Challenge Cup (disambiguation)

Challenge Cup is a common official name for knockout competitions across a range of sports, especially in Great Britain. Without further explanation, however, the phrase "the Challenge Cup" usually refers to a knock-out competition for European rugby league clubs, and the trophy awarded to the winner of that competition. Clubs from other continents are invited to compete.

Challenge Cup may also refer to:

Australian football

• Challenge Cup (Australia), a historic football competition in Australia instigated in 1861

Figure skating

• International Challenge Cup, figure skating competition held in the spring

Football (soccer)

• AFC Challenge Cup, a football competition contested by the weaker teams of the Asian Football Confederation
• Challenge Cup (Austro-Hungarian Empire), a knock-out competition contested by the teams of Austria Habsburg Monarchy from 1897 to 1911
• Canadian National Challenge Cup, an amateur tournament in Canada contested since 1913
• Carolina Challenge Cup, a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Charleston Battery
• FA Cup, officially named the Football Association Challenge Cup, a knock-out competition contested by teams in the English football pyramid
• Malaysia Challenge Cup, a football competition for Malaysian teams not eligible to the Malaysia Cup competition, since 2018
• National Challenge Cup, now the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a single-elimination soccer cup open to all U.S. teams
• Nigerian FA Cup, formerly known as the Challenge Cup
• Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, a knock-out competition contested by the teams of the Northern Premier League
• Scottish Challenge Cup, a knock-out competition contested by teams of the Scottish Professional Football League below the top flight

Handball

• EHF Challenge Cup, a European clubs handball competition

Ice hockey

• Challenge Cup (UK ice hockey), a competition contested between members of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom
• Challenge Cup (ice hockey), an international hockey tournament held annually in Burnaby, British Columbia for ice hockey teams from around the world
• 1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey), an ice hockey competition between the Soviet Union and the National Hockey League
• Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, now known as the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League

Rugby union

• European Challenge Cup, a competition among sides from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain and Wales; defunct after 2013–14
• European Rugby Challenge Cup, the replacement for the above competition, set to launch in 2014–15
• WRU Challenge Cup, Wales' premier knockout rugby union competition
• Yorkshire Cup (rugby union), originally the Yorkshire Challenge Cup, a competition for clubs in the Yorkshire area

Volleyball

• Challenge Cup (volleyball), an official competition for men's volleyball clubs of Europe
• Women's Challenge Cup (volleyball), an official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe

Research

• Challenge Cup Competition of Science Achievement in China

Technology

• 1776 Challenge Cup, a worldwide tournament for technology and Internet startups