Championship Table 2015: Football Results, Final Standings and Playoff Fixtures

Bournemouth claimed the 2014-15 Championship title and promotion to the Premier League on Saturday as they beat Charlton Athletic, 3-0.  

They leapfrogged already-promoted Watford into the top spot as the Hornets could only draw with Sheffield Wednesday.

Brentford sneaked into the Championship play-offs at the expense of Derby County as they beat relegated Wigan Athletic, 3-0. The Rams needed only a point at home to Reading to confirm a play-off spot, but a 3-0 defeat saw them drop down to the eighth spot in the table.

The Bees will play fourth-placed Middlesbrough in the play-off semi-final, while local rivals Norwich City and Ipswich Town will face off in the other clash.

Here are the final standings in the Championship, along with the final-day results and the play-off fixtures:

Date	Fixture	Result
Saturday, May 2	Blackburn Rovers vs. Ipswich Town	3-2
Saturday, May 2	Blackpool vs. Huddersfield Town	abandoned
Saturday, May 2	Bolton Wanderers vs. Birmingham City	0-1
Saturday, May 2	Brentford vs. Wigan Athletic	3-0
Saturday, May 2	Charlton Athletic vs. Bournemouth	0-3
Saturday, May 2	Derby County vs. Reading	0-3
Saturday, May 2	Leeds United vs. Rotherham United	0-0
Saturday, May 2	Middlesbrough vs. Brighton	0-0
Saturday, May 2	Norwich City vs. Fulham	4-2
Saturday, May 2	Nottingham Forest vs. Cardiff City	1-2
Saturday, May 2	Watford vs. Sheffield Wednesday	1-1
Saturday, May 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Millwall	4-2

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	46	26	12	8	98	45	53	90
2	Watford	46	27	8	11	91	50	41	89
3	Norwich City	46	25	11	10	88	48	40	86
4	Middlesbrough	46	25	10	11	68	37	31	85
5	Brentford	46	23	9	14	78	59	19	78
6	Ipswich Town	46	22	12	12	72	54	18	78
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	12	12	70	56	14	78
8	Derby County	46	21	14	11	85	56	29	77
9	Blackburn Rovers	46	17	16	13	66	59	7	67
10	Birmingham City	46	16	15	15	54	64	-10	63
11	Cardiff City	46	16	14	16	57	61	-4	62
12	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	54	60	-6	60
13	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	18	14	43	49	-6	60
14	Nottingham Forest	46	15	14	17	71	69	2	59
15	Leeds United	46	15	11	20	50	61	-11	56
16	Huddersfield Town	45	13	15	17	58	75	-17	54
17	Fulham	46	14	10	22	62	83	-21	52
18	Bolton Wanderers	46	13	12	21	54	67	-13	51
19	Reading	46	13	11	22	48	69	-21	50
20	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	10	17	19	44	54	-10	47
21	Rotherham United	46	11	16	19	46	67	-21	46
22	Millwall	46	9	14	23	42	76	-34	41
23	Wigan Athletic	46	9	12	25	39	64	-25	39
24	Blackpool	45	4	13	28	36	91	-55	25

Stage	Date	Time (BST/ET)	Fixture
Semi-final 1st leg	May 8	7:45 p.m./2:45 p.m.	Brentford vs. Middlesbrough
Semi-final 1st leg	May 9	12:15 p.m./7:15 a.m.	Ipswich vs. Norwich
Semi-final 2nd leg	May 15	7:45 p.m./2:45 p.m.	Middlesbrough vs. Brentford
Semi-final 2nd leg	May 16	12:15 p.m./7:15 a.m.	Norwich vs. Ipswich
Final	May 25	3 p.m./10 a.m.	TBD

Steve McLaren's Derby were tipped as potential title-winners ahead of the start of the 2014-15 season, but a late-term malaise has seen them slip out of the play-off spots.

Just two wins from 12 ahead of the Reading fixture had seen them slip down the standings, but they still needed just a point to confirm a play-off place.

They made a disastrous start as Kwesi Appiah scored in the second minute, with Darren Bent then squandering a glorious chance to draw level with a missed penalty in first-half stoppage time.

Reading then made it 2-0 through Michael Hector, and a Garath McCleary penalty was the final nail in the coffin for the Rams and their fans.

In truth, it was a desperately poor performance from Derby, while Reading impressed, per The Guardian's Daniel Taylor:

Brentford were the beneficiaries of Derby's horror show, as goals from Andre Gray, Jota and Alex Pritchard saw them to a 3-0 win against Wigan and into a play-off spot.

Watford had one hand on the Championship trophy until late on in their match with Sheffield Wednesday before Atdhe Nuhiu tied things up at 1-1.

Watford's draw meant that Bournemouth's 3-0 win at Charlton was enough to see them finish the season as champions, a deserved accolade for Eddie Howe's exciting side, per WhoScored.com:

Ipswich slipped to sixth as they lost 3-2 away to Blackburn Rovers, but the Tractor Boys scraped into the play-offs on goal difference, and they set up a tasty semi-final against rivals Norwich.

The Canaries finished the season with a 4-2 win over Fulham, sealing third spot in the Championship as Boro could only claim a goalless draw with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Wolves tried their best to claim a play-off spot with a 4-2 win over Millwall, but Ipswich's and Brentford's superior goal difference proved the key.

As had already been confirmed ahead of Saturday's play, Millwall, Wigan and Blackpool are relegated to League One.

The Seasiders fans staged a protest against the owning Oyston family in their fixture against Huddersfield, forcing the game to be abandoned, per BBC Sport:

Bournemouth are promoted as champions and will be joined by Watford in the Premier League next season.

One of Norwich, Brentford, Middlesbrough or Ipswich will join them, but first, they must endure the nerve-shredding entertainment that is the play-offs.