2015–16 División de Honor de Waterpolo

División de Honor 2015–16
División de Honor 2015–16
League	División de Honor
Sport	Water polo
Duration	October 3, 2015–April 23, 2016 (regular season); May 3– (championship playoff)
League champions	Atlètic-Barceloneta
Runners-up	AstralPool Sabadell
Top scorer	Robin Lindhout, 65 goals
Relegated to 1ª División	CN Sant Feliu
División de Honor seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season of the División de Honor de Waterpolo was the 93rd season of top-tier water polo in Spain since its inception in 1925. Twelve teams competed for this season.

The season comprises regular season and championship playoff. The regular season started in October 2015 and finished on April 23, 2016. Top eight teams at standings when finishing regular season play the championship playoff.

The championship playoff started on 3/4 May with the quarter-finals series. Quarter finals, semifinals and Final are played to the best of 3 matches.

Atlètic-Barceloneta won its eleventh title in a row and sixteenth overall after defeating AstralPool Sabadell in the Championship Final series 2–1.

Competition

Format

The División de Honor season took place between October and May, with every team playing each other at home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:

3 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Top eight teams when finishing regular season play championship playoff. Bottom team is relegated while team qualified 11th play relegation playoff.

Promotion and relegation

Bottom team at standings when finishing regular season is relegated to Primera División, while the champion team from Primera División is promoted.

Team information

Atl. Barceloneta
Barcelona
Mediterrani
Sant Andreu
Catalunya

Terrassa

Mataró

Sabadell

Rubí
S. Feliu

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Catalan teams in División de Honor 2015–16 teams

Navarra

Real Canoe

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Remaining teams in División de Honor 2015–16 teams

Team	City/Area	Founded	Stadium	website
Atlètic-Barceloneta	Barcelona	1913 (1992)	Piscina Sant Sebastià	[1]
Mediterrani	Barcelona	1931	Instal·lació Josep Vallès	[2]
Sabadell	Sabadell	1916	Can Llong	[3]
Mataró Quadis	Mataró	1932	Piscina Joan Serra	[4]
Terrassa	Terrassa	1932	Àrea Olímpica	[5] Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
Real Canoe–Isostar	Madrid	1931	Piscina Real Canoe	[6]
Barcelona	Barcelona	1907	Nova Escullera	[7]
Catalunya	Barcelona	1931	Piscina Sant Jordi	[8]
Sant Andreu	Barcelona	1971	Piscina Pere Serrat	[9]
Waterpolo Navarra	Pamplona	2006	Ciudad Deportiva Amaya	[10]
Rubí	Rubí	1971	Piscina Can Rosés	[11]
Sant Feliu	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	1969	Piscina CN Molins de Rei	[12]

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	22	21	1	0	282	121	+161	64	Qualification to championship playoffs
2	AstralPool Sabadell	22	18	1	3	275	164	+111	55
3	Real Canoe–Isostar	22	14	1	7	206	182	+24	43
4	Terrassa	22	13	3	6	215	158	+57	42
5	Quadis Mataró	22	12	4	6	229	178	+51	40
6	Barcelona	22	12	1	9	202	202	0	37
7	Sant Andreu	22	9	1	12	197	185	+12	28
8	Mediterrani	22	9	1	12	189	195	−6	28
9	Catalunya	22	7	2	13	177	227	−50	23
10	Waterpolo Navarra	22	6	1	15	158	235	−77	19
11	Rubí	22	2	2	18	147	251	−104	8	Qualification to relegation playoff
12	Sant Feliu	22	0	0	22	109	288	−179	0	Relegation to Primera División

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2016. Source: División de Honor table and rfen.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

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals (best of 3)					Semi-finals (best of 3)					Final (best of 3)

1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	16	11

8	Mediterrani	2	3
					1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	13	10

					4	Terrassa	6	6
4	Terrassa	5	6

5	Quadis Mataró	4	5
										1	Atlètic-Barceloneta	6	9	11

										2	AstralPool Sabadell	8	6	8
2	AstralPool Sabadell	15	15

7	Sant Andreu	10	7
					2	AstralPool Sabadell	8	10	12

					6	Barcelona	10	9	9
3	Real Canoe–Isostar	7	13	8

6	Barcelona	11	12	12

Quarter-finals

1st match

May 3 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Atlètic-Barceloneta	16–2	Mediterrani	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Jaumandreu Sellarès, Teixidó Bermúdez
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–0, 3–1, 5–1
		Español 4	Goals	Idárraga 2

May 3 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Terrassa	5–4	Quadis Mataró	Piscina Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Buch Juanola, Iñesta Peralta
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–0, 1–2, 0–1
		five players 1	Goals	Barbena, Merino 2

May 4 13:30 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Real Canoe–Isostar	7–11	Barcelona	Centro de Natación Mundial 86, Madrid Referees: Teixidó Bermúdez, Cerezo Crespo
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 2–2, 2–3
		V Gutiérrez 3	Goals	Esteller 3

May 4 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	AstralPool Sabadell	15–10	Sant Andreu	Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Torres Pérez, Guardia Marsal
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–4, 2–5, 5–1
		three players 3	Goals	Brúder 6

2nd match

May 5 18:00 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Quadis Mataró	5–6	Terrassa	Piscina Joan Serra, Mataró Referees: Teule Barreda, Ortega Carreras
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 0–2, 0–1
		Corbalán 2	Goals	Granados 2

May 5 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Mediterrani	3–11	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscina Josep Vallès, Barcelona Referees: Colominas Ezponda, Aymerich Miñarro
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–3, 0–4
		G García 2	Goals	three players 2

May 6 13:30 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Barcelona	12–13	Real Canoe–Isostar	Piscina Nova Escullera, Barcelona Referees: Jiménez Turnes, Ortega Pacheco
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 1–2, 7–5
		Esteller 4	Goals	Barroso 4

May 6 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Sant Andreu	7–15	AstralPool Sabadell	Piscina Pere Serrat, Barcelona Referees: Jiménez Turnes, Galindo Moreno
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–3, 1–3, 1–3
		Brúder 2	Goals	Gallego 3

3rd match

May 8 13:30 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Real Canoe–Isostar	8–12	Barcelona	Centro de Natación Mundial 86, Madrid Referees: Galindo Moreno, Felicidad Rodríguez
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 1–4, 3–1
		Barroso 3	Goals	Ďurík 4

Semifinals

1st match

May 12 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Atlètic-Barceloneta	13–6	Terrassa	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Buch Juanola, Ortega Pacheco
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 4–2, 2–1
		Rašović 4	Goals	Granados 2

May 14 12:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	AstralPool Sabadell	8–10	Barcelona	Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Teixidó Bermúdez, Colominas Ezponda
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 3–3, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	four players 2

2nd match

May 15 12:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Terrassa	6–10	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Àrea Olímpica, Terrassa Referees: Galindo Moreno, Iñesta Peralta
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 2–2, 1–4
		Granados, J Pérez 2	Goals	Rašović, Munarriz 3

May 16 12:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Barcelona	9–10	AstralPool Sabadell	Nova Escullera, Barcelona Referees: Buch Juanola, Teule Barreda
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–1, 3–4, 4–1
		nine players 1	Goals	López Escribano

3rd match

May 22 12:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	AstralPool Sabadell	12–9	Barcelona	Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Galindo Moreno, Teixidó Bermúdez
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–3, 4–1, 4–3
		López Escribano 5	Goals	three players 2

Final

1st match

May 24 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Atlètic-Barceloneta	6–8	AstralPool Sabadell	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Buch Juanola, Colominas Ezponda
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–2, 0–2
		Munarriz 2	Goals	López Escribano 3

2nd match

May 26 21:00 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	AstralPool Sabadell	6–9	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Piscines Carles Ibars, Sabadell Referees: Galindo Moreno, Torres Pérez
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–4, 2–2, 1–1
		Koopman, López Escribano 2	Goals	Minguell, Faměra 2

3rd match

May 30 21:00 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Atlètic-Barceloneta	11–8	AstralPool Sabadell	Piscina Sant Sebastià, Barcelona Referees: Teixidó Bermúdez, Gómez Pordomingo
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–0, 5–2, 3–1
		Munarriz 4	Goals	Marsal 3

Atlètic-Barceloneta wins championship Final series 2–1.

2015–16 División de Honor winners
Atlètic-Barceloneta Sixteenth title

Individual awards

Championship MVP: Alberto Munarriz, CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
Best Goalkeeper: Daniel López, CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
Top goalscorer: Robin Lindhout, CN Mataró

Relegation playoff

Playoff to be played in two legs. 1st leg to be played on 7 May and 2nd leg on 14 May. The overall winner will play in División de Honor 2016–17 and the loser will play in Primera Nacional.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rubí	23–18	Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde	15–12	8–6

1st leg

May 7 17:45 (UTC+1)	Boxscore	Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde	12–15	Rubí	Piscina Quico Cabrera, Santa Cruz Referees: Gómez Pordomingo, Torres Pérez
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 3–5, 2–6
		Alcalá, Fernández-Caldas 4	Goals	Carrasco 4

2nd leg

May 14 20:45 (UTC+2)	Boxscore	Rubí	8–6	Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde	Piscina Can Rosés, Rubí Referees: Jaumandreu Sellarès, Iñesta Peralta
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 3–1, 4–2
		Reuten 2	Goals	San Martín 3

CN Rubí won 23–18 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor 2016–17.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Robin Lindhout	Quadis Mataró	64
2	Alberto Barroso	Real Canoe–Isostar	58
3	Víctor Gutiérrez	Real Canoe–Isostar	53
4	Albert Español	Atlètic-Barceloneta	52
5	Gonzalo López Escribano	AstralPool Sabadell	47
6	Víctor Flores	Barcelona	45
7	Germán Yañez	Mediterrani	41
8	Joel Esteller	Barcelona	40
9	Lukáš Ďurík	Barcelona	39
9	Strahinja Rašović	Atlètic-Barceloneta	39

Number of teams by autonomous communities

	Autonomous Communities	No. teams	Teams
1	Catalonia	10	Barcelona, Barceloneta, Catalunya, Mataró, Mediterrani, Rubí, Sant Feliu, Sabadell, Sant Andreu and Terrassa
2	Madrid	1	Real Canoe
3	Navarre	1	Navarra

References

^ "División de Honor statistics (sorted by goals)". rfen.es (in Spanish).

External links

Real Federación Española de Natación (in Spanish)

[rfen.es-1] "División de Honor statistics (sorted by goals)". rfen.es (in Spanish).

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Competition

Format

Promotion and relegation

Team information

Regular season standings

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

Semifinals

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

Final

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

Individual awards

Relegation playoff

1st leg

2nd leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Number of teams by autonomous communities

References

See also

External links