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

List of 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 Ground, 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	Wheater's Field, Salford	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 Ground, Rochdale	41,831
1924–25	Oldham (2)	16 – 3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley, Leeds	28,335
1925–26	Swinton (2)	9 – 3	Oldham	Athletic Ground, 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 Stadium, Edinburgh	67,247
2001	St Helens (8)	13 – 6	Bradford Bulls	Twickenham Stadium, London	68,250
2002	Wigan Warriors (17)	21 – 12	St Helens	Murrayfield Stadium, 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 Stadium, 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
2020	Leeds Rhinos (14)	17 – 16	Salford Red Devils		N/Aa
2021	St Helens (13)	26 – 12	Castleford Tigers		40,000b
2022	Wigan Warriors (20)	16 – 14	Huddersfield Giants	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London	51,628

Notes

^a: The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

^b: 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	Years runner-up
Wigan Warriors	20	13	1924, 1929, 1948, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2022	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, 2022
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	0	1	–	1931
Keighley Cougars	0	1	–	1937
London Broncos	0	1	–	1999

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