2015–16 División de Honor de Hockey Hierba

The División de Honor 2015–16 was the 53rd season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic field hockey competitions since its inception in 1958. It began in autumn 2015. Regular season first matchday was played on 26/27 September finishing on 1 May 2016.

División de Honor 2015–16
Tournament Details
Dates26/27 Sep, 2015 – 1 May 2016 (regular season)
7/8 May 2016 (championship quarter-finals) –
27–29 May 2016 (final4)
Host(s)Club de Campo
Venue(s)Instalaciones Club de Campo
Teams10
Final Positions
ChampionsClub Egara (14th title)
Runner-upR.C. Polo
Tournament Summary
Matches played90
Goals scored399 (4.43 per match)
Most GoalsArgentina Leandro Tolini, 25 goals

Final Four was played in Madrid on 27–29 May. Club Egara won the championship fifteen years after when defeating R.C. Polo 2–2 (5–4 p.s.o.).

Competition

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Format

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The División de Honor regular season takes place between September and April through 18 matchdays in a round-robin format. Upon completion of regular season, top eight teams qualified for championship playoff, while bottom two teams are relegated to División de Honor B.

In the championship playoff, quarter-finals pairings are based as follows:

Round Pairing
Quarter-final
A) 1st vs. 8th
B) 2nd vs. 7th
C) 3rd vs. 6th
D) 4th vs. 5th

Points during regular season are awarded according to the following:

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 points for a draw

Teams

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Polo
 
Egara
Atl. Terrassa
 
SPV Complutense
 
Club de Campo
 
Júnior
 
Atl. San Sebastián
 
Pozuelo
 
R.S. Tenis
División de Honor de Hockey Hierba 2015–16 teams
 
 
Taburiente ACE G.C.
Canary Islands
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
R.C. de Polo Eduardo Dualde 600 Barcelona
Club Egara Pla del Bon Aire 800 Terrassa
Club de Campo Instalaciones Club de Campo 300 Madrid
Atlètic Terrassa Josep Marquès 1,000 Terrassa
Junior Instal·lacions Club Júnior 800 Sant Cugat del Vallès
SPV Complutense Campo Municipal de Hockey 200 S.S. de los Reyes
Atlético San Sebastián Campo de Hockey Bera Bera 100 San Sebastián
Taburiente Campo de Hockey Gran Canaria 100 Las Palmas de G.C.
R.S. Tenis La Albericia 102 Santander
Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón

Regular season standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Egara 18 16 1 1 58 22 +36 49 Qualification to Championship playoff
2 R.C. de Polo 18 16 0 2 66 20 +46 48
3 Atlètic Terrassa 18 11 1 6 44 31 +13 34
4 Club de Campo 18 10 2 6 61 39 +22 32
5 Junior 18 10 1 7 33 29 +4 31
6 SPV Complutense 18 5 4 9 38 50 −12 19
7 R.S. Tenis 18 5 4 9 28 46 −18 19
8 Taburiente ACE G.C. 18 3 3 12 26 54 −28 12
9 Atlético San Sebastián 18 4 0 14 29 58 −29 12 Relegated to División de Honor B
10 Pozuelo 18 1 2 15 16 50 −34 5
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: División de Honor table and rfeh.es
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

Play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Club Egara4711
 
28 May – Madrid
 
Taburiente01 1
 
Club Egara3
 
 
 
Club de Campo2
 
Club de Campo303
 
29 May – Madrid
 
Junior10 1
 
Club Egara (s.o.)2 (5)
 
 
 
Real Club de Polo2 (4)
 
Real Club de Polo5611
 
28 May – Madrid
 
Tenis01 1
 
Real Club de Polo3
 
 
 
Atlètic Terrassa2
 
Atlètic Terrassa549
 
 
Complutense01 1
 

Top goalscorers

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# Player Goals Team
1   Leandro Tolini 25 Club de Campo
2   Xavier Aguilar 14 Club Egara
  Peio Azkoaga Atlético San Sebastián
  Xavi Lleonart R.C. Polo
5   Rufus Mcnaught-Barrington 13 R.S. Tenis
6   Joaquín Menini 11 Club de Campo
  Salva Piera R.C. Polo
8   David Alegre 10 R.C. Polo
  Toshio Aoki Taburiente ACE G.C.

References

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See also

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