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 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]
Referencesedit
^"Points System". Rugby League Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^. 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".
2014, championship, known, kingstone, press, championship, sponsorship, reasons, semi, professional, rugby, league, football, competition, played, england, third, tier, sport, country, leaguechampionship, 1duration20, matchesteams92014, seasonchampionshunslet,. 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 2014 Championship 1LeagueChampionship 1Duration20 matchesTeams92014 SeasonChampionsHunslet HawksLeague LeadersYork City Knights 20132015 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 Contents 1 2014 structure 2 Season table 3 Season results 4 References 5 External links2014 structure editThe 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 amp current season 2013 Position Stadium Capacity Location nbsp Gateshead Thunder 7th Thunderdome 11 800 Gateshead Tyne and Wear nbsp Gloucestershire All Golds 9th Prince of Wales Stadium 480 Cheltenham Gloucestershire nbsp Hemel Stags 5th Pennine Way 2 000 Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire nbsp Hunslet Hawks 13th Championship South Leeds Stadium 4 000 Hunslet West Yorkshire nbsp London Skolars 4th New River Stadium March to May Queen Elizabeth II Stadium May to August 5 000 2 500 Haringey London Enfield London nbsp Oldham 2nd Whitebank Stadium 1 500 temporary capacity Limeside Oldham Greater Manchester nbsp Oxford RLFC 6th Iffley Road 500 Oxford Oxfordshire nbsp South Wales Scorpions 8th Llynfi Road 6 000 Maesteg Bridgend Wales nbsp York City Knights 14th Championship Huntington Stadium 3 428 York North YorkshireSeason table edit2014 Championship 1vte Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Bns Pts 1 nbsp York City Knights 19 16 3 0 700 339 361 3 51 2 nbsp Hunslet Hawks 19 14 5 0 666 243 423 4 46 3 nbsp Oldham 19 14 4 1 607 433 174 1 45 4 nbsp Gateshead Thunder 20 11 9 0 615 576 39 3 36 5 nbsp Hemel Stags 19 8 10 1 460 499 39 5 31 6 nbsp Gloucestershire All Golds 19 8 11 0 422 548 126 5 29 7 nbsp London Skolars 19 5 14 0 443 609 166 8 23 8 nbsp Oxford RLFC 19 7 12 0 471 657 186 1 22 9 nbsp 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 PlayoffsSeason results editMain article 2014 Championship 1 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 edit 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 editOfficial Championship 1 website RFL Championship coverage Scores from Sky Sports RugbyLeague org Championship 1 Fans Forums permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2014 Championship 1 amp oldid 1202006479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
