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 the two 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 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 ==