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Campeonato Português de Rugby

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Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra
FormerlyCampeonato SuperBock
SportRugby union
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
First season1958
Owner(s)Federação Portuguesa de Rugby
No. of teams12
CountryPortugal
Most recent
champion(s)
Belenenses
Most titlesCDUL (20 titles)
TV partner(s)RugbyTV.pt (Live Streams)
Relegation toCampeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão
International cup(s)European Rugby Challenge Cup
European Rugby Continental Shield
Related
competitions
Taça de Portugal de Rugby
Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby
Official websitefpr.pt

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.

Format

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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 relegation

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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 Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Team Manager Captain Stadium Capacity
Académica South Africa Lodie Van Staden Portugal António Salgueiro Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição 2500
Agronomia Portugal Luís Pissarra Portugal João Lima Tapada da Ajuda 500
Belenenses Portugal João Mirra Portugal Tomás Sequeira Belém Rugby Park 500
Benfica Portugal Martim Aguiar New Zealand Hayden Hann Campo nº2 - Lisbon University 1500
Cascais Argentina Gabriel Ascárate Portugal António Vidinha Estádio Municipal Dramático Cascais 1000
CDUL New Zealand Kane Hancy Portugal Tomás Appleton Estádio Universitário de Lisboa 8000
CDUP Portugal Francisco Vareta Portugal Tomás Marrana Estádio Universitário do Porto 1500
Direito Portugal Bernardo Mota Portugal Duarte Diniz Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira 2500
Lousã Argentina Claudio Venturino Portugal Paulo Marques Estádio Municipal de Rugby José Redondo 500
RC Montemor Portugal João Baptista Malta Parque Desportivo Municipal 500
São Miguel Portugal João Uva Fiji Robert Delai Bulldog Rugby Park 800
C. R. Técnico Portugal António Manzoni de Sequeira Portugal Rodrigo Bento Campo das Olaias 800

Champions

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Season Champion Game Second Place Third Place Fourth Place 1st before playoffs Ref
1958/59   Belenenses #1 [1]
1959/60   Benfica #1
1960/61   Benfica #2
1961/62   Benfica #3
1962/63   Belenenses #2
1963/64   CDUL #1 Belenenses
1964/65   CDUL #2 Belenenses
1965/66   CDUL #3 Académica
1966/67   CDUL #4 Académica
1967/68   CDUL #5 Benfica
1968/69   CDUL #6 Académica
1969/70   Benfica #4 Técnico
1970/71   CDUL #7
1971/72   CDUL #8
1972/73   Belenenses #3
1973/74   CDUL #9
1974/75   Belenenses #4
1975/76   Benfica #5
1976/77   Académica #1
1977/78   CDUL #10
1978/79   Académica #2
1979/80   CDUL #11 Benfica Direito Académica [2]
1980/81   Técnico #1 CDUL Académica CDUP [3]
1981/82   CDUL #12 Académica Benfica Direito [4]
1982/83   CDUL #13 Académica Belenenses Direito [5]
1983/84   CDUL #14 [1]
1984/85   CDUL #15
1985/86   Benfica #6
1986/87   Cascais #1
1987/88   Benfica #7
1988/89   CDUL #16
1989/90   CDUL #17
1990/91   Benfica #8
1991/92   Cascais #2
1992/93   Cascais #3 Benfica Belenenses CDUL [6]
1993/94   Cascais #4 Direito Benfica CDUL [7]
1994/95   Cascais #5 Belenenses Académica CDUL [8]
1995/96   Cascais #6 CDUL Belenenses Lousã [9]
1996/97   Académica #3 Cascais CDUL Técnico
1997/98   Técnico #2 Direito Académica Cascais [10]
1998/99   Direito #1 Académica Técnico CDUP [11]
1999/00   Direito #2 Agronomia Técnico CDUP [12]
2000/01   Benfica #9 Direito Agronomia Belenenses [13]
2001/02   Direito #3 CDUP Benfica Académica
2002/03   Belenenses #5 Direito CDUP Agronomia
2003/04   Académica #4 Agronomia Direito Belenenses
2004/05   Direito #4 Agronomia Belenenses Benfica
2005/06   Direito #5 22-06 Belenenses Agronomia Benfica Belenenses
2006/07   Agronomia #1 15-08 Direito CDUL CDUP Agronomia
2007/08   Belenenses #6 22-21 Agronomia CDUL Benfica Agronomia
2008/09   Direito #6 32-25 Agronomia CDUL Belenenses Agronomia
2009/10   Direito #7 22-12 Agronomia CDUL Belenenses Agronomia
2010/11   Direito #8 09-03 Belenenses Agronomia CDUL CDUL
2011/12   CDUL #18 23-15 Agronomia Direito Académica CDUL
2012/13   Direito #9 17-09 CDUL Belenenses Agronomia CDUL
2013/14   CDUL #19 19-15 Direito Técnico Belenenses Direito
2014/15   Direito #10 26-19 CDUL Técnico Agronomia CDUL
2015/16   Direito #11 11-06 CDUL Cascais Técnico CDUL
2016/17   CDUL #20 25-21 Agronomia Direito Cascais Agronomia
2017/18   Belenenses #7 17-09 Agronomia Cascais Direito Agronomia
2018/19   Agronomia #2 18-10 Belenenses Técnico CDUL Belenenses
2019/20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal Belenenses
2020/21   Técnico #3 15-11 Direito Belenenses CDUL Direito
2021/22   Belenenses #8 31-08 Direito Cascais CDUL Belenenses
2022/23   Direito #12 31-23 Cascais Agronomia Benfica Cascais
2023/24   Belenenses #9 19-18 Agronomia Benfica Direito Belenenses
2024/25  
Club Titles Years won
CDUL 20 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2017
Direito 12 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023
Belenenses 9 1959, 1963, 1973, 1975, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2022, 2024
Benfica 9 1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2001
Cascais 6 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Académica 4 1977, 1979, 1997, 2004
Técnico 3 1981, 1998, 2021
Agronomia 2 2007, 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b http://rugbyarchive.net/compsoverview/372 [bare URL]
  2. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/n1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/n7.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/n14.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/n23.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/n1-abr-93.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/n5-abr-94.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/n9-abr-95.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/n12-mai-97.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ https://maodemestrebiblos.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/n15-mai-98.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ "Arquivo.pt".
  12. ^ "Direito soma novo título nacional à chuva".
  13. ^ "2000-2024 - Classificações".
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