2011 Championship 1

The 2011 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, along with the play-off winners will be promoted to the 2012 Rugby Football League Championship. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.
All of the teams competed in the 2011 Challenge Cup but the South Wales Scorpions did not compete in the 2011 National League Cup.

2011 structure

The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2010. The exceptions being that the Hunslet Hawks and the York City Knights were both promoted to compete in the 2011 RFL Championship. The Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated from the 2010 RFL Championship. The competition was to contain 11 teams, however, the Blackpool Panthers went into administration and were thus omitted from the competition for 2011

Team	2010 Season	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
16px Doncaster	9th	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231	Doncaster, South Yorkshire
16px Gateshead Thunder	11th	Thunderdome	11,800	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
16px Keighley Cougars	10th	Cougar Park	6,800	Keighley, West Yorkshire
16px London Skolars	10th	New River Stadium	5,000	Haringey, London
16px Oldham	2nd	Whitebank Stadium	1500	Limeside, Oldham Greater Manchester
16px Rochdale Hornets	5th	Spotland Stadium	10,249	Rochdale, Greater Manchester
16px South Wales Scorpions	6th	The Gnoll	6,000	Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales
16px Swinton Lions	8th	The Willows	N/A	Swinton, Greater Manchester
16px Whitehaven	11th	Recreation Ground	7,500	Whitehaven, Cumbria
16px Workington Town	7th	Derwent Park	10,000	Workington, Cumbria

	Teams qualifying for promotion
	Teams qualifying for the Play-offs

The following are the top points scorers in Championship 1 during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs.