The 2016–17 División de Honor was the 50th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.

Valladolid won the title, its seventh overall after defeating local arch-rivals El Salvador in the Final.

The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 bonus point for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
• 1 bonus point for a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots.

The club which finished bottom was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.

The bottom team in the standings was relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th played the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B was promoted to División de Honor.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	2,000	Alcobendas, Madrid	Valladolid El Salvador Santboiana Bizkaia Gernika Ordizia Barcelona Cisneros Hernani Alcobendas Independiente Ciencias Getxo class=notpageimage| 2016–17 División de Honor teams
Barcelona	La Teixonera	500	Barcelona
Bizkaia Gernika	Urbieta	2,500	Gernika, Bizkaia
Ciencias	Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja	1,932	Seville
Complutense Cisneros	Estadio Complutense	12,400	Madrid
El Salvador	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid
Gernika RT	Urbieta zelaia	1,000	Gernika
Getxo Artea R.T.	Fadura	1,000	Guecho
Hernani	Landare Toki	500	Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RC	San Román	1,500	Santander, Cantabria
Ordizia	Altamira	500[1]	Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana	Baldiri Aleu	4,000	Sant Boi de Llobregat
Valladolid	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					Final
						2	Valladolid	19
	3	Alcobendas	47			3	Alcobendas	6
	6	Independiente	24								Valladolid		15
											El Salvador		6
						1	El Salvador	32
	4	Saintboiana	39			4	Saintboiana	16
	5	Cisneros	15

The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Getxo Artea, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and UBU-Colina Clinic, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Getxo Artea won 132-19 on aggregate and remained in the División de Honor A.

	Relegation/promotion playoff
	11th	Getxo Artea	47	85	132
	DHB	UBU	19	0	19

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