2012–13 División de Honor de Hockey Hierba

División de Honor
Season2012–13
Dates30 September 2012 – 12 May 2013
ChampionsReal Club de Polo (12th title)
Euro Hockey LeagueReal Club de Polo
Club de Campo
Matches played132
Goals scored650 (4.92 per match)

The División de Honor 2012–13 is the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic field hockey competitions since its inception in 1958. It began in autumn 2012. The defending champions are Atlètic Terrassa, while Caldaria-Barrocás and Junior are the teams promoted from División de Honor B.

RC Polo became champions by defeating Club de Campo 2–1 in the final series of championship playoffs.[1]

Competition

Format

The División de Honor season it divides into regular season and championship playoff. The regular season comprises 22 matchdays played from September to April through a round-robin format, a format quite common in other sports as football. When finished the 22 matchdays, the top 4 teams qualified at standings play the championship playoffs, while the bottom two teams are relegated to División de Honor B. Points during regular season are awarded as follows:

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

During championship playoffs, both the semi-finals and the Final are played to best of three matches.

Teams

Atletico San Sebastián
Caldario-Barrocas
Complutense
Pozuelo
Canary Islands (see below)
CD Terrassa
Junior
Location of teams in the 2012–13 División de Honor
Taburiente
Location of teams in the 2011–12 División de Honor (Canary Islands)
Team Location Autonomous Community Stadium
Atlètic Terrassa Terrassa Catalonia Estadi de Hockey Josep Marquès
Atlètico San Sebastián San Sebastián Basque Country Bidebieta
Caldaria-Barrocas Ourense Galicia Mariñamansa
CD Terrassa Matadepera Catalonia Les Pedritxes
Club de Campo Madrid Madrid Club de Campo
Club Egara Terrassa Catalonia Pla de Bon Aire
Complutense Madrid Madrid San Sebastián de los Reyes
Junior Sant Cugat del Vallès Catalonia Sant Cugat
Pozuelo Pozuelo de Alarcón Madrid Valle de las Cañas
Real Club de Polo Barcelona Catalonia Eduardo Dualde
Taburiente Las Palmas Canary Islands Campo de Hockey Gran Canaria
Tenis Santander Cantabria Ruth Beita

Number of teams by autonomous community

Autonomous Community Number of teams Teams
Catalonia 5 Atlètic Terrassa, CD Terrassa, Club Egara, Junior and Real Club de Polo
Madrid 3 Club de Campo, Complutense and Pozuelo
Galicia 1 Caldaria-Barrocas
Basque Country 1 Atlètico San Sebastián
Canary Islands 1 Las Palmas
Cantabria 1 Tenis
Total 12

Regular season standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA Dif Pts
1 R.C. Polo 22 19 2 1 119 16 103 40
2 Club de Campo 22 19 1 2 116 25 91 39
3 Club Egara 22 18 1 3 70 31 39 37
4 Atlètic Terrassa 22 15 3 4 82 30 52 33
5 Complutense 22 11 2 9 47 47 0 24
6 Junior 22 9 3 10 40 50 −10 21
7 Taburiente ACE G.C. 22 5 5 12 25 53 −28 15
8 R.S. Tenis 22 5 4 13 33 69 −36 14
9 Caldaria-Barrocás 22 5 4 13 30 88 −58 14
10 Atl. San Sebastián 22 4 5 34 74 38 −40 13
11 Pozuelo 22 2 4 16 32 84 −52 8
12 Terrassa 22 2 2 18 22 83 −61 6

Source: Real Federación Española de Hockey

Championship playoffs
Relegated

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Real Club de Polo2 (3)3
 
 
 
Atlètic Terrassa2 (2)1
 
Real Club de Polo534
 
 
 
Club de Campo361
 
Club de Campo33 (4)
 
 
Club Egara03 (3)
 

Semifinals

1st leg

21 April
12:30 (UTC+2)
Club Egara 0–3 Club de Campo
Report Arana  8'
Lasso  42'
Fürste  61'
Pla del Bon Aire, Terrassa

21 April
12:30 (UTC+2)
Atlètic Terrassa 2–2 R.C. Polo
Sallés  18'
R. Pablo  48'
Report Casasayas  24'
Lleonart  41'
Penalties
S. Enrique
Malgosa
Pujal
Sallés
Freixa
2–3 Alegre
Padrós
Lleonart
Casasayas
Rey
Can Salas, Terrassa

2nd leg

27 April
12:30 (UTC+2)
Club de Campo 3–3 Club Egara
Arana
Deecke
Pérez-Pla
Report ??
E. Tubau
Penalties
  4–3  
Instalaciones Club de Campo, Madrid

Club de Campo won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.


27 April
12:30 (UTC+2)
R.C. Polo 3–1 Atlètic Terrassa
Piera  10'
Padrós  16'
Terraza
Report R. Pablo
Eduardo Dualde, Barcelona

R.C. Polo won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

Final

1st leg

5 May
13:00 (UTC+2)
Club de Campo 3–5 R.C. Polo
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Report ??
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Instalaciones Club de Campo, Madrid
Umpires:
Aitor Iparraguirre, Luis Mariano Martínez

2nd leg

11 May
13:00 (UTC+2)
R.C. Polo 3–6 Club de Campo
Alegre  1'
Casanovas  35'
Rey  46'
Report Fürste  15'
Deecke  17'  36'
Arana  28'
Mir  45'
Eduardo Dualde, Barcelona

3rd leg

12 May
12:30 (UTC+2)
R.C. Polo 4–1 Club de Campo
Lleonart  21'
Padrós  25'
Piera  32'
Casasayas  48'
Report Fürste
Eduardo Dualde, Barcelona

R.C. Polo won the final series 2–1 and became champions.

Top goalscorers

  • Regular season only.
Player Goals Team
Roger Padrós 28 RC Polo
Moritz Fürste 23 Club de Campo
Xavi Lleonart 17 RC Polo
Àlex Casasayas 16 RC Polo
Eduard Arbós 15 Club Egara
David Alegre 15 RC Polo
Rufus McNaught-Barrington 14 R.S. Tenis
Xurxo Cid 13 Caldaria-Barrocás
Marc Sallés 12 Atlètic Terrassa
Diego Arana 12 Club de Campo

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References

  1. ^ El Real Club de Polo se proclama campeón de liga tras derrotar al Club de Campo rfeh.com, May 11, 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Rfeh - Competiciones". www.rfeh.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.