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 permently 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 instead of playing golden point like draws in earlier rounds are sent to, it was sent to a replay which Leeds won. 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. Also Hull F.C. won it 2 years in a row; 2016 (Hull 12-10 Warrington) and 2017 (Hull 18-14 Wigan).

Finals
Season Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1896–97 Batley 10 – 3 St Helens Headingley, Leeds 13,492
1897–98 Batley (2) 7 – 0 Bradford FC 27,941
1898–99 Oldham 19 – 9 Hunslet Fallowfield, Manchester 15,763
1899–1900 Swinton 16 – 8 Salford 17,864
1900–01 Batley (3) 6 – 0 Warrington Headingley, Leeds 29,563
1901–02 Broughton Rangers 25 – 0 Salford Athletic, Rochdale 15,006
1902–03 Halifax 7 – 0 Salford Headingley, Leeds 32,507
1903–04 Halifax (2) 8 – 3 Warrington The Willows, Salford 17,041
1904–05 Warrington 6 – 0 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley, Leeds 19,638
1905–06 Bradford FC 5 – 0 Salford 15,834
1906–07 Warrington (2) 17 – 3 Oldham Wheater's Field, Salford 18,500
1907–08 Hunslet 14 – 0 Hull FC Fartown, Huddersfield 18,000
1908–09 Wakefield Trinity 17 – 0 Hull FC Headingley, Leeds 23,587
1909–10 Leeds 7 – 7 Hull FC Fartown, Huddersfield 19,413
Leeds 26 – 12 Hull FC 11,608
1910–11 Broughton Rangers (2) 4 – 0 Wigan The Willows, Salford 8,000
1911–12 Dewsbury 8 – 5 Oldham Headingley, Leeds 15,271
1912–13 Huddersfield 9 – 5 Warrington 22,754
1913–14 Hull FC 6 – 0 Wakefield Trinity Thrum Hall, Halifax 19,000
1914–15 Huddersfield (2) 37 – 3 St Helens Watersheddings, Oldham 8,000
1919–20 Huddersfield (3) 21 – 10 Wigan Headingley, Leeds 14,000
1920–21 Leigh 13 – 0 Halifax The Cliff, Broughton[1] 25,000
1921–22 Rochdale Hornets 10 – 9 Hull FC Headingley, Leeds 32,596
1922–23 Leeds (2) 28 – 3 Hull FC Belle Vue, Wakefield 29,335
1923–24 Wigan 21 – 4 Oldham Athletic Grounds, Rochdale 41,831
1924–25 Oldham (2) 16 – 3 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley, Leeds 28,335
1925–26 Swinton (2) 9 – 3 Oldham Athletic Grounds, Rochdale 27,000
1926–27 Oldham (3) 26 – 7 Swinton Central Park, Wigan 33,448
1927–28 Swinton (3) 5 – 3 Warrington 33,909
1928–29 Wigan (2) 13 – 2 Dewsbury Wembley Stadium, London 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, Wigan 29,000
1932–33 Huddersfield (4) 21 – 17 Warrington Wembley Stadium, London 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, Bradford 28,500
1941–42 Leeds (6) 15 – 10 Halifax 15,250
1942–43 Dewsbury 16 – 9 Leeds Crown Flatt, Dewsbury 10,470
Dewsbury 0 – 6 Leeds Headingley, Leeds 16,000
1943–44 Bradford Northern 3 – 0 Wigan Central Park, Wigan 22,000
Bradford Northern 8 – 0 Wigan Odsal, Bradford 30,000
1944–45 Huddersfield (5) 7 – 4 Bradford Northern Fartown, Huddersfield 9,041
Huddersfield (5) 6 – 5 Bradford Northern Odsal, Bradford 17,500
1945–46 Wakefield Trinity (2) 13 – 12 Wigan Wembley Stadium, London 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 Halifax Odsal, Bradford 102,569
1954–55 Barrow 21 – 12 Workington Town Wembley Stadium, London 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 Widnes Elland Road, Leeds 41,171
1982–83 Featherstone Rovers (3) 14 – 12 Hull FC Wembley Stadium, London 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 Bulls 75,994
1997 St Helens (7) 32 – 22 Bradford Bulls 78,022
1998 Sheffield Eagles 17 – 8 Wigan Warriors 60,669
1999 Leeds Rhinos (11) 52 – 16 London Broncos 73,242
2000 Bradford Bulls (4) 24 – 18 Leeds Rhinos Murrayfield, Edinburgh 67,247
2001 St Helens (8) 13 – 6 Bradford Bulls Twickenham, London 68,250
2002 Wigan Warriors (17) 21 – 12 St Helens Murrayfield, Edinburgh 62,140
2003 Bradford Bulls (5) 22 – 20 Leeds Rhinos Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 71,212
2004 St Helens (9) 32 – 16 Wigan Warriors 73,734
2005 Hull FC (3) 25 – 24 Leeds Rhinos 74,213
2006 St Helens (10) 42 – 12 Huddersfield Giants Twickenham, London 65,187
2007 St Helens (11) 30 – 8 Catalans Dragons Wembley Stadium, London 84,241
2008 St Helens (12) 28 – 16 Hull FC 82,821
2009 Warrington Wolves (6) 25 – 16 Huddersfield Giants 76,560
2010 Warrington Wolves (7) 30 – 6 Leeds Rhinos 85,217
2011 Wigan Warriors (18) 28 – 18 Leeds Rhinos 78,482
2012 Warrington Wolves (8) 35 – 18 Leeds Rhinos 79,180
2013 Wigan Warriors (19) 16 – 0 Hull FC 78,137
2014 Leeds Rhinos (12) 23 – 10 Castleford Tigers 77,914
2015 Leeds Rhinos (13) 50 – 0 Hull Kingston Rovers 80,140
2016 Hull FC (4) 12 – 10 Warrington Wolves 76,235
2017 Hull FC (5) 18 – 14 Wigan Warriors 68,525
2018 Catalans Dragons 20 – 14 Warrington Wolves 50,672
2019 Warrington Wolves (9) 18 – 4 St Helens 62,717

Team Performance
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 13 12 1910, 1923, 1932, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1978,

1999, 2014, 2015

 1943, 1947, 1971, 1972, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010,

2011, 2012

St Helens 12 10 1956, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006,

2007, 2008

 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 2 1935, 1969, 1970, 1986 1992, 2014
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 6 1938 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1939, 1969
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
VenueLocationCapacity
Wembley StadiumLondon90,000

Former venues

The Challenge Cup final has been held at 11 neutral venues.

VenueLocationCapacity
Old WembleyLondon82,000
TwickenhamLondon82,000
Millennium StadiumCardiff, Wales74,500
MurrayfieldEdinburgh, Scotland67,144
Athletic GroundsRochdale, Greater Manchester41,831
FartownHuddersfield, West Yorkshire35,000
Thrum HallHalifax, West Yorkshire29,000
WatersheddingsOldham, Greater Manchester28,000
OdsalBradford, West Yorkshire27,500
The Cliff[1]Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester25,000
HeadingleyLeeds, West Yorkshire21,500
Wheater's FieldBroughton, Salford, Greater Manchester20,000
Central ParkWigan, Greater Manchester18,000
FallowfieldManchester, Greater Manchester15,000
Belle VueWakefield, West Yorkshire12,600
The WillowsWeaste, Salford, Greater Manchester11,363
Crown Flatt old groundDewsbury, West Yorkshire10,000

Replay venues

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

YearVenueLocationCapacity
1909-10FartownHuddersfield, West Yorkshire35,000
1953-54OdsalBradford, West Yorkshire27,500
1981-82Elland RoadLeeds, West Yorkshire39,000

See also

References
  1. "Club Records". LeighRL.co.uk. Leigh Centurions Rugby League Club. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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