2011 RFL Championship

Co-operative Championship 2011

League	Co-operative Championship
Duration	22 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Number of teams	10
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports
2011 Season
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The 2011 Rugby Football League Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.

The 2011 Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1.

There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for license in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.

All of the teams in the 2011 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2011 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2011 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.

Teams

This competition features mostly the same teams as it did in 2010. The Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights were promoted from the 2010 Championship 1 while the Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated.

Legend
	Reigning champions
	Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions
	Promoted

	Team & Current Season	Stadium	Capacity	Location
	Barrow Raiders	Craven Park	7,600	Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
	Batley Bulldogs	Mount Pleasant	6,000	Batley, West Yorkshire
	Dewsbury Rams	Tetley's Stadium	3,500	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
	Featherstone Rovers	Bigfellas Stadium	6,750	Featherstone, West Yorkshire
	Halifax	The Shay Stadium	6,561	Halifax, West Yorkshire
	Hunslet Hawks	South Leeds Stadium	N/A	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Leigh Centurions	Leigh Sports Village	12,700	Leigh, Greater Manchester
	Sheffield Eagles	Bramall Lane	32,702	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
	Toulouse Olympique XIII	Stade des Minimes	4,066	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France
	Widnes Vikings	Stobart Stadium Halton	13,500	Widnes, Cheshire
	York City Knights	Huntington Stadium	3,428	York, North Yorkshire

Season Standings

2011 Co-operative Championship
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Bns	Pts
1	Featherstone Rovers	20	18	1	1	840	348	+492	0	56
2	Leigh Centurions	20	18	1	1	776	368	+408	1	53
3	Batley Bulldogs	20	12	0	8	498	406	+92	0	41
4	Sheffield Eagles	20	12	0	8	577	488	+89	0	39
5	Widnes Vikings	20	11	1	8	555	532	+23	0	38
6	Halifax RLFC	20	10	0	10	569	543	+26	1	36
7	Hunslet Hawks	20	4	1	15	395	630	-235	3	20
8	York City Knights	20	5	1	14	416	788	-372	3	19
9	Dewsbury Rams	20	4	1	15	413	618	−205	0	18
10	Toulouse Olympique(R)	20	4	0	16	358	663	−305	0	15
11	Barrow Raiders (R)	20	9	0	11	527	540	-13	1	0

	Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
	Teams in relegation position

This table is correct as of 25 August 2010 (1:12pm). Source: http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl1.php

Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.

Season Results

For the season results, see here.

See also

• Co-operative Championship
• 2011 Championship 1
• British rugby league system
• Super League
• Rugby League Conference
• Northern Ford Premiership
• National League Cup
• Rugby League Reserve Team Championship