# 2011–12 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2011–12 División de Honor was the 45th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1953. It began in autumn 2011 and finished on May 12 with the Final. Valladolid won the title, while Alcobendas were relegated to División de Honor B.

## Competition format

The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 18 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 went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B. Up to three teams would be promoted in order to increase the number of teams in the División de Honor to 12.

## Teams

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
| Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | 500 | Alcobendas, Community of Madrid | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Guernica, Biscay | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Ciencias | Olímpico La Cartuja | 5,000 | Seville | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Getxo Artea | Fadura | 500 | Getxo | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| La Vila | El Pantano | 1,550 | Villajoyosa, Alicante | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Universidade Vigo | Lagoas-Marcosende | 3,000 | Vigo | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |
| Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid El SalvadorOrdiziaGernikaLa VilaCiencasGetxoVigoAlcobendasSantboianaclass=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams |

## Regular season standings

| | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TF | TA | Bon | Pts |
| 1 | Valladolid | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 589 | 374 | 215 | 74 | 44 | 11 | 71 |
| 2 | Ordizia | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 543 | 384 | 159 | 66 | 46 | 11 | 65 |
| 3 | Santboiana | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 536 | 348 | 188 | 67 | 42 | 12 | 64 |
| 4 | La Vila | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 450 | 442 | 8 | 54 | 48 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 | Bizkaia Gernika | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 431 | 388 | 43 | 47 | 59 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Getxo Artea | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 406 | 409 | −3 | 56 | 47 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | El Salvador | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 469 | 472 | −3 | 62 | 62 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Ciencias | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 353 | 503 | −150 | 49 | 65 | 11 | 31 |
| 9 | Universidade de Vigo | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 353 | 543 | −190 | 49 | 75 | 14 | 22 |
| 10 | Alcobendas | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 325 | 592 | −267 | 44 | 80 | 8 | 18 |
Source: Federación Española de Rugby
* Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
* Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
* Relegation playoff

## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Valladolid | 55 | | | |
| 3 | Santboiana | 14 | 6 | Bizkaia Gernika | 25 | | | |
| 6 | Bizkaia Gernika | 18 | | | | 1 | Valladolid | 27 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Ordizia | 10 |
| | | | 2 | Ordizia | 38 | | | |
| 4 | La Vila | 3 | 5 | Getxo Artea | 22 | | | |
| 5 | Getxo Artea | 33 | | | | | | |
* 2011–12 División de Honor winners
* Valladolid Third title

#### Final
### Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Alcobendas, who finished 10th in División de Honor, and Hernani, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won the tie, winning 27-24 on aggregate.
| Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff | Relegation/promotion playoff |
| 3rd | Hernani | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 10th | Alcobendas | 18 | 6 | 24 |

#### 2nd leg

* Hernani promoted to División de Honor. Sanitas Alcobendas relegated to División de Honor B.

## Scorers statistics
### By try points

| Player | Try points | Team |
| Julen Goia | 80 | Ordizia |
| Josh Hamilton | 75 | Universidade Vigo |
| Ryan Le Loux | 70 | Santboiana |
| Marcos Poggi | 55 | La Vila |
| Pablo Feijoo | 50 | El Salvador |
| Glen Rolls | 50 | Valladolid |
| Aníbal Bonan | 45 | Valladolid |
| Jon Magunazelaia | 40 | Bizkaia Gernika |
| Santiago Fernández | 40 | Alcobendas |
| Daniel Kroll | 40 | Ordizia |

### By total points

| Player | Points | Team |
| Daniel Waenga | 221 | Valladolid |
| Daniel Kroll | 215 | Ordizia |
| Isaac Thompson | 187 | Santboiana |
| Brad Linklater | 165 | Getxo Artea |
| Josh Hamilton | 163 | Universidad de Vigo |
| Pedro Rodríguez | 147 | El Salvador |
| Marvin Swartbooi | 147 | Bizkaia Gernika |
| Santiago Fernández | 126 | Alcobendas |
| Eduardo Sorribes | 90 | La Vila |
| Julen Goia | 85 | Ordizia |