The Royal
Spanish Rugby Federation () is the governing body for the sport of
rugby union in Spain
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions.
The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federac ...
.
The Spanish Rugby Federation was founded in 1923, and joined the International Rugby Football Board, later known as the International Rugby Board and now as
World Rugby
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competit ...
, in 1988. It is located in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
.
See also
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Spain national rugby union team
The Spain national rugby union team, nicknamed Los Leones (''The Lions''), is administered by the Spanish Rugby Federation. The team competes in the annual European Nations Cup (rugby union), European Nations Cup, the highest European rugby cha ...
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Spain women's national rugby union team
The Spain women's national rugby union team played their first match on 2 May 1989, against France, losing 0-28. The team played the Women's Six Nations from 2000 to 2006, but they were replaced by Italy for 2007, in order to mirror the men's ...
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Spain national rugby sevens team
Spain's national rugby sevens team is one of 12 core teams participating in all ten tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series, having qualified by winning the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament. Spain participated as a core team in th ...
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Spain women's national rugby sevens team
Spain women's national rugby sevens team participates in the European Women's Sevens Series and finished second overall in the 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series. Spain qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the 2016 Wome ...
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Spain national under-20 rugby union team
The Spain national under-20 rugby union team is the junior national rugby union team from Spain. The team competed at the World Rugby U20 Trophy.
Spain qualified for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, 2016 Under 20 Trophy after defeating 2 ...
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Rugby union in Spain
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions.
The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federac ...
*
División de Honor de Rugby
The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby ( Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of ...
(Spain's top tier domestic rugby union competition)
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División de Honor B de Rugby
División de Honor B is the second level of Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. The league began in 1998 and consists of three groups (North, East and South) of 8 or 9 teams each. The two top teams of each group and two best 3rd-plac ...
(Spain's second tier domestic rugby union competition)
External links
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Official Site
References
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Rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby union: 15 players per side
*** American flag rugby
*** Beach rugby
*** Mini rugby
*** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side
*** Rugby tens, 10 players per side
*** Snow rugby
*** Tou ...
Rugby union in Spain
Rugby union governing bodies in Europe
National members of World Rugby
Sports organizations established in 1923
1923 establishments in Spain