Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Championship 1, known as Kingstone Press Championship 1 due to sponsorship by the Kingstone Press Cider, is a rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. It acts as the country's third-tier competition behind the Championship, with which it has a system of promotion and relegation. In 2014 it will be contested by nine teams, eight from England and one from Wales. It is organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in the UK.The current incarnation of third-tier British rugby league dates to 2003, when the Northern Ford Premiership was divided into National League One and National League Two. With the addition of the French team Toulouse Olympique in 2009, the names were changed to the Championship and Championship 1, respectively. The current champions are Sheffield, who beat Featherstone in the 2012 Championship Grand Final and Doncaster, who came top of the pile of 4 promoted sides and also won the Grand Final beating WhitehavenChampionship 1 teams are only allowed one quota player, other than Gateshead Thunder and London Skolars, to compensate for the lack of amateur clubs outside the rugby league heartlands from which to recruit.. }
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- Championship_1 abstract "Championship 1, known as Kingstone Press Championship 1 due to sponsorship by the Kingstone Press Cider, is a rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. It acts as the country's third-tier competition behind the Championship, with which it has a system of promotion and relegation. In 2014 it will be contested by nine teams, eight from England and one from Wales. It is organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in the UK.The current incarnation of third-tier British rugby league dates to 2003, when the Northern Ford Premiership was divided into National League One and National League Two. With the addition of the French team Toulouse Olympique in 2009, the names were changed to the Championship and Championship 1, respectively. The current champions are Sheffield, who beat Featherstone in the 2012 Championship Grand Final and Doncaster, who came top of the pile of 4 promoted sides and also won the Grand Final beating WhitehavenChampionship 1 teams are only allowed one quota player, other than Gateshead Thunder and London Skolars, to compensate for the lack of amateur clubs outside the rugby league heartlands from which to recruit.".