The 2021–22 División de Honor was the 55th season of the División de Honor, the top flight of Spanish domestic rugby union.

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2021–22 División de Honor
Countries	Spain
Date	3 October 2021
Champions	Santboiana
Runners-up	Ordizia
Relegated	Gernika, Alcobendas
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The season took place between October and May.

The league format was altered for the 2021-22 season.^[1] The twelve teams were split into two groups of 6, based on their placings in last season's league.

Teams played the other teams in their group twice, and then played a further six games against teams from the other group, making a total of 16 games.

The teams were all classified in the same table, with the top eight sides qualifying for the playoffs to decide the champion.

Points were awarded as follows:

• 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

Relegated sides Independiente and Getxo were replaced by La Vila and Gernika.

Valladolid

El Salvador

Santboiana

Gernika

Aparejadores

Ordizia

Barcelona

Cisneros

Alcobendas

La Vila

Ciencias

Abelles

2021–22 División de Honor teams

The final standings were affected by Alcobendas' use of Gavin van den Berg, a South African-born player whose passport was found to have falsified stamps on it. It emerged that van den Berg had played for Spain's national team despite not meeting the minimum residency requirements necessary to be eligible. Spain were duly disqualified from the rugby World Cup and Alcobendas were relegated for their part in the scandal.^[3]

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	TF	TA	+/-	Bon	Los	Pts
1	El Salvador	16	11	0	5	451	327	124	62	44	18	5	5	54
2	Santboiana	16	12	0	4	463	351	112	58	40	18	2	3	53
3	Alcobendas	16	10	0	6	422	289	133	49	28	21	4	6	50
4	Ordizia	16	10	1	5	416	328	88	44	37	7	4	3	49
5	Ciencias	16	10	1	5	444	324	120	54	44	10	4	2	48
6	Complutense Cisneros	16	8	0	8	381	407	-26	39	56	-17	0	3	35
7	FC Barcelona	16	7	0	9	395	408	-13	53	44	9	3	4	35
8	Aparejadores	16	6	3	7	396	389	7	43	46	-3	2	3	35
9	Valladolid	16	7	1	8	326	384	-58	37	40	-3	1	3	34
10	Les Abelles	16	5	0	11	341	503	-162	46	69	-23	1	3	24
11	CR La Vila	16	4	0	12	281	429	-148	38	54	-16	0	2	18
12	Gernika RT	16	3	0	13	270	447	-177	36	57	-21	1	5	18
Source: Federación Española de Rugby: Clasificación de la División de Honor

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The playoffs were played on the 15 May 2022, with the exception of Alcobendas vs. Cisneros, which was postponed due to ongoing investigations in the Van den Berg affair.^[4] The Spanish rugby federation finally disqualified Alcobendas on the 26 May 2022, meaning Cisneros earned a bye to the semifinals.

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					Final
	1	El Salvador	20
	8	Aparejadores	14
						El Salvador		27
						Ordizia		30
	4	Ordizia	26
	5	Ciencias	20
											Ordizia		17
											Santboiana		23
	2	Santboiana	30
	7	Barcelona	23
						Santboiana		32
						Cisneros		26
	3	Alcobendas
	6	Cisneros

The twelve teams were divided into four groups of three.^[5] The winner of each group proceeded to the semifinals of the cup, which were one-legged ties.

The draw for the cup groups was restricted to ensure that teams are in the same group as well. This enabled specified league games to also count as cup group games.

Group 1: Barcelona, El Salvador, La Vila

Group 2: Ordizia, Les Abelles, Valladolid

Group 3: Santboiana, Lexus Alcobendas, Complutense Cisneros

Group 4: Gernika, Ciencias, Aparejadores

Although Alcobendas won a place in the final, they were eliminated from the competition as a result of the Van der Berg affair and were replaced in the final by Ciencias. Due to the prolonged investigation into Alcobendas, it was not possible to schedule the final before the off-season began, and the final was delayed until September 25 2022.^[6]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Ordizia	16
	2	El Salvador	23
						El Salvador		27
						Ciencias		26
	3	Alcobendas	23
	4	Ciencias	18