- División de Plata de Balonmano
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División de Plata de Balonmano 
Countries Spain Confederation EHF Founded 1990 Number of teams 16 Promotion to Liga ASOBAL Relegation to Primera Estatal Levels on pyramid Level 2 Current champions Octavio Pilotes Posada (2010–11) Website http://www.rfebm.net/ 
2010–11 seasonDivisión de Plata de Balonmano, is the second level handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1994 and is managed by RFEBM. From 1994 until 2008–09 season, this competition was known as División de Honor B. From 2009–10 season onwards, will be called División de Plata.[1]
The División de Plata, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including ones like CD Bidasoa, Barakaldo-UPV, Forcusa Huesca, and PRASA Pozoblanco.
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Liga championship rules
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in División de Plata de Balonmano the league ends after every team plays 30 matches.
Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the División de Plata de Balonmano takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used.
Each victory adds 2 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:
- The team that has most points in the ranking.
- If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results
- If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.
Teams promoted by year
Year Teams 1990 Puerto Cruz & Tenerife 3 de Mayo 1991 Guadalajara & Sdad. Conquense 1992 Ceset Naranco & Caserío Vigón 1993 Guadalajara & Pilotes Posada 1994 Ademar León & Cesurca Huétor Tájar 1995 Caja Bilbao UPV Barakaldo & Ariston San Antonio 1996 Pescanova Chapela & PRASA Pozoblanco 1997 Universidad de Oviedo-Naranco 1998 Barakaldo-UPV 1999 Valencia Airtel & Stadium Casablanca 2000 Altea & Pilotes Posada Year Teams 2001 Barakaldo-UPV, Teucro Caixanova & Almería 2005 2002 Canal Alcobendas & Torrevieja 2003 Octavio Pilotes Posada & Arrate 2004 Alcobendas Toyota & Torrevieja 2005 Algeciras & CAI Aragón 2006 Antequera & Darien Logroño 2007 Pilotes Posada and Teucro 2008 Alcobendas and Edenca Ciudad Encantada 2009 Lábaro Toledo and Frigoríficos Morrazo 2010 Alser Puerto Sagunto and Realitas Guadalajara 2011 Octavio Pilotes Posada and Obearagón Huesca 2010–11 final standings
Team P W D L G+ G- Pts 1 Octavio Pilotes Posada 30 25 1 4 927 805 51 2 Obearagón Huesca 30 20 4 6 902 836 44 3 Teucro 30 19 6 5 872 812 44 4 Helvetia Anaitasuna 30 18 4 8 939 828 40 5 Frigorificos Morrazo Cangas 30 18 2 10 873 809 38 6 Barcelona B 30 16 2 12 858 813 34 7 Pines Badajoz 30 13 4 13 802 785 30 8 Barakaldo 30 14 2 14 847 866 30 9 ARS Palmanaranja 30 12 4 14 897 925 28 10 Artepref Villa de Aranda 30 9 9 12 904 908 27 11 Adelma Sinfín 30 11 4 15 826 868 26 12 PRASA Pozoblanco 30 11 4 15 872 876 24 13 Bidasoa Irún 30 7 7 16 827 870 21 14 Universidad de León Ademar 30 8 4 18 895 948 20 15 Grupo Pinta Torrelavega 30 7 5 18 781 835 19 16 H.V. Ingenieros Almoradí 30 1 0 29 729 967 2 Promoted Promotion playoffs
(Promotes: Obearagón Huesca)Relegated to Primera Estatal 2011–12 season teams
- Adelma Sinfín
- Alcobendas
- Ángel Ximénez
- ARS PalmaNaranja
- Barakaldo
- Barcelona B
- Bidasoa Irún
- Escubal Badajoz
- Frigoríficos del Morrazo
- Gijón Jovellanos
- Helvetia Anaitasuna
- Mecalia Atl. Novás
- Pozoblanco
- Teucro
- Toledo
- Villa de Aranda
Promoted to Liga ASOBAL
- Octavio Pilotes Posada
- Obearagón Huesca
Relegated to Primera Estatal
- Universidad de León Ademar
- Grupo Pinta Torrelavega
- H.V. Ingenieros Almoradí
References
External links
- Official Website of Real Federación Española de Balonmano
- ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano"
- Document for handball "balonmano" trainers
Seasons Categories:- Spanish handball competitions
- Handball leagues
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