2014 Championship 1

May 2014 May 2014 2014 Championship 1 Championship 1 216px Kingstone Press Championships logo 20 matches 9 2014 Season Hunslet Hawks season_champ_name York City Knights League Leaders Man of Steel Award Hunslet Hawks 2013 Championship 1 2013 2015 Championship 1 2015 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 was promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League and the Championship, The top five sides contested the play-offs and the winner was promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league. The only cup competition the teams competed in was the 2014 Challenge Cup after the Northern Rail Cup was scrapped for 2014. 2014 structure The competition featured 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 were Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights, who were relegated from the RFL Championship. Team & current season 2013 Position Stadium Capacity Location Gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder 7th Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Gloucestershire 16 Gloucestershire All Golds 9th Prince of Wales Stadium 480 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Hemel 16 Hemel Stags 5th Pennine Way 2,000 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Hunslet 16 Hunslet Hawks 13th (Championship) South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Hunslet, West Yorkshire London Skolars 16 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 16 Oldham 2nd Whitebank Stadium 1,500 (temporary capacity) Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester Oxford 16 Oxford RLFC 6th Iffley Road 500 Oxford, Oxfordshire South Wales Scorpions 16 South Wales Scorpions 8th Llynfi Road 6,000 Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales York City 16 York City Knights 14th (Championship) Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire Season table main WDL Q 2014 Championship 1 points y y 3 2 YOR York City 16 York City Knights HUN Hunslet 16 Hunslet Hawks OLD Oldham 16 Oldham GAT Gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder HEM Hemel 16 Hemel Stags GLO Gloucestershire 16 Gloucestershire All Golds LON London Skolars 16 London Skolars OXF Oxford 16 Oxford RLFC SWS South Wales Scorpions 16 South Wales Scorpions 17 3 0 738 367 3 15 5 0 716 249 4 15 4 1 675 457 1 11 9 0 615 576 3 8 10 2 482 521 5 8 12 0 446 616 5 5 15 0 471 647 9 7 12 1 493 679 1 2 18 0 304 828 4 #CCFFCC Qualified for play-offs Q Q Q Q #FFFFCC Qualified for promotion P complete rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and Rugby League Project. 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1Points System http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/points_system Rugby League Championships 27 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140330053639/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/points_system 30 March 2014 Season results 2014 Championship 1 season results The regular league season was played over 24 rounds. Each of the nine teams played each other twice (one home, one away), played four additional matches, and had four byes.Competition Structure http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/competition_structure Rugby League Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20141008090458/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/competition_structure 8 October 2014 dead dmy-all At the end of the season, five teams contested a playoff for a place in the new Championship structure. Five clubs were relegated to the Championship 1 from the Championship.Five clubs to be relegated from the Rugby League Championship Sky Sports http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/9160147/five-clubs-to-be-relegated-from-the-rugby-league-championship https://web.archive.org/web/20140211004307/https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/9160147/five-clubs-to-be-relegated-from-the-rugby-league-championship 11 February 2014 References External links Official Championship 1 website RFL Championship coverage Scores from Sky Sports RugbyLeague.org Championship 1 Fans Forums Category:RFL League One Category:Rugby Football League Championship Category:2014 in English rugby league Category:2014 in Welsh rugby league