2009 Championship 1 was a semi-professional

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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

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. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.

2009 Structure

The

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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

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. The

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were stripped of six competition points for going into

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and had to be reformed by local fan

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. a: Rochdale were docked 9 points for going into administration.

Play-offs

Championship 1 uses a Top six play-offs, top 6 play-off system.

Elimination semi-finals

Qualification and elimination matches

Final qualifiers

Grand Final

2009 Attendances

– 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.

References

{{League 1 RFL League 1 Rugby Football League Championship 2009 in English rugby league