The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra (more commonly known as the Divisão de Honra) is Portugal's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Divisão de Honra Championships are organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 teams. The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (Portugal's second level of men's rugby union) with one team from the second-tier competition promoting to the Divisão de Honra.
The Divisão de Honra season takes place between September and March, with three teams being randomly drawn into four groups, playing each other home and away twice for a total of 6 matches per group (24 matches in total). Points are awarded according to the following:
4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
The highest placed teams with the highest number of points within each group will meet each other in a round-robin play-off to determine the champions of the Divisão de Honra while to bottom placed teams in each group will play in a round-robin play-out to determine which team (that finishes last place) will be relegated in the respective season.
Promotion and relegationedit
The bottom team in the relegation play-out is relegated to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão, while the team that finishes 1st in the second tier of rugby union competitions in Portugal will replace the latter.
Current Teamsedit
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality
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The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisao de Honra more commonly known as the Divisao de Honra is Portugal s top level professional men s rugby union competition The Divisao de Honra Championships are organised by the Federacao Portuguesa de Rugby Portuguese Rugby Federation and currently consists of 12 teams The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisao Portugal s second level of men s rugby union with one team from the second tier competition promoting to the Divisao de Honra Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisao de HonraCurrent season competition or edition 2023 24 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisao de HonraFormerlyCampeonato SuperBockSportRugby unionFounded1958 66 years ago 1958 First season1958Owner s Federacao Portuguesa de RugbyNo of teams12CountryPortugalMost recentchampion s DireitoMost titlesCDUL 20 titles TV partner s RugbyTV pt Live Streams Relegation toCampeonato Nacional de Rugby I DivisaoInternational cup s European Rugby Challenge Cup European Rugby Continental ShieldRelatedcompetitionsTaca de Portugal de Rugby Supertaca de Portugal de RugbyOfficial websitefpr pt Contents 1 Format 1 1 Promotion and relegation 2 Current Teams 3 Portuguese rugby champions 4 Campeonato Nacional Honra 5 See also 6 External linksFormat editThe Divisao de Honra season takes place between September and March with three teams being randomly drawn into four groups playing each other home and away twice for a total of 6 matches per group 24 matches in total Points are awarded according to the following 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewerThe highest placed teams with the highest number of points within each group will meet each other in a round robin play off to determine the champions of the Divisao de Honra while to bottom placed teams in each group will play in a round robin play out to determine which team that finishes last place will be relegated in the respective season Promotion and relegation edit The bottom team in the relegation play out is relegated to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisao while the team that finishes 1st in the second tier of rugby union competitions in Portugal will replace the latter Current Teams editNote Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non WR nationality Team Manager Captain Stadium CapacityAcademica nbsp Rui Rodrigues nbsp Antonio Salgueiro Estadio Municipal Sergio Conceicao 2500Agronomia nbsp Kane Hancy nbsp Vasco Ribeiro Tapada da Ajuda 500Belenenses nbsp Joao Mirra nbsp Tomas Sequeira Belem Rugby Park 500Benfica nbsp Len Olivier nbsp Francisco Bessa Estadio Nacional de Honra 5000Cascais nbsp Frederico Sousa nbsp Antonio Vidinha Estadio Municipal Dramatico Cascais 1000CDUL nbsp Julio Farias nbsp Tomas Appleton Estadio Universitario de Lisboa 8000CDUP nbsp Francisco Vareta nbsp Tomas de Aquino Marrana Estadio Universitario do Porto 1500Direito nbsp Enrique Pichot nbsp Duarte Diniz Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira 2500Lousa nbsp Rui Carvoeira nbsp Paulo Marques Estadio Municipal de Rugby Jose Redondo 500Sao Miguel nbsp Luis Supico nbsp Andre Lemos Bulldog Rugby Park 800Portuguese rugby champions edit1958 1959 Belenenses 1959 1960 Benfica 1960 1961 Benfica 1961 1962 Benfica 1962 1963 Belenenses 1963 1964 CDUL 1964 1965 CDUL 1965 1966 CDUL 1966 1967 CDUL 1967 1968 CDUL 1968 1969 CDUL 1969 1970 Benfica 1970 1971 CDUL 1971 1972 CDUL 1972 1973 Belenenses 1973 1974 CDUL 1974 1975 Belenenses 1975 1976 Benfica 1976 1977 Academica 1977 1978 CDUL 1978 1979 Academica 1979 1980 CDUL 1980 1981 Tecnico 1981 1982 CDUL 1982 1983 CDUL 1983 1984 CDUL 1984 1985 CDUL 1985 1986 Benfica 1986 1987 Cascais 1987 1988 Benfica 1988 1989 CDUL 1989 1990 CDUL 1990 1991 Benfica 1991 1992 CascaisCampeonato Nacional Honra editSeason Champion Game Second Place Third Place Game Fourth Place1992 93 Cascais 3 Benfica Belenenses CDUL1993 94 Cascais 4 Direito Benfica CDUL1994 95 Cascais 5 Belenenses Academica CDUL1995 96 Cascais 6 CDUL Belenenses Lousa1996 97 Academica 3 Cascais CDUL Tecnico1997 98 Tecnico 2 Direito Academica Cascais1998 99 Direito 1 Tecnico Academica Cascais1999 00 Direito 2 Agronomia Tecnico CDUP2000 01 Benfica 9 Direito Agronomia Belenenses2001 02 Direito 3 CDUP Benfica Academica2002 03 Belenenses 5 Direito CDUP Agronomia2003 04 Academica 4 Agronomia Direito Belenenses2004 05 Direito 4 Agronomia Belenenses Benfica2005 06 Direito 5 22 06 Belenenses Agronomia 25 15 Benfica2006 07 Agronomia 1 15 08 Direito CDUL 19 10 CDUP2007 08 Belenenses 6 22 21 Agronomia CDUL 34 17 Benfica2008 09 Direito 6 32 25 Agronomia CDUL 41 41 Belenenses2009 10 Direito 7 22 12 Agronomia CDUL 28 19 Belenenses2010 11 Direito 8 09 03 Belenenses Agronomia 23 17 CDUL2011 12 CDUL 18 23 15 Agronomia Direito Academica2012 13 Direito 9 17 09 CDUL Belenenses amp Agronomia2013 14 CDUL 19 19 15 Direito Tecnico amp Belenenses2014 15 Direito 10 26 19 CDUL Tecnico amp Agronomia2015 16 Direito 11 11 06 CDUL Cascais amp Tecnico2016 17 CDUL 20 25 21 Agronomia Direito amp Cascais2017 18 Belenenses 7 17 09 Agronomia Cascais amp Direito2018 19 Agronomia 2 18 10 Belenenses Tecnico CDUL2019 20 Belenenses was in 1st Tecnico was in 2nd Direito was in 3rd Agronomia was in 4th2020 21 Tecnico 3 15 11 Direito Belenenses amp CDUL2021 22 Belenenses 8 31 08 Direito Cascais amp CDUL2022 23 Direito 12 31 23 Cascais Agronomia amp BenficaClub Titles Years wonCDUL 20 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1974 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1989 1990 2012 2014 2017Direito 12 1999 2000 2002 2005 2006 2009 2010 2011 2013 2015 2016 2023Benfica 9 1960 1961 1962 1970 1976 1986 1988 1991 2001Belenenses 8 1959 1963 1973 1975 2003 2008 2018 2022Cascais 6 1987 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996Academica 4 1977 1979 1997 2004Tecnico 3 1981 1998 2021Agronomia 2 2007 2019See also editCampeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisao Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisao Taca de Portugal de Rugby Supertaca de Portugal de Rugby Copa Iberica de Rugby Taca Iberica de Rugby Rugby union in PortugalExternal links editPortuguese Rugby Federation Official Website nbsp This article about sports in Portugal is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a rugby union competition is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Campeonato Portugues de Rugby amp oldid 1184268729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
