 47-14 | 55-14 | 57-14 | 31-5 | 23-24 | 34-7 | 68-35 | 55-5 | 29-20 | 55-18 | 36-14 | |

## Table

| N$^o$ | Club | P | W | D | L | Bon | Los | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| 1 | El Salvador | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 796 | 401 | 395 | 93 |
| 2 | Valladolid | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 878 | 337 | 541 | 93 |
| 3 | Alcobendas | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 741 | 453 | 288 | 77 |
| 4 | Santboiana | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 743 | 465 | 278 | 76 |
| 5 | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 613 | 528 | 85 | 66 |
| 6 | Independiente RC | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 563 | 694 | -131 | 58 |
| 7 | Ordizia | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 491 | 493 | -2 | 51 |
| 8 | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 479 | 538 | -59 | 49 |
| 9 | Hernani | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 351 | 608 | -257 | 35 |
| 10 | Barcelona | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 459 | 739 | -280 | 29 |
| 11 | Getxo Artea R.T. | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 432 | 790 | -358 | 27 |
| 12 | Ciencias | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 368 | 868 | -500 | 20 |
* Qualified for playoff semifinals.
* Qualified for playoff quarterfinals.
* Playoff against 2nd place team from División de Honor B
* Relegation to División de Honor B

## Playoffs

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 2 | Valladolid | 19 | | | |
| 3 | Alcobendas | 47 | 3 | Alcobendas | 6 | | | |
| 6 | Independiente | 24 | | | | Valladolid | Valladolid | 15 |
| | | | | | | El Salvador | El Salvador | 6 |
| | | | 1 | El Salvador | 32 | | | |
| 4 | Saintboiana | 39 | 4 | Saintboiana | 16 | | | |
| 5 | Cisneros | 15 | | | | | | |

## Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Getxo Artea, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and UBU-Colina Clinic, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Getxo Artea won 132-19 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.
| Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff |
| 11th | Getxo Artea | 47 | 85 | 132 |
| DHB | UBU | 19 | 0 | 19 |