2009 Championship 1
Introduction '''2009 Championship 1''' was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league will be promoted to the Co-operative Championship. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.
2009 Structure  Championship 1Team  2008 SeasonStadium CapacityCity/Area  16px Blackpool Panthers 9th Woodlands Memorial Ground 9,000 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire 16px Dewsbury Rams 11th(National League One) Crown Flatt 5,100 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire 16px Hunslet Hawks 12th South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, West Yorkshire 16px Keighley Cougars 5th Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire 16px London Skolars 11th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London 16px Oldham 3rd Boundary Park 10,368 Oldham, Greater Manchester 16px Rochdale Hornets 7th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester 16px Swinton Lions 10th Park Lane 3,000 Swinton, Greater Manchester 16px Workington Town 8th Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria 16px York City Knights 6th Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North YorkshireThe Dewsbury Rams were easily the best team throughout the regular season. They won all their games and finished on top of the table, 12 points ahead of the second placed Keighley Cougars. The Rochdale Hornets were stripped of six competition points  for going into administration and had to be reformed by local fans .
Table Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw. Bonus points were awarded (one point per game) to losing teams where the margin of defeat was 13 points or less.PositionClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPts forPts agstPts diffPoints'''1'''16px Dewsbury Rams 1818007602335370'''54''''''2'''16px Keighley Cougars1813055394151243'''42''''''3'''16px York City Knights1812065893602294'''40''''''4'''16px Oldham R.L.F.C.1810176184491694'''35''''''5'''16px Blackpool Panthers18918565456765'''33''''''6'''16px Hunslet Hawks181008472411613'''33''''''7'''16px Swinton Lions188010513516 −33'''27''''''8'''16px Rochdale Hornets186012500557 −576'''15'''(a)'''9'''16px Workington Town182016281700 −4195'''11''''''10'''16px London Skolars181017210927 −7172'''5'''a: Rochdale were docked 9 points for going into administration.
Play-offs Championship 1 uses a top 6 play-off system.===Elimination semi-finals===HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance  Blackpool Panthers18–21  Hunslet Hawks13 September, 15:00 GMTWoodlands Memorial GroundCraig Halloran  543  Oldham R.L.F.C.31–26     Swinton Lions13 September, 15:00 GMTBoundary ParkMatthew Thomasson 745 ===Qualification and elimination matches===HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance  Keighley Cougars 32–18 12px York City Knights20 September, 15:00 GMTCougar Park Ronnie Laughton 1,501    Oldham R.L.F.C. 54–30     Hunslet Hawks20 September, 15:00 GMTBoundary Park Jamie Leahy 801 ===Final qualifiers===HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance 16px York City Knights 14–44  Oldham R.L.F.C. 27 September, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium Phil Bentham 1,164 ===Grand Final===HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance  Keighley Cougars 28–26  Oldham R.L.F.C. 4 October, 15:05 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Ronnie Laughton 11,398
2009 Attendances    Team   Played   Highest   Lowest   Total   Average  120px Dewsbury Rams  92,10391211,3811,265220px York City Knights   103,10662911,4691,147320px Keighley Cougars   101,7265349,898989420px Oldham R.L.F.C. 111,41974510,710974520px Rochdale Hornets   91,2494806,139682620px Hunslet Hawks   910194125,747639 720px Blackpool Panthers   89752804,139517  820px Swinton Lions   97053694,610512    920px Workington Town   66933533070512    1020px London Skolars   91,1562154003445        '''Total''''''90''''''11,398''''''215''''''82,564''''''907'''– Crowd figures could not be found for all games.– The final will be played at a neutral venue and thus will not be included in the averages of any team.
See also * Co-operative Championship* 2009 Co-operative Championship* RFL League 1
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