2013–14 División de Plata de Balonmano

División de Plata
Season	2013–14
Champions	FC Barcelona B
Relegated	Ereintza Aguaplast
Matches played	240
Goals scored	13,490 (56.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Jiménez, 207 goals
Biggest home win	Calmec Barakaldo 41–25 ARS Palma del Río
Biggest away win	Go Fit Sinfín 23–36 Meridiano Antequera
Highest scoring	Calmec Barakaldo 40–36 Go Fit Sinfín; ARS Palma del Río 39–37 Bordils
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season of the División de Plata de Balonmano is the 20th season of second-tier handball in Spain.

Regular season started in September 2013 and finished on 10 May, 2014. After completing 30 matchdays, top team is promoted to Liga ASOBAL, and teams qualified 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th play the promotion playoff.

FC Barcelona B was the champion team, but due to its reserve status, they can't promote to Liga ASOBAL. Next team in standings (2nd), MMT Seguros Zamora, was promoted to Liga ASOBAL.

Competition rules[edit]

The championship consist of 16 teams playing each other twice for a total of 30 matchdays. At end of regular season, the top team in the standings is promoted to Liga ASOBAL. Teams in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place play the promotion playoff for a single spot in Liga ASOBAL. Bottom team is relegated to Primera División Estatal while teams in 13th, 14th and 15th play the relegation playoff.

Points during regular season are awarded as following;

Each victory adds 2 points to the winner team.

Each drawn adds 1 point to each team.

Promotion and relegation[edit]

Once finished 2013–14 regular season.

Teams promoted to Liga ASOBAL 2014–15

MMT Seguros Zamora – 2nd at standings
Servigroup Benidorm – via playoffs

Teams relegated to 2014–15 Primera Nacional

Ereintza Aguaplast

Teams[edit]

A. Octavio

ARS Palma del Río

Barcelona B

Alcobendas

Teucro

Torrelavega

Sinfín

Pozoblanco

Bordils

Benidorm

Zamora

Antequera

Chapela

Barakaldo

Amenabar

Ereintza

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Location of teams in División de Plata 2013–14

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Academia Octavio	Vigo	As Travesas	4,500
ARS Palma del Río	Palma del Río	El Pandero	1,500
FC Barcelona B	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,500
Alcobendas	Alcobendas	Los Sueños	1,000
Teucro	Pontevedra	Pavillón Municipal	4,000
Torrelavega	Torrelavega	Vicente Trueba	5,375
Go Fit Sinfín	Santander	La Albericia	4,000
Pozoblanco	Pozoblanco	Juan Sepúlveda	1,500
Calmec Barakaldo	Barakaldo	Lasesarre	2,576
Amenabar Zarautz	Zarautz	Polideportivo Municipal	3,000
Ereintza Aguaplast	Errenteria	Galtzaraborda	1,000
Bordils	Bordils	Pavelló Blanc i Verd	500
Servigroup Benidorm	Benidorm	Palau d'Esports L'Illa	1,000
MMT Seguros Zamora	Zamora	Manuel Camba	500
Meridiano Antequera	Antequera	Fernando Argüelles	2,575
Construcciones Castro Chapela	Chapela	Pabellón Municipal	600

Regular season standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Barcelona B^[a]	30	20	5	5	920	788	+132	45
2	MMT Seguros Zamora	30	18	3	9	913	841	+72	39	Promoted
3	Alcobendas	30	19	1	10	867	800	+67	39	Promotion playoff
4	Servigroup Benidorm	30	18	3	9	827	785	+42	39
5	Amenabar Zarautz	30	18	1	11	824	816	+8	37
6	Calmec Barakaldo	30	15	4	11	897	895	+2	34
7	Got Fit Sinfín	30	16	1	13	852	860	−8	33
8	Meridiano Antequera	29	16	3	10	856	835	+21	33^[b]
9	Academia Octavio	30	14	3	13	863	831	+32	31
10	Torrelavega	30	13	3	14	837	811	+26	29
11	Bordils	30	13	2	15	869	863	+6	28
12	Teucro	30	12	4	14	838	839	−1	28
13	Pozoblanco	30	13	1	16	815	819	−4	27	Relegation round
14	Construcciones Castro Chapela	30	7	5	18	800	860	−60	19
15	ARS Palma del Río	30	5	1	24	730	875	−145	9^[c]
16	Ereintza Aguaplast	30	2	2	26	782	972	−190	6	Relegated

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

^ FC Barcelona B can't promote to Liga ASOBAL due its reserve team status.
^ 2 points deducted?
^ 2 points deducted?

Promotion playoff[edit]

^[2]

Winner of Final will be promoted to Liga ASOBAL for 2014–15 season.

Host team: Alcobendas
City: Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
Venue: Pabellón de los Sueños and Pabellón Amaya Valdemoro
Date: 24–25 May 2014

Bracket[edit]

Semifinals			Final

3	Alcobendas	30

6	Calmec Barakaldo	22
			3	Alcobendas	25

			4	Servigroup Benidorm	26
4	Servigroup Benidorm	26

5	Amenabar Zarautz	22	Third place


			6	Calmec Barakaldo	22

			5	Amenabar Zarautz	31

Promoted to Liga ASOBAL
Servigroup Benidorm (First time ever)

Semifinals[edit]

24 May 17:00 (UTC+2)	Alcobendas	30–22	Calmec Barakaldo	Pabellón de los Sueños, Alcobendas Referees: Álvarez Jiménez, Friera Cavada
		(13–10)

24 May 19:15 (UTC+2)	Servigroup Benidorm	26–22	Amenabar Zarautz	Pabellón de los Sueños, Alcobendas Referees: San Pedro Colorado, Miranda Bedate
		(13–11)

Third place[edit]

25 May 10:30 (UTC+2)	Calmec Barakaldo	22–31	Amenabar Zarautz	Pabellón Amaya Valdemoro, Alcobendas Referees: Friera Cavada, Álvarez Menéndez
		(8–16)

Final[edit]

25 May 12:30 (UTC+2)	Alcobendas	25–26 (a.e.t.)	Servigroup Benidorm	Pabellón Amaya Valdemoro, Alcobendas Referees: Fernández Molina, Murillo Castro
		(12–8)

Relegation round[edit]

^[3]

Two last teams in the table will be relegated to Primera División for 2014–15 season.

Host team: Pozoblanco
City: Pozoblanco, Andalusia
Venue: Pabellón Municipal Juan Sepúlveda
Date: 23–25 May 2014

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	ARS Palma del Río	2	2	0	55	48	+7	4
2	Pozoblanco	2	1	1	52	55	−3	2	Relegated
3	Construcciones Castro Chapela	2	0	2	52	56	−4	0	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches[edit]

23 May 21:00 (UTC+2)	ARS Palma del Río	28–23	Pozoblanco	Pabellón Juan Sepúlveda, Pozoblanco Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallardo Cabello, Sergio Fco. & Fco. José
	Perella 8	(11–8)	Casado 7
	3×	Report	4× 1×

24 May 18:30 (UTC+2)	Construcciones Castro Chapela	25–27	ARS Palma del Río	Pabellón Juan Sepúlveda, Pozoblanco Attendance: 200 Referees: Muñoz Díaz, Posada González
	González 7	(14–12)	Ortiz 7
	5× 1×	Report	2×

25 May 12:30 (UTC+2)	Pozoblanco	29–27	Construcciones Castro Chapela	Pabellón Juan Sepúlveda, Pozoblanco Attendance: 150 Referees: Amigo Plaza, García de la Galana
	Casado 9	(15–16)	Chema Cid 9
	3×	Report	5×

Relegated to Primera División 2014–15
Pozoblanco	Construcciones Castro Chapela

Top goal scorers[edit]

^[4]

Player	Goals	Team
David Jiménez	207	Servigroup Benidorm
Álex Álvarez	201	Go Fit Sinfín
David Aguirrezabalaga	190	Amenabar Zarautz
Octavio Magadán	183	MMT Seguros Zamora
Jorge Martín	172	MMT Seguros Zamora
Guillermo Barbón	171	Torrelavega
Oier García	170	Calmec Barakaldo
Carlos García	164	Teucro
David Pichel	164	Teucro
Chema Cid	155	Construcciones Castro Chapela

References[edit]

^ standings at rfebm.net
^ promotion playoffs schedule and results
^ "relegation round schedule and results". Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
^ top goalscorers list at rfebm.net

External links[edit]

Regular season standings
Promotion playoffs and relegation round schedule Archived 2014-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

[table_note_FCB0.26181240717965-1] FC Barcelona B can't promote to Liga ASOBAL due its reserve team status.

[table_hth_MER0.26181240717965-2] 2 points deducted?

[table_hth_ARS0.26181240717965-3] 2 points deducted?

[4] standings at rfebm.net

[5] romotion playoffs schedule and results

[6] "relegation round schedule and results". Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-20.

[7] top goalscorers list at rfebm.net

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