2012–13 División de Honor B de Rugby
# 2012–13 División de Honor B de Rugby

The 2012–13 División de Honor B, the XV edition, began on October 13, 2012 with the first matchday of regular season and finished on May 5, 2013 with the Promotion playoffs final.

## Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, the two top teams of each group play a promotion playoff consisting of semifinal and final. The final winner is promoted to División de Honor while the loser team play the promotion playoff against the team qualified 11th in División de Honor. Teams in 9th & 10th standings play the relegation playoff to Primera Nacional.

* 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.

## 2012–13 season teams

### Group A

* Teams from northern section of Spain

| Team | Stadium | City/Area | Website | 2011–12 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Pegamo Bera Bera | Miniestadio de Anoeta | San Sebastián | http://www.berabera.com/ | 2nd |
| Oviedo TRADEHI | El Naranco | Oviedo | https://web.archive.org/web/20110423104112/http://www.oviedorugby.com/ | 3rd |
| Bathco Independiente | Mies de Cozada | Santander | http://www.independienterugbyclub.eu/ | 4th |
| FC Barcelona | La Teixonera | Barcelona | http://www.fcbrugby.com/ | 6th |
| L'Hospitalet | Feixa Llarga | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | http://www.rugbyhospitalet.com/ | 7th |
| Durango Ilarduya | Arripausueta | Durango | https://web.archive.org/web/20150328070752/http://www.durangorugby.com/ | 8th |
| Barcelona UC | La Foixarda | Barcelona | https://web.archive.org/web/20130416142142/http://www.buc-rugby.com/ | P |
| CRAT Universidade da Coruña | Acea da Ma | A Coruña | http://www.cratcoruna.com/ | P |
| Eibar Hierros Anetxe | Unbe | Eibar | http://www.eibarugby.com/ | P |
| Sant Cugat | La Guinardera | Sant Cugat del Vallès | http://www.rugbysantcugat.santcugatentitats.net/ | P |

* Hercesa moved to Group B.

**Final standings**

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Dif | Bonus | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bathco Independiente | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 623 | 278 | 345 | 10 | 72 |
| 2 | Sant Cugat | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 636 | 324 | 312 | 15 | 61 |
| 3 | Oviedo TRADEHI | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 457 | 360 | 97 | 10 | 56 |
| 4 | FC Barcelona | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 485 | 324 | 161 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | L'Hospitalet | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 379 | 319 | 60 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | Eibar Hierros Anetxe | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 380 | 321 | 59 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | Pegamo Bera Bera | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 299 | 414 | −115 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | CRAT Universidade da Coruña | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 355 | 402 | −47 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Barcelona UC | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 344 | 615 | −271 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | Durango Ilarduya | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 189 | 790 | −601 | 1 | 5 |

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

* Qualified for Promotion playoffs

### Group B

* Teams from southern section of Spain

| Team | Stadium | City/Area | Website | 2011–12 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcobendas | Las Terrazas | Alcobendas | http://www.alcobendasrugby.com/ | 10th |
| Liceo Francés | Ramón Urtubi | Madrid | http://www.liceo.com/ | 3rd |
| Les Abelles | Quatre Carreres | Valencia | http://www.lesabelles.net/ | 4th |
| CAU Valencia | Campo del Río Turia | Valencia | http://www.caurugbyvalencia.com/ | 5th |
| Hercesa | Antonio Machado | Alcalá de Henares | http://cdhercesa.com/ | 5th* |
| Atlético Portuense | Polideportivo Municipal | El Puerto de Santa María | https://web.archive.org/web/20121017112229/http://www.craportuense.com/new/ | 6th |
| Arquitectura | Estadio Nacional Complutense | Madrid | http://www.arquitectura-rugby.org/ | 7th |
| Helvetia | Instalaciones Deportivas "La Cartuja" | Seville | http://www.clubamigosrugby.com/ | 8th |
| Universidad de Granada | Fuentenueva | Granada | http://www.rugbyuniversidadgr.es.tl/ | P |
| Ingenieros Industriales | El Cantizal | Las Rozas | http://www.iirugby.com/ | P |

**Final standings**

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Dif | Bonus | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alcobendas | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 740 | 174 | 566 | 13 | 73 |
| 2 | Les Abelles | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 457 | 230 | 227 | 8 | 58 |
| 3 | CAU Valencia | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 435 | 213 | 222 | 9 | 55 |
| 4 | Arquitectura | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 433 | 405 | 28 | 9 | 47 |
| 5 | Atlético Portuense | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 306 | 332 | −26 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Liceo Francés | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 240 | 348 | −108 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Universidad de Granada | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 205 | 418 | −213 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Helvetia | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 219 | 582 | −363 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Ingenieros Industriales | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 221 | 554 | −333 | 7 | 15 |

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

* Qualified for Promotion playoffs

## Promotion playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sant Cugat | Sant Cugat | 20 | 17 | 37 | | | | | |
| Alcobendas | Alcobendas | 24 | 24 | 48 | | | | | |
| Alcobendas | Alcobendas | 24 | 24 | 48 | Alcobendas | Alcobendas | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| | | | | | Bathco Independiente | Bathco Independiente | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Les Abelles | Les Abelles | 14 | 12 | 26 | Bathco Independiente | Bathco Independiente | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Bathco Independiente | Bathco Independiente | 36 | 42 | 78 | | | | | |

### Semifinals

**1st leg**

* April 13, 2013 17:00 (UTC+2)

| Sant Cugat | 20–24 | Alcobendas |
| - | - | - |

* La Guinardera, Sant Cugat
* April 14, 2013 12:30 (UTC+2)

| Les Abelles | 14–36 | Bathco Independiente |
| - | - | - |

* Quatre Carreres, Valencia

**2nd leg**

* April 20, 2013 16:00 (UTC+2)

| Alcobendas | 24–17 | Sant Cugat |
| - | - | - |

* Las Terrazas, Alcobendas

Alcobendas won 48–37 on aggregate and advanced to Final.

* April 21, 2013 13:00 (UTC+2)

| Bathco Independiente | 42–12 | Les Abelles |
| - | - | - |

* San Román, Santander

Bathco Independiente won 78–26 on aggregate and advanced to Final.

### Final

Winning team will be promoted to División de Honor for 2013–14 season. Loser team will get a new chance to achieve promotion, playing a playoff against Hernani CRE for a single spot in División de Honor.

**1st leg**

* April 28, 2013 12:30 (UTC+2)

| Alcobendas | 8–13 | Bathco Independiente |
| - | - | - |

* Las Terrazas, Alcobendas

**2nd leg**

* May 5, 2013 10:00 (UTC+2)

| Bathco Independiente | 12–13 | Alcobendas |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* El Sardinero, Santander

Bathco Independiente won 25–21 on aggregate and got promoted to División de Honor.

Promoted to División de Honor :

* Bathco Independiente (33 years later)
