# 2017–18 División de Honor de Rugby

The 2017–18 División de Honor was the 51st season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.
Valladolid won its second consecutive title, its eighth overall after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm El Salvador in the Final.

## Competition format

The División de Honor season takes place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are 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 play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

### Promotion and relegation

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

## Teams

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
| Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | 2,000 | Alcobendas, Madrid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Barcelona | La Teixonera | 500 | Barcelona | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1,000 | Guecho | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Independiente RC | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| La Vila | Campo de Rugby El Pantano | 3,000 | Villajoyosa, Valencia | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |
| Valladolid | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid | Valladolid El SalvadorSantboianaBizkaia GernikaOrdiziaBarcelonaCisnerosHernaniAlcobendasIndependienteLa VilaGetxoclass=notpageimage| 2017-18 División de Honor teams |

## Results

| | ALC | BAR | CIS | ELS | GER | GET | HER | IND | LaV | ORD | SAN | VAL |
| Alcobendas | | 64-12 | 24-16 | 19-37 | 31-29 | 70-10 | 41-12 | 30-27 | 29-12 | 24-24 | 46-22 | 29-30 |
| Barcelona | 7-34 | | 45-30 | 15-31 | 30-17 | 37-43 | 62-12 | 31-37 | 36-11 | 34-19 | 16-12 | 31-42 |
| Cisneros | 15-29 | 23-29 | | 40-62 | 39-26 | 48-27 | 42-25 | 26-43 | 30-49 | 25-35 | 45-14 | 10-57 |
| El Salvador | 32-28 | 50-20 | 56-22 | | 39-12 | 94-7 | 49-7 | 38-43 | 42-0 | 26-23 | 40-12 | 14-16 |
| Gernika RT | 10-11 | 21-29 | 15-13 | 12-22 | | 19-14 | 23-20 | 15-10 | 27-21 | 19-17 | 36-34 | 8-14 |
| Getxo | 17-29 | 37-22 | 0-64 | 10-48 | 12-26 | | 59-12 | 28-34 | 18-22 | 28-38 | 3-39 | 12-41 |
| Hernani | 5-34 | 20-0 | 22-28 | 12-40 | 11-16 | 33-0 | | 31-29 | 36-26 | 12-39 | 0-5 | 17-45 |
| Independiente | 35-27 | 32-38 | 40-29 | 8-29 | 48-26 | 46-31 | 61-33 | | 41-14 | 36-37 | 32-31 | 17-27 |
| La Vila | 20-21 | 22-21 | 19-22 | 21-36 | 23-7 | 52-19 | 24-8 | 29-31 | | 24-35 | 24-17 | 14-24 |
| Ordizia | 23-44 | 29-3 | 37-21 | 34-39 | 30-21 | 61-14 | 52-12 | 27-26 | 32-0 | | 35-14 | 30-41 |
| Santboiana | 78-7 | 32-24 | 41-22 | 23-28 | 42-20 | 59-33 | 60-24 | 32-35 | 27-8 | 29-22 | | 29-26 |
| Valladolid | 25-22 | 35-18 | 80-14 | 32-13 | 48-12 | 50-14 | 53-0 | 32-21 | 54-19 | 46-45 | 49-32 | |

## Table

| | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TF | TA | Bon | Los | Pts |
| 1. | Valladolid | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 867 | 381 | +341 | 97 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 102 |
| 2. | El Salvador | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 751 | 342 | +409 | 108 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 97 |
| 3. | Alcobendas | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 637 | 356 | +281 | 85 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 77 |
| 4. | Independiente RC | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 621 | 559 | +62 | 81 | 74 | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| 5. | Ordizia | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 626 | 502 | +124 | 74 | 69 | 10 | 5 | 72 |
| 6. | Santboiana | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 512 | 508 | +4 | 74 | 69 | 11 | 5 | 64 |
| 7. | Barcelona | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 491 | 558 | -67 | 64 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 51 |
| 8. | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 348 | 455 | -107 | 47 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 44 |
| 9. | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 557 | 617 | -60 | 76 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 42 |
| 10. | CR La Vila | 22 | 67 | 0 | 15 | 377 | 518 | -141 | 54 | 72 | 6 | 4 | 39 |
| 11. | Hernani | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 316 | 630 | -314 | 46 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 12. | Getxo Artea R.T. | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 322 | 854 | -532 | 41 | 131 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
* Qualified for semi finals of playoffs
* Qualified for playoffs
* Relegation play-off
* Relegated

## Playoffs

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Valladolid | 44 | | | |
| 3 | Independiente | 44 | 3 | Independiente | 5 | | | |
| 6 | Sant Boiana | 33 | | | | Valladolid | Valladolid | 18 |
| | | | | | | El Salvador | El Salvador | 12 |
| | | | 2 | El Salvador | 18 | | | |
| 4 | Alcobendas | 40 | 4 | Sanitas | 12 | | | |
| 5 | Ordizia | 33 | | | | | | |

## Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Hernani, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor and Ciencias Sevilla, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won 57-48 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 | Hernani | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| DHB | Ciencias Sevilla | 31 | 17 | 48 |