2014 Championship 1

2014 Championship 1
2014 Championship 1
League	Championship 1
Duration	20 matches
Teams	9
2014 Season
Champions	Hunslet Hawks
League Leaders	York City Knights
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The 2014 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press Championship 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.

One team will be promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League and the Championship, The top five sides will contest the play-offs the winner will be promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.

The only cup competition the teams will compete in is the 2014 Challenge Cup after the Northern Rail Cup was scrapped for 2014.

2014 structure

The competition features the seven teams that did not win promotion at the end of 2012 Championship 1: Gateshead Thunder, Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Oldham, Oxford Rugby League and South Wales Scorpions. The two new teams to the division for 2014 are Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights, who were relegated from the RFL Championship.

Team & current season	2013 Position	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Gateshead Thunder	7th	Thunderdome	11,800	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Gloucestershire All Golds	9th	Prince of Wales Stadium	480	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Hemel Stags	5th	Pennine Way	2,000	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Hunslet Hawks	13th (Championship)	South Leeds Stadium	4,000	Hunslet, West Yorkshire
London Skolars	4th	New River Stadium (March to May) Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (May to August)	5,000 2,500	Haringey, London Enfield, London
Oldham	2nd	Whitebank Stadium	1,500 (temporary capacity)	Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Oxford RLFC	6th	Iffley Road	500	Oxford, Oxfordshire
South Wales Scorpions	8th	Llynfi Road	6,000	Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales
York City Knights	14th (Championship)	Huntington Stadium	3,428	York, North Yorkshire

Season table

2014 Championship 1 v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Bns	Pts
1	York City Knights	19	16	3	0	700	339	+361	3	51
2	Hunslet Hawks	19	14	5	0	666	243	+423	4	46
3	Oldham	19	14	4	1	607	433	+174	1	45
4	Gateshead Thunder	20	11	9	0	615	576	+39	3	36
5	Hemel Stags	19	8	10	1	460	499	-39	5	31
6	Gloucestershire All Golds	19	8	11	0	422	548	-126	5	29
7	London Skolars	19	5	14	0	443	609	-166	8	23
8	Oxford RLFC	19	7	12	0	471	657	-186	1	22
9	South Wales Scorpions	19	2	17	0	298	778	-480	4	10

	Teams qualifying for promotion
	Teams qualifying for play-offs

This table is correct as of 01 September 2014. Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport.

Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.

Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1^[1].
(P) - Promoted, (Pl) - Qualified for Playoffs

Season results

The regular league season sees the 9 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 18 matches.^[2] At the end of the season, five teams will contest a playoff for a place in the new Championship structure. Five clubs will be relegated to the Championship 1 from the Championship.^[3]

References

^ "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^ "Competition Structure". Rugby League Championships. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^ Rimmer, Ralph. "Five clubs to be relegated from the Rugby League Championship _ Sky Sports".

External links

[1] "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[2] "Competition Structure". Rugby League Championships. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[3] Rimmer, Ralph. "Five clubs to be relegated from the Rugby League Championship _ Sky Sports".

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