2014 Heartland Championship
| Date | 23 August 2014–26 October 2014 |
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| Countries |
 New Zealand
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| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Mid Canterbury (Meads Cup) Wanganui (Lochore Cup) |
| Runner-up |
.png){kind=small} Buller (Meads Cup) North Otago (Lochore Cup) |
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| Meads Cup, Heartland Championship and ITM Cup Championship qualification | |
| Lochore Cup qualification |
The 2014 Heartland Championship was the ninth edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advanced to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advanced to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) played at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) played at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final had the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.
The 2014 Heartland Championship will be contested by the following teams.
Two Heartland Championship teams, Thames Valley and Mid Canterbury, challenged Counties Manukau for the Ranfurly Shield in two matches that took place in at Counties Manukau's home ground, ECOLight Stadium in Pukekohe.
In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:
In the caseof a three-team or more tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:
Updated: 10 June 2014
The schedule of fixtures was released on 3 April 2014.
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