2015–16 División de Honor de Hockey Hierba

División de Honor 2015–16

Tournament Details
Dates	26/27 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
Teams	10
Final Positions
Champions	Club Egara (14th title)
Runner-up	R.C. Polo
Tournament Summary
Matches played	90
Goals scored	399 (4.43 per match)
Most Goals	Leandro Tolini, 25 goals

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.

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

Format

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

Polo

Egara
Atl. Terrassa

SPV Complutense

Club de Campo

Júnior

Atl. San Sebastián

Pozuelo

R.S. Tenis

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División de Honor de Hockey Hierba 2015–16 teams

Taburiente ACE G.C.

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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

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

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Club Egara	4	7	11
							28 May – Madrid
	Taburiente	0	1	1
							Club Egara			3
							Club de Campo			2
	Club de Campo	3	0	3
													29 May – Madrid
	Junior	1	0	1
													Club Egara (s.o.)			2 (5)
													Real Club de Polo			2 (4)
	Real Club de Polo	5	6	11
							28 May – Madrid
	Tenis	0	1	1
							Real Club de Polo			3
							Atlètic Terrassa			2
	Atlètic Terrassa	5	4	9
	Complutense	0	1	1

Top goalscorers

#	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.

See also

• 2015–16 División de Honor Femenina de Hockey Hierba

External links

• Official site