List of Challenge Cup finals

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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. In 2015 Leeds beat Hull Kingston Rovers 50–0 in the biggest win in Challenge Cup history.

List of Finals[]

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee	Venue	Attendance	Date
Challenge Cup
1896–97	Batley	10 – 3	St Helens		Headingley Leeds	13,492	24 April 1897
1897–98	Batley (2)	7 – 0	Bradford FC		Headingley Leeds	27,941	23 April 1898
1898–99	Oldham	19 – 9	Hunslet		Fallowfield Manchester	15,763	29 April 1899
1899–1900	Swinton	16 – 8	Salford		Fallowfield Manchester	17,864	28 April 1900
1900–01	Batley (3)	6 – 0	Warrington		Headingley Leeds	29,563	27 April 1901
1901–02	Broughton Rangers	25 – 0	Salford		Athletic Rochdale	15,006	26 April 1902
1902–03	Halifax	7 – 0	Salford		Headingley Leeds	32,507	25 April 1903
1903–04	Halifax (2)	8 – 3	Warrington		The Willows Salford	17,041	30 April 1904
1904–05	Warrington	6 – 0	Hull Kingston Rovers		Headingley Leeds	19,638	25 April 1905
1905–06	Bradford FC	5 – 0	Salford		Headingley Leeds	15,834	28 April 1906
1906–07	Warrington (2)	17 – 3	Oldham		Wheater's Field Salford	18,500	27 April 1907
1907–08	Hunslet	14 – 0	Hull FC		Fartown Huddersfield	18,000	25 April 1908
1908–09	Wakefield Trinity	17 – 0	Hull FC		Headingley Leeds	23,587	24 April 1909
1909–10	Leeds	7 – 7	Hull FC		Fartown Huddersfield	19,413	16 April 1910
	Leeds	26 – 12	Hull FC		Fartown Huddersfield	11,608	18 April 1910
1910–11	Broughton Rangers (2)	4 – 0	Wigan		The Willows Salford	8,000	29 April 1911
1911–12	Dewsbury	8 – 5	Oldham		Headingley Leeds	15,271	27 April 1912
1912–13	Huddersfield	9 – 5	Warrington		Headingley Leeds	22,754	26 April 1913
1913–14	Hull FC	6 – 0	Wakefield Trinity		Thrum Hall Halifax	19,000	18 April 1914
1914–15	Huddersfield (2)	37 – 3	St Helens		Watersheddings Oldham	8,000	1 May 1915
1919–20	Huddersfield (3)	21 – 10	Wigan		Headingley Leeds	14,000	10 April 1920
1920–21	Leigh	13 – 0	Halifax		Wheater's Field Salford	25,000	30 April 1921
1921–22	Rochdale Hornets	10 – 9	Hull FC		Headingley Leeds	32,596	29 April 1922
1922–23	Leeds (2)	28 – 3	Hull FC		Belle Vue Wakefield	29,335	28 April 1923
1923–24	Wigan	21 – 4	Oldham		Athletic Rochdale	41,831	12 April 1924
1924–25	Oldham (2)	16 – 3	Hull Kingston Rovers		Headingley Leeds	28,335	25 April 1925
1925–26	Swinton (2)	9 – 3	Oldham		Athletic Rochdale	27,000	1 May 1926
1926–27	Oldham (3)	26 – 7	Swinton		Central Park Wigan	33,448	7 May 1927
1927–28	Swinton (3)	5 – 3	Warrington		Central Park Wigan	33,909	14 April 1928
1928–29	Wigan (2)	13 – 2	Dewsbury		Wembley Stadium London	41,500	4 May 1929
1929–30	Widnes	10 – 3	St Helens		Wembley Stadium London	36,544	3 May 1930
1930–31	Halifax (3)	22 – 8	York		Wembley Stadium London	40,365	2 May 1931
1931–32	Leeds (3)	11 – 8	Swinton		Central Park Wigan	29,000	9 April 1932
1932–33	Huddersfield (4)	21 – 17	Warrington		Wembley Stadium London	41,874	6 May 1933
1933–34	Hunslet (2)	11 – 5	Widnes		Wembley Stadium London	41,280	5 May 1934
1934–35	Castleford	11 – 8	Huddersfield		Wembley Stadium London	39,000	4 May 1935
1935–36	Leeds (4)	18 – 2	Warrington		Wembley Stadium London	51,250	18 April 1936
1936–37	Widnes (2)	18 – 5	Keighley		Wembley Stadium London	47,699	8 May 1937
1937–38	Salford	7 – 4	Barrow		Wembley Stadium London	51,243	7 May 1938
1938–39	Halifax (4)	20 – 3	Salford		Wembley Stadium London	55,453	9 May 1939
1940–41	Leeds (5)	19 – 2	Halifax		Odsal Bradford	28,500	17 May 1941
1941–42	Leeds (6)	15 – 10	Halifax		Odsal Bradford	15,250	6 June 1942
1942–43	Dewsbury	16 – 9	Leeds		Crown Flatt Dewsbury	10,470	24 April 1943
	Dewsbury	0 – 6	Leeds		Headingley Leeds	16,000	26 April 1943
1943–44	Bradford Northern	3 – 0	Wigan		Central Park Wigan	22,000	15 April 1944
	Bradford Northern	8 – 0	Wigan		Odsal Bradford	30,000	22 April 1944
1944–45	Huddersfield (5)	7 – 4	Bradford Northern		Fartown Huddersfield	9,041	28 April 1945
	Huddersfield (5)	6 – 5	Bradford Northern		Odsal Bradford	17,500	5 May 1945
1945–46	Wakefield Trinity (2)	13 – 12	Wigan		Wembley Stadium London	54,730	4 May 1946
1946–47	Bradford Northern (2)	8 – 4	Leeds		Wembley Stadium London	77,605	3 May 1947
1947–48	Wigan (3)	8 – 3	Bradford Northern		Wembley Stadium London	91,465	1 May 1948
1948–49	Bradford Northern (3)	12 – 0	Halifax		Wembley Stadium London	95,050	7 May 1949
1949–50	Warrington (3)	19 – 0	Widnes		Wembley Stadium London	94,249	6 May 1950
1950–51	Wigan (4)	10 – 0	Barrow		Wembley Stadium London	94,262	5 May 1951
1951–52	Workington Town	18 – 10	Featherstone Rovers		Wembley Stadium London	72,093	19 April 1952
1952–53	Huddersfield (6)	15 – 10	St Helens		Wembley Stadium London	89,588	25 April 1953
1953–54	Warrington	4 – 4	Halifax		Wembley Stadium London	81,841	24 April 1954
	Warrington (4)	8 – 4	Halifax		Odsal Bradford	102,569	5 May 1954
1954–55	Barrow	21 – 12	Workington Town		Wembley Stadium London	66,513	30 April 1955
1955–56	St Helens	13 – 2	Halifax		Wembley Stadium London	79,341	28 April 1956
1956–57	Leeds (7)	9 – 7	Barrow		Wembley Stadium London	76,318	11 May 1957
1957–58	Wigan (5)	13 – 9	Workington Town		Wembley Stadium London	66,109	10 May 1958
1958–59	Wigan (6)	30 – 13	Hull FC		Wembley Stadium London	79,811	9 May 1959
1959–60	Wakefield Trinity (3)	38 – 5	Hull FC		Wembley Stadium London	79,773	14 May 1960
1960–61	St Helens (2)	12 – 6	Wigan		Wembley Stadium London	94,672	13 May 1961
1961–62	Wakefield Trinity (4)	12 – 6	Huddersfield		Wembley Stadium London	81,263	12 May 1962
1962–63	Wakefield Trinity (5)	25 – 10	Wigan		Wembley Stadium London	84,492	11 May 1963
1963–64	Widnes (3)	13 – 5	Hull Kingston Rovers		Wembley Stadium London	84,488	9 May 1964
1964–65	Wigan (7)	20 – 16	Hunslet		Wembley Stadium London	89,016	8 May 1965
1965–66	St Helens (3)	21 – 2	Wigan		Wembley Stadium London	98,536	21 May 1966
1966–67	Featherstone Rovers	17 – 12	Barrow		Wembley Stadium London	76,290	13 May 1967
1967–68	Leeds (8)	11 – 10	Wakefield Trinity		Wembley Stadium London	87,100	11 May 1968
1968–69	Castleford (2)	11 – 6	Salford		Wembley Stadium London	97,939	17 May 1969
1969–70	Castleford (3)	7 – 2	Wigan		Wembley Stadium London	95,255	9 May 1970
1970–71	Leigh (2)	24 – 7	Leeds		Wembley Stadium London	85,514	15 May 1971
1971–72	St Helens (4)	16 – 13	Leeds		Wembley Stadium London	89,495	13 May 1972
1972–73	Featherstone Rovers (2)	33 – 14	Bradford Northern	M. Naughton	Wembley Stadium London	72,395	12 May 1973
1973–74	Warrington (5)	24 – 9	Featherstone Rovers		Wembley Stadium London	77,400	11 May 1974
1974–75	Widnes (4)	14 – 7	Warrington		Wembley Stadium London	85,098	10 May 1975
1975–76	St Helens (5)	20 – 5	Widnes		Wembley Stadium London	89,982	8 May 1976
1976–77	Leeds (9)	16 – 7	Widnes		Wembley Stadium London	80,871	7 May 1977
1977–78	Leeds (10)	14 – 12	St Helens		Wembley Stadium London	96,000	13 May 1978
1978–79	Widnes (5)	12 – 3	Wakefield Trinity		Wembley Stadium London	94,218	5 May 1979
1979–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	10 – 5	Hull FC		Wembley Stadium London	95,000	3 May 1980
1980–81	Widnes (6)	18 – 9	Hull Kingston Rovers	G. Kershaw	Wembley Stadium London	92,496	2 May 1981
1981–82	Hull FC	14 – 14	Widnes	F. Lindop	Wembley Stadium London	92,147	1 May 1982
	Hull FC (2)	18 – 9	Widnes	F. Lindop	Elland Road Leeds	41,171	19 May 1982
1982–83	Featherstone Rovers (3)	14 – 12	Hull FC	R. Whitfield	Wembley Stadium London	84,969	7 May 1983
1983–84	Widnes (7)	19 – 6	Wigan	B. Thompson	Wembley Stadium London	80,116	5 May 1984
1984–85	Wigan (8)	28 – 24	Hull FC	R. Campbell	Wembley Stadium London	97,801	4 May 1985
1985–86	Castleford (4)	15 – 14	Hull Kingston Rovers	R. Whitfield	Wembley Stadium London	82,134	3 May 1986
1986–87	Halifax (5)	19 – 18	St Helens	J. Holdsworth	Wembley Stadium London	91,267	2 May 1987
1987–88	Wigan (9)	32 – 12	Halifax	F. Lindop	Wembley Stadium London	94,273	30 April 1988
1988–89	Wigan (10)	27 – 0	St Helens	R. Tennant	Wembley Stadium London	78,000	29 April 1989
1989–90	Wigan (11)	36 – 14	Warrington	J. Holdsworth	Wembley Stadium London	77,729	28 April 1990
1990–91	Wigan (12)	13 – 8	St Helens	J. Smith	Wembley Stadium London	75,532	27 April 1991
1991–92	Wigan (13)	28 – 12	Castleford	R. Whitfield	Wembley Stadium London	77,386	2 May 1992
1992–93	Wigan (14)	20 – 14	Widnes	R. Smith	Wembley Stadium London	77,684	1 May 1993
1993–94	Wigan (15)	26 – 16	Leeds	R. Campbell	Wembley Stadium London	78,348	30 April 1994
1994–95	Wigan (16)	30 – 10	Leeds	R. Smith	Wembley Stadium London	78,550	29 April 1995
1996	St Helens (6)	40 – 32	Bradford Bulls	S. Cummings	Wembley Stadium London	75,994	27 April 1996
1997	St Helens (7)	32 – 22	Bradford Bulls	S. Cummings	Wembley Stadium London	78,022	3 May 1997
1998	Sheffield Eagles	17 – 8	Wigan Warriors	S. Cummings	Wembley Stadium London	60,669	2 May 1998
1999	Leeds Rhinos (11)	52 – 16	London Broncos	R. Smith	Wembley Stadium London	73,242	1 May 1999
2000	Bradford Bulls (4)	24 – 18	Leeds Rhinos	S. Presley	Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh	67,247	29 April 2000
2001	St Helens (8)	13 – 6	Bradford Bulls	R. Smith	Twickenham Stadium London	68,250	28 April 2001
2002	Wigan Warriors (17)	21 – 12	St Helens	S. Cummings	Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh	62,140	27 April 2002
2003	Bradford Bulls (5)	22 – 20	Leeds Rhinos	R. Smith	Millennium Stadium Cardiff	71,212	26 April 2003
2004	St Helens (9)	32 – 16	Wigan Warriors	K. Kirkpatrick	Millennium Stadium Cardiff	73,734	15 May 2004
2005	Hull FC (3)	25 – 24	Leeds Rhinos	S. Ganson	Millennium Stadium Cardiff	74,213	27 August 2005
2006	St Helens (10)	42 – 12	Huddersfield Giants	R. Silverwood	Twickenham Stadium London	65,187	26 August 2006
2007	St Helens (11)	30 – 8	Catalans Dragons	A. Klein	Wembley Stadium London	84,241	25 August 2007
2008	St Helens (12)	28 – 16	Hull FC	S. Ganson	Wembley Stadium London	82,821	30 August 2008
2009	Warrington Wolves (6)	25 – 16	Huddersfield Giants	S. Ganson	Wembley Stadium London	76,560	29 August 2009
2010	Warrington Wolves (7)	30 – 6	Leeds Rhinos	R. Silverwood	Wembley Stadium London	85,217	28 August 2010
2011	Wigan Warriors (18)	28 – 18	Leeds Rhinos	P. Bentham	Wembley Stadium London	78,482	27 August 2011
2012	Warrington Wolves (8)	35 – 18	Leeds Rhinos	R. Silverwood	Wembley Stadium London	79,180	25 August 2012
2013	Wigan Warriors (19)	16 – 0	Hull FC	P. Bentham	Wembley Stadium London	78,137	24 August 2013
2014	Leeds Rhinos (12)	23 – 10	Castleford Tigers	P. Bentham	Wembley Stadium London	77,914	23 August 2014
2015	Leeds Rhinos (13)	50 – 0	Hull Kingston Rovers	B. Thaler	Wembley Stadium London	80,140	29 August 2015
2016	Hull FC (4)	12 – 10	Warrington Wolves	G. Hewer	Wembley Stadium London	76,235	27 August 2016
2017	Hull FC (5)	18 – 14	Wigan Warriors	P. Bentham	Wembley Stadium London	68,525	26 August 2017
2018	Catalans Dragons	20 – 14	Warrington Wolves	R. Hicks	Wembley Stadium London	50,672	25 August 2018
2019	Warrington Wolves (9)	18 – 4	St Helens	R. Hicks	Wembley Stadium London	62,717	24 August 2019
2020	Leeds Rhinos (14)	17 – 16	Salford Red Devils	L. Moore	Wembley Stadium London	N/A	17 October 2020
2021	St Helens (13)	26 – 12	Castleford Tigers	L. Moore	Wembley Stadium London	40,000	17 July 2021

Results by club[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Wigan Warriors	19	12	1924, 1929, 1948, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2011, 2013	1911, 1920, 1944, 1946, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1984, 1998, 2004, 2017
Leeds Rhinos	14	12	1910, 1923, 1932, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2020	1943, 1947, 1971, 1972, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012
St Helens	13	10	1956, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021	1897, 1915, 1930, 1953, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2002, 2019
Warrington Wolves	9	10	1905, 1907, 1950, 1954, 1974, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019	1901, 1904, 1913, 1928, 1933, 1936, 1975, 1990, 2016, 2018
Widnes Vikings	7	6	1930, 1937, 1964, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1984	1934, 1950, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1993
Huddersfield Giants	6	3	1913, 1915, 1920, 1933, 1945, 1953	1962, 2006, 2009
Hull FC	5	12	1914, 1982, 2005, 2016, 2017	1908, 1909, 1910, 1922, 1923, 1959, 1960, 1980, 1983, 1985, 2008, 2013
Halifax	5	7	1903, 1904, 1931, 1939, 1987	1921, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1988
Bradford Bulls	5	6	1944, 1947, 1949, 2000, 2003	1945, 1948, 1973, 1996, 1997, 2001
Wakefield Trinity	5	3	1909, 1946, 1960, 1962, 1963	1914, 1968, 1979
Castleford Tigers	4	3	1935, 1969, 1970, 1986	1992, 2014, 2021
Oldham	3	4	1899, 1925, 1927	1907, 1912, 1924, 1926
Swinton Lions	3	2	1900, 1926, 1928	1927, 1932
Featherstone Rovers	3	2	1967, 1973, 1983	1952, 1974
Batley Bulldogs	3	0	1897, 1898, 1901	–
Hunslet	2	2	1908, 1934	1899, 1965
Dewsbury Rams	2	1	1912, 1943	1929
Broughton Rangers	2	0	1902, 1911	–
Leigh Centurions	2	0	1921, 1971	–
Salford Red Devils	1	7	1938	1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1939, 1969, 2020
Hull Kingston Rovers	1	6	1980	1905, 1925, 1964, 1981, 1986, 2015
Barrow Raiders	1	4	1955	1938, 1951, 1957, 1967
Workington Town	1	2	1952	1955, 1958
Bradford FC	1	1	1906	1898
Catalans Dragons	1	1	2018	2007
Rochdale Hornets	1	0	1922	–
Sheffield Eagles	1	0	1998	–
York City Knights	0	1	–	1931
Keighley Cougars	0	1	–	1937
London Broncos	0	1	–	1999

Venues[]

Current venue[]

Former venues[]

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

Replay venues[]

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

See also[]

References[]

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