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
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 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
Team Location Stadium CapacityAcademia OctavioVigoAs Travesas4,500ARS Palma del RíoPalma del RíoEl Pandero1,500FC Barcelona BBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,500AlcobendasAlcobendasLos Sueños1,000TeucroPontevedraPavillón Municipal4,000TorrelavegaTorrelavegaVicente Trueba5,375Go Fit SinfínSantanderLa Albericia4,000PozoblancoPozoblancoJuan Sepúlveda1,500Calmec BarakaldoBarakaldoLasesarre2,576Amenabar ZarautzZarautzPolideportivo Municipal3,000Ereintza AguaplastErrenteriaGaltzaraborda1,000BordilsBordilsPavelló Blanc i Verd500Servigroup BenidormBenidormPalau d'Esports L'Illa1,000MMT Seguros ZamoraZamoraManuel Camba500Meridiano AntequeraAntequeraFernando Argüelles2,575Construcciones Castro ChapelaChapelaPabellón Municipal600
Regular season standings
Promotion playoff
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
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Relegation round
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
Matches
Relegated to Primera División 2014–15PozoblancoConstrucciones Castro Chapela
Top goal scorers
PlayerGoalsTeam David Jiménez207Servigroup Benidorm Álex Álvarez201Go Fit Sinfín David Aguirrezabalaga190Amenabar Zarautz Octavio Magadán183MMT Seguros Zamora Jorge Martín172MMT Seguros Zamora Guillermo Barbón171Torrelavega Oier García170Calmec Barakaldo Carlos García164Teucro David Pichel164Teucro Chema Cid155Construcciones Castro Chapela
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