2014 Championship 1
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 | South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | Hunslet, West Yorkshire |
| London Skolars | 4th | New River Stadium Queen Elizabeth II Stadium | 5,000 2,500 | Haringey, London Enfield, London |
| Oldham | 2nd | Whitebank Stadium | 1,500 | 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 | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |