2014–15 División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo
# 2014–15 División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo

The 2014–15 is the 28th season of División de Honor, the top flight women's water polo in Spain since its inception in 1988.

The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. Regular season started on October 11, 2014 and finished on April 29, 2015. After the regular season, top four teams at standings play championship playoff.

Championship playoff began on May 6 with semifinals to best of three games, with two winners advancing to the Final.

Sabadell Astralpool won its fifth championship title in a row after defeating CN Sant Andreu in the Championship Final series 2–0.

## Teams

| Team | City/Area | Founded | Pool | website |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sabadell Astralpool | Sabadell | 1916 | Can Llong | |
| Mataró La Sirena | Mataró | 1932 | Joan Serra | |
| Sant Andreu | Barcelona | 1971 | Pere Serrat | |
| Mediterrani | Barcelona | 1931 | Josep Vallès | |
| Rubí | Rubí | 1971 | Can Rosés | |
| Terrassa | Terrassa | 1932 | Àrea Olímpica | Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| Madrid Moscardó | Madrid | 1958 | Piscina CDM Moscardó | |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | 1984 | Piscina Stadium Casablanca | |
| Dos Hermanas | Dos Hermanas | 1993 | Piscina CMAD Montequinto | |
| Concepción–Cdad Lineal | Madrid | 1969 | Piscina CMD Concepción | |

## Regular season standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sabadell Astralpool | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 378 | 93 | +285 | 54 | Qualification to championship playoffs |
| 2 | Mataró La Sirena | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 234 | 139 | +95 | 44 | Qualification to championship playoffs |
| 3 | Sant Andreu | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 191 | 159 | +32 | 37 | Qualification to championship playoffs |
| 4 | Mediterrani | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 190 | 143 | +47 | 35 | Qualification to championship playoffs |
| 5 | Madrid Moscardó | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 156 | 193 | −37 | 26 | |
| 6 | Terrassa | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 151 | 176 | −25 | 22 | |
| 7 | Rubí | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 156 | 199 | −43 | 19 | |
| 8 | Dos Hermanas | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 151 | 218 | −67 | 12 | |
| 9 | Zaragoza | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 124 | 234 | −110 | 10 | Qualification to relegation playoff |
| 10 | Concepción–Cdad Lineal | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 107 | 284 | −177 | 4 | Relegation to Primera División |

## Championship playoffs

| Semifinals (best of 3) | Semifinals (best of 3) | Semifinals (best of 3) | Semifinals (best of 3) | Semifinals (best of 3) | Final (best of 3) | Final (best of 3) | Final (best of 3) | Final (best of 3) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sabadell Astralpool | 16 | 16 | | | | | |
| 4 | Mediterrani | 6 | 8 | | | | | |
| 4 | Mediterrani | 6 | 8 | | 1 | Sabadell Astralpool | 14 | 11 |
| | | | | | 3 | Sant Andreu | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Mataró La Sirena | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | Sant Andreu | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Sant Andreu | 4 | 8 | 11 | | | | |

### Semifinals

**1st match**

| May 6 20:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Mediterrani | 6–16 | Sabadell Astralpool | Piscina Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Ortega Pacheco, Ruiz Jiménez |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscina Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Ortega Pacheco, Ruiz Jiménez |||
| May 6 20:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Gorría 3 | Goals | Peña 5 | Piscina Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Ortega Pacheco, Ruiz Jiménez |
| May 6 20:45 (UTC+2) | Report | Sant Andreu | 4–10 | Mataró La Sirena | Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Martín, López de la Vega |
| Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Martín, López de la Vega |||
| May 6 20:45 (UTC+2) | Report | four players 1 | Goals | Gragnolati 3 | Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Martín, López de la Vega |

**2nd match**

| May 9 11:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Sabadell Astralpool | 16–8 | Mediterrani | Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Domínguez Rivero, Súarez Medina |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Domínguez Rivero, Súarez Medina |||
| May 9 11:00 (UTC+2) | Report | M García 5 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Domínguez Rivero, Súarez Medina |

Sabadell Astralpool wins series 2–0.

| May 9 12:45 (UTC+2) | Report | Mataró La Sirena | 7–8 | Sant Andreu | Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Baños Martínez, Segurana Ferré |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Baños Martínez, Segurana Ferré |||
| May 9 12:45 (UTC+2) | Report | three players 2 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Baños Martínez, Segurana Ferré |

**3rd match**

| May 10 12:45 (UTC+2) | Report | Mataró La Sirena | 3–11 | Sant Andreu | Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Muntané Llavería |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Muntané Llavería |||
| May 10 12:45 (UTC+2) | Report | L López 2 | Goals | Lloret, Recio 3 | Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Muntané Llavería |

Sant Andreu wins series 2–1.

### Final

**1st match**

| May 13 20:45 (UTC+2) | Report | Sant Andreu | 5–14 | Sabadell Astralpool | Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Martín, Domínguez Rivero |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Martín, Domínguez Rivero |||
| May 13 20:45 (UTC+2) | Report | Lloret 2 | Goals | M García 4 | Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Sánchez Martín, Domínguez Rivero |

**2nd match**

| May 16 12:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Sabadell Astralpool | 11–5 | Sant Andreu | Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Baños Martínez, Muntané Llavería |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Baños Martínez, Muntané Llavería |||
| May 16 12:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Pareja 5 | Goals | five players 1 | Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Baños Martínez, Muntané Llavería |

Sabadell Astralpool wins championship Final series 2–0.

* 2014–15 División de Honor Femenina winners
* Sabadell Astralpool Thirteenth title

**Individual awards**

* Championship MVP: Maica García, CN Sabadell Astralpool
* Best Goalkeeper: Laura Ester, CN Sabadell Astralpool
* Top goalscorer: Maica García, CN Sabadell Astralpool

## Relegation playoff

Playoff to be played in two legs. First leg to be played on 9 May and 2nd leg on 16 May. The winner will play in División de Honor Femenina 2015–16 and the loser one in Primera División.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Zaragoza | 20–16 | Sant Feliu | 10–7 | 10–9 |

### 1st match

| May 9 19:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Sant Feliu | 7–10 | Zaragoza | Complex Municipal de Piscines, Sant Feliu Referees: Gómez Pordomingo, Sanfeliu Cobo |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Complex Municipal de Piscines, Sant Feliu Referees: Gómez Pordomingo, Sanfeliu Cobo |||
| May 9 19:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Dalmases 2 | Goals | Blas, Tazueco 4 | Complex Municipal de Piscines, Sant Feliu Referees: Gómez Pordomingo, Sanfeliu Cobo |

### 2nd match

| May 16 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Zaragoza | 10–9 | Sant Feliu | Piscina Parque de Bomberos, Zaragoza Referees: Ortega Pacheco, Campos Rodríguez |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piscina Parque de Bomberos, Zaragoza Referees: Ortega Pacheco, Campos Rodríguez |||
| May 16 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Blas, Tazueco 3 | Goals | Dalmases 4 | Piscina Parque de Bomberos, Zaragoza Referees: Ortega Pacheco, Campos Rodríguez |

EW Zaragoza wins 20–16 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor.

## Top goalscorers

(regular season only)

| Rank | Player | Goals | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maica García | 67 | CN Sabadell Astralpool |
| 2 | Judith Forca | 57 | CN Sabadell Astralpool |
| 3 | Beatriz Ortiz | 55 | CN Rubí |
| 4 | Helena Lloret | 51 | CN Sant Andreu |
| 5 | Gemma Pané | 47 | CN Terrassa |
| 5 | Laura Vicente | 47 | CE Mediterrani |
| 7 | Anni Espar | 45 | CN Sabadell Astralpool |
| 8 | Ciara Gibson-Byrne | 42 | CN Mataró La Sirena |
| 8 | Olga Domenech | 42 | CN Sabadell Astralpool |
| 10 | Jennifer Pareja | 41 | CN Sabadell Astralpool |
| 10 | Lorena Miranda | 41 | CW Dos Hermanas |
