List of Challenge Cup finals

The Challenge Cup of rugby league was instituted in the 1896–97 and the final was contested between Batley and St. Helens at Headingley, Leeds. In the seasons during the Second World War the final was played over two legs, with the aggregate score being used. The final was played at many neutral venues up to and including 1928 after which it was mostly played at Wembley Stadium until 1939 just prior to the Second World War apart from 1932 when it was switched to Central Park, Wigan. In the war years, apart from 1940, it was played at various venues between 1941–45 after which it returned to Wembley in 1946 when the final permanently became a Wembley final.

In 1909–10 Leeds and Hull F.C. drew 7–7 for the first time in a final at Huddersfield and a replay resulted in a Leeds win. There have been 3 replays, the latest being 1981–82 at Elland Road between Hull F.C. and Widnes.

List of Finals

Key to list of winners

(R)	Replay
*	Match went to Golden point
‡	Winning team won the Double
§	Winning team won the Treble
#	Winning team won All Four Cups

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1896–97	Batley	10–3	St Helens	Headingley	13,492
1897–98	Batley (2)	7–0	Bradford F.C.		27,941
1898–99	Oldham	19–9	Hunslet	Fallowfield	15,763
1899–1900	Swinton	16–8	Salford		17,864
1900–01	Batley (3)	6–0	Warrington	Headingley	29,563
1901–02	Broughton Rangers‡	25–0	Salford	Athletic Ground	15,006
1902–03	Halifax‡	7–0	Salford	Headingley	32,507
1903–04	Halifax (2)	8–3	Warrington	The Willows	17,041
1904–05	Warrington	6–0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	19,638
1905–06	Bradford F.C.	5–0	Salford		15,834
1906–07	Warrington (2)	17–3	Oldham	Wheater's Field	18,500
1907–08	Hunslet#	14–0	Hull F.C.	Fartown	18,000
1908–09	Wakefield Trinity	17–0	Hull F.C.	Headingley	23,587
1909–10	Leeds	7–7	Hull F.C.	Fartown	19,413
	Leeds	26–12 (R)	Hull F.C.		11,608
1910–11	Broughton Rangers (2)	4–0	Wigan	The Willows	8,000
1911–12	Dewsbury	8–5	Oldham	Headingley	15,271
1912–13	Huddersfield§	9–5	Warrington		22,754
1913–14	Hull FC	6–0	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall	19,000
1914–15	Huddersfield# (2)	37–3	St Helens	Watersheddings	8,000
1919–20	Huddersfield (3)	21–10	Wigan	Headingley	14,000
1920–21	Leigh	13–0	Halifax	Wheater's Field	25,000
1921–22	Rochdale Hornets	10–9	Hull FC	Headingley	32,596
1922–23	Leeds (2)	28–3	Hull FC	Belle Vue	29,335
1923–24	Wigan	21–4	Oldham	Athletic Ground	41,831
1924–25	Oldham (2)	16–3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	28,335
1925–26	Swinton (2)	9–3	Oldham	Athletic Ground	27,000
1926–27	Oldham (3)	26–7	Swinton	Central Park	33,448
1927–28	Swinton# (3)	5–3	Warrington		33,909
1928–29	Wigan (2)	13–2	Dewsbury	Wembley Stadium	41,500
1929–30	Widnes	10–3	St Helens		36,544
1930–31	Halifax (3)	22–8	York		40,365
1931–32	Leeds (3)	11–8	Swinton	Central Park	29,000
1932–33	Huddersfield (4)	21–17	Warrington	Wembley Stadium	41,874
1933–34	Hunslet (2)	11–5	Widnes		41,280
1934–35	Castleford	11–8	Huddersfield		39,000
1935–36	Leeds (4)	18–2	Warrington		51,250
1936–37	Widnes (2)	18–5	Keighley		47,699
1937–38	Salford	7–4	Barrow		51,243
1938–39	Halifax (4)	20–3	Salford		55,453
1940–41	Leeds (5)	19–2	Halifax	Odsal	28,500
1941–42	Leeds (6)	15–10	Halifax		15,250
1942–43	Dewsbury	16–9	Leeds	Crown Flatt	10,470
		0–6		Headingley	16,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	3–0	Wigan	Central Park	22,000
		8–0		Odsal	30,000
1944–45	Huddersfield (5)	7–4	Bradford Northern	Fartown	9,041
		6–5		Odsal	17,500
1945–46	Wakefield Trinity (2)	13–12	Wigan	Wembley Stadium	54,730
1946–47	Bradford Northern (2)	8–4	Leeds		77,605
1947–48	Wigan (3)	8–3	Bradford Northern		91,465
1948–49	Bradford Northern (3)	12–0	Halifax		95,050
1949–50	Warrington (3)	19–0	Widnes		94,249
1950–51	Wigan (4)	10–0	Barrow		94,262
1951–52	Workington Town	18–10	Featherstone Rovers		72,093
1952–53	Huddersfield (6)	15–10	St Helens		89,588
1953–54	Warrington	4–4	Halifax		81,841
	Warrington‡ (4)	8–4 (R)	Halifax	Odsal	102,569
1954–55	Barrow	21–12	Workington Town	Wembley Stadium	66,513
1955–56	St Helens	13–2	Halifax		79,341
1956–57	Leeds (7)	9–7	Barrow		76,318
1957–58	Wigan (5)	13–9	Workington Town		66,109
1958–59	Wigan (6)	30–13	Hull FC		79,811
1959–60	Wakefield Trinity (3)	38–5	Hull FC		79,773
1960–61	St Helens (2)	12–6	Wigan		94,672
1961–62	Wakefield Trinity (4)	12–6	Huddersfield		81,263
1962–63	Wakefield Trinity (5)	25–10	Wigan		84,492
1963–64	Widnes (3)	13–5	Hull Kingston Rovers		84,488
1964–65	Wigan (7)	20–16	Hunslet		89,016
1965–66	St Helens§ (3)	21–2	Wigan		98,536
1966–67	Featherstone Rovers	17–12	Barrow		76,290
1967–68	Leeds (8)	11–10	Wakefield Trinity		87,100
1968–69	Castleford (2)	11–6	Salford		97,939
1969–70	Castleford (3)	7–2	Wigan		95,255
1970–71	Leigh (2)	24–7	Leeds		85,514
1971–72	St Helens (4)	16–13	Leeds		89,495
1972–73	Featherstone Rovers (2)	33–14	Bradford Northern		72,395
1973–74	Warrington (5)	24–9	Featherstone Rovers		77,400
1974–75	Widnes (4)	14–7	Warrington		85,098
1975–76	St Helens (5)	20–5	Widnes		89,982
1976–77	Leeds (9)	16–7	Widnes		80,871
1977–78	Leeds (10)	14–12	St Helens		96,000
1978–79	Widnes (5)	12–3	Wakefield Trinity		94,218
1979–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	10–5	Hull FC		95,000
1980–81	Widnes (6)	18–9	Hull Kingston Rovers		92,496
1981–82	Hull FC	14–14	Widnes		92,147
	Hull FC (2)	18–9 (R)	Widnes	Elland Road	41,171
1982–83	Featherstone Rovers (3)	14–12	Hull FC	Wembley Stadium	84,969
1983–84	Widnes (7)	19–6	Wigan		80,116
1984–85	Wigan (8)	28–24	Hull FC		97,801
1985–86	Castleford (4)	15–14	Hull Kingston Rovers		82,134
1986–87	Halifax (5)	19–18	St Helens		91,267
1987–88	Wigan (9)	32–12	Halifax		94,273
1988–89	Wigan (10)	27–0	St Helens		78,000
1989–90	Wigan‡ (11)	36–14	Warrington		77,729
1990–91	Wigan‡ (12)	13–8	St Helens		75,532
1991–92	Wigan§ (13)	28–12	Castleford		77,386
1992–93	Wigan‡ (14)	20–14	Widnes		77,684
1993–94	Wigan# (15)	26–16	Leeds		78,348
1994–95	Wigan§ (16)	30–10	Leeds		78,550
1996	St Helens‡ (6)	40–32	Bradford		75,994
1997	St Helens (7)	32–22	Bradford		78,022
1998	Sheffield	17–8	Wigan		60,669
1999	Leeds (11)	52–16	London		73,242
2000	Bradford (4)	24–18	Leeds	Murrayfield	67,247
2001	St Helens (8)	13–6	Bradford	Twickenham	68,250
2002	Wigan (17)	21–12	St Helens	Murrayfield	62,140
2003	Bradford# (5)	22–20	Leeds	Millennium Stadium	71,212
2004	St Helens (9)	32–16	Wigan		73,734
2005	Hull F.C. (3)	25–24	Leeds		74,213
2006	St Helens# (10)	42–12	Huddersfield	Twickenham	65,187
2007	St Helens (11)	30–8	Catalans	Wembley Stadium	84,241
2008	St Helens (12)	28–16	Hull F.C.		82,821
2009	Warrington (6)	25–16	Huddersfield		76,560
2010	Warrington (7)	30–6	Leeds		85,217
2011	Wigan (18)	28–18	Leeds		78,482
2012	Warrington (8)	35–18	Leeds		79,180
2013	Wigan‡ (19)	16–0	Hull F.C.		78,137
2014	Leeds (12)	23–10	Castleford		77,914
2015	Leeds§ (13)	50–0	Hull Kingston Rovers		80,140
2016	Hull F.C. (4)	12–10	Warrington		76,235
2017	Hull F.C. (5)	18–14	Wigan		68,525
2018	Catalans	20–14	Warrington		50,672
2019	Warrington (9)	18–4	St Helens		62,717
2020	Leeds (14)	17–16	Salford		0[a]
2021	St Helens‡ (13)	26–12	Castleford		40,000[b]
2022	Wigan (20)	16–14	Huddersfield	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	51,628
2023	Leigh (3)	17–16*	Hull Kingston Rovers	Wembley Stadium	58,213
2024	Wigan (21)	18-8	Warrington		64,845

Notes

1. The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
2. The 2021 final was played in front of a restricted crowd of 40,000 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Results by club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won
Wigan Warriors	21	13	1924, 1929, 1948, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2022, 2024
Leeds Rhinos	14	12	1910, 1923, 1932, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2020
St Helens	13	10	1956, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021
Warrington Wolves	9		1905, 1907, 1950, 1954, 1974, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019
Widnes Vikings	7	6	1930, 1937, 1964, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1984
Huddersfield Giants	6	5	1913, 1915, 1920, 1933, 1945, 1953
Hull FC	5	12	1914, 1982, 2005, 2016, 2017
Halifax		7	1903, 1904, 1931, 1939, 1987
Bradford Bulls		6	1944, 1947, 1949, 2000, 2003
Wakefield Trinity		3	1909, 1946, 1960, 1962, 1963
Castleford Tigers	4	3	1935, 1969, 1970, 1986
Oldham	3	4	1899, 1925, 1927
Swinton Lions		2	1900, 1926, 1928
Featherstone Rovers			1967, 1973, 1983
Batley Bulldogs		0	1897, 1898, 1901
Leigh Leopards			1921, 1971, 2023
Hunslet	2	2	1908, 1934
Dewsbury Rams		1	1912, 1943
Broughton Rangers §		0	1902, 1911
Salford Red Devils	1	7	1938
Hull Kingston Rovers			1980
Barrow Raiders		4	1955
Workington Town		2	1952
Bradford FC §		1	1906
Catalans Dragons±			2018
Rochdale Hornets		0	1922
Sheffield Eagles			1998
York	0	1	–
Keighley Cougars
London Broncos

• § Denotes club now defunct
• ± Denotes a non-English club.

Venues

Current venue

Pre-match at the 2014 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium

Date	Venue	Location	Capacity
2007–2021; 2023–	Wembley Stadium	Wembley, London	90,000

Former venues

Teams walk out during the 2006 Challenge Cup Final at Twickenham Stadium

During the 2022 Challenge Cup Final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

The Challenge Cup final has been held at 12 neutral venues.

Venue	Location	Capacity	Last Use
Wembley Stadium (Original)	Wembley, London	82,000	2000
Twickenham Stadium	Twickenham, London	82,000	2006
Millennium Stadium	Cardiff, South Glamorgan	74,500	2005
Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh, Midlothian	67,144	2002
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham, London	62,850	2022
Athletic Grounds	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	41,831	1926
Fartown	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	35,000	1945
Thrum Hall	Halifax, West Yorkshire	29,000	1914
Watersheddings	Oldham, Greater Manchester	28,000	1942
Odsal	Bradford, West Yorkshire	27,500	1915
Headingley	Leeds, West Yorkshire	21,500	1925
Wheater's Field	Broughton, Greater Manchester	20,000	1921
Central Park	Wigan, Greater Manchester	18,000	1944
Fallowfield	Manchester, Greater Manchester	15,000	1900
Belle Vue	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	12,600	1923
The Willows	Weaste, Greater Manchester	11,363	1911
Crown Flatt (Old Ground)	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire	10,000	1943

Replay venues

In the event of a draw a replay will be played at a neutral venue. There have been three replays.

Year	Venue	Location	Capacity
1909-10	Fartown	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	35,000
1953-54	Odsal	Bradford, West Yorkshire	27,500
1981-82	Elland Road	Leeds, West Yorkshire	39,000

See also

• Sports portal

References

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