List of Challenge Cup finals

The Challenge Cup was instituted in the 1896–97 and the final was contested between Batley and St Helens at Headingley Stadium in 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 different neutral venues until 1928 when it was played at Wembley Stadium for the first time and was played there for the next three seasons. In 1933 the final returned to Wembley for seven consecutive seasons before in 1945 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 Vikings. In 2015 Leeds beat Hull KR 50-0 in the biggest win in Challenge Cup history.

Finals

Key

Key to list of winners

D	Winning team won the Double
T	Winning team won the Treble
F	Winning team won All Four Cups

Year	Winners	Score	Runner–up	Venue	Attendance
1896–97	Batley	10–3	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	Headingley Stadium	13,492
1897–98	Batley	7–0	Bradford		27,941
1898–99	Oldham	19–9	Hunslet	Fallowfield Stadium	15,763
1899–1900	Swinton	16–8	Salford		17,864
1900–01	Batley	6–0	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	Headingley Stadium	29,563
1901–02	Broughton Rangers	25–0	Salford	Athletic Grounds, Rochdale	15,006
1902–03	Halifax D	7–0	Salford	Headingley Stadium	32,507
1903–04	Halifax	8–3	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	The Willows	17,041
1904–05	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	6–0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley Stadium	19,638
1905–06	Bradford FC	5–0	Salford		15,834
1906–07	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	17–3	Oldham	Wheater's Field	18,500
1907–08	Hunslet F	14–0	Hull	Fartown Ground	18,000
1908–09	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	17–0	Hull	Headingley Stadium	23,587
1909–10	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	7–7	Hull	Fartown Ground	11,608
Replay	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	26–12	Hull		19,413
1910–11	Broughton Rangers	4–0	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	The Willows	8,000
1911–12	Dewsbury	8–5	Oldham	Headingley	15,271
1912–13	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield T	9–5	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington		22,754
1913–14	Hull	6–0	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall	19,000
1914–15	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield F	37–3	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	Watersheddings	8,000
1919–20	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	21–10	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	Headingley	14,000
1920–21	Leigh	13–0	Halifax	Wheater's Field	25,000
1921–22	File:Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets	10–9	Hull	Headingley	32,596
1922–23	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	28–3	Hull	Belle Vue	29,335
1923–24	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	21–4	Oldham	Athletics Ground	41,831
1924–25	Oldham	16–3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	28,335
1925–26	Swinton	9–3	Oldham	Athletics Ground	27,000
1926–27	Oldham	26–7	Swinton	Central Park	33,448
1927–28	Swinton F	5–3	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington		33,909
1928–29	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	13–2	Dewsbury	Wembley Stadium	41,500
1929–30	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	10–3	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens		36,544
1930–31	Halifax	22–8	York		40,368
1931–32	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	11–8	Swinton	Central Park	29,000
1932–33	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	21–17	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	Wembley Stadium	41,874
1933–34	Hunslet	11–5	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes		41,280
1934–35	Castleford	11–8	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield		39,000
1935–36	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	18–2	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington		51,250
1936–37	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	18–5	Keighley		47,699
1937–38	Salford	7–4	Barrow		51,243
1938–39	Halifax	20–3	Salford		55,453
1940–41	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	19–2	Halifax	Odsal Stadium	28,500
1941–42	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	15–10	Halifax		15,250
1942–43	Dewsbury	16–9	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	Crown Flatt	10,470
1942–43	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	6–0	Dewsbury	Headingley	16,000
1942–43	Dewsbury	16–15	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	(aggregate score)	n/a
1943–44	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	3–0	Bradford Northern	Central Park	22,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	8–0	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	Odsal Stadium	30,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	8–3	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	(aggregate score)	n/a
1944–45	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	7–4	Bradford Northern	Fartown Ground	9,041
1944–45	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	6–5	Bradford Northern	Odsal Stadium	17,500
1944–45	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	13–9	Bradford Northern	(aggregate score)	n/a
1945–46	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	13–12	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	Wembley Stadium	54,730
1946–47	Bradford Northern	8–4	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		77,605
1947–48	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	8–3	Bradford Northern		71,465
1948–49	Bradford Northern	12–0	Halifax		95,050
1949–50	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	19–0	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes		94,249
1950–51	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	10–0	Barrow		94,262
1951–52	Workington Town	18–10	Featherstone Rovers		72,093
1952–53	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	15–10	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens		89,588
1953–54	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington D	4–4	Halifax		81,841
Replay	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	8–4	Halifax	Odsal Stadium	102,569
1954–55	Barrow	21–12	Workington Town	Wembley Stadium	66,513
1955–56	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	13–2	Halifax		79,341
1956–57	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	9–7	Barrow		76,318
1957–58	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	13–9	Workington Town		66,109
1958–59	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	30–13	Hull		79,811
1959–60	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	38–5	Hull		79,773
1960–61	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	12–6	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		94,672
1961–62	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	12–6	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield		81,263
1962–63	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	25–10	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		84,492
1963–64	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	13–5	Hull Kingston Rovers		84,488
1964–65	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	20–16	Hunslet		89,016
1965–66	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens T	21–2	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		98,536
1966–67	Featherstone Rovers	17–12	Barrow		76,290
1967–68	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	11–10	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity		87,100
1968–69	Castleford	11–6	Salford		97,939
1969–70	Castleford	7–2	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		95,255
1970–71	Leigh	24–7	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		85,514
1971–72	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	16–13	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		89,495
1972–73	Featherstone Rovers	33–14	Bradford Northern		72,395
1973–74	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	24 –9	Featherstone Rovers		77,400
1974–75	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	14–7	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington		85,098
1975–76	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	20–5	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes		89,982
1976–77	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	16–7	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes		80,871
1977–78	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	14–12	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens		96,000
1978–79	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	12–3	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity		94,218
1979–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	10–5	Hull		95,000
1980–81	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	18–9	Hull Kingston Rovers		92,496
1981–82	Hull	14–14	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes		92,147
Replay	Hull	18–9	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	Elland Road	41,171
1982–83	Featherstone Rovers	14–12	Hull	Wembley Stadium	84,969
1983–84	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	19–6	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		80,116
1984–85	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	28–24	Hull		99,801
1985–86	Castleford	15–14	Hull Kingston Rovers		82,134
1986–87	Halifax	19–18	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens		91,267
1987–88	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	32–12	Halifax		94,273
1988–89	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	27–0	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens		78,000
1989–90	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan D	36–14	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington		77,729
1990–91	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan D	13–8	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens		75,532
1991–92	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan T	28–12	Castleford		77,286
1992–93	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan T	20–14	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes		77,684
1993–94	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan D	26–16	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		78,348
1994–95	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan F	30–10	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		78,550
1996	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens D	40–32	Bradford		75,994
1997	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	32–22	Bradford		78,022
1998	Sheffield Eagles	17–8	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		60,669
1999	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	52– 16	London Broncos		73,242
2000	Bradford	24–18	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	Murrayfield	67,247
2001	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	13–6	Bradford	Twickenham	68,250
2002	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	21–12	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	Murrayfield	62,140
2003	Bradford F	22–20	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	Millennium Stadium	71,212
2004	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	32–16	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan		73,734
2005	Hull	25–24	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		74,213
2006	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens F	42–12	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield	Twickenham	65,187
2007	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	30–8	Catalans Dragons	Wembley Stadium	84,241
2008	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	28–16	Hull		82,821
2009	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	25–16	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield		76,560
2010	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	30–6	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		85,217
2011	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	28–18	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		78,482
2012	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	35–18	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds		79,180
2013	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan D	16–0	Hull		78,137
2014	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	23-10	Castleford		77,914
2015	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds T	50-0	Hull KR		80,140

Venues

Current Venue

Venue	Location	Capacity
Wembley Stadium	London	90,000

Former Venues

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

Venue	Location	Capacity
Old Wembley	London	82,000
Twickenham Stadium	London	82,000
Millenium Stadium	Cardiff, Wales	74,500
Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh, Scotland	67,144
Athletics Grounds	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	41,831
Fartown Ground	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	35,000
Thrum Hall	Halifax, West Yorkshire	29,000
Watersheddings	Warrington, Cheshire	28,000
Odsal Stadium	Bradford, West Yorkshire	27,500
Headingley Stadium	Leeds, West Yorkshire	21,500
Wheater's Field	Broughton, Greater Manchester	20,000
Central Park	Wigan, Greater Manchester	18,000
Belle Vue	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	12,600
The Willows	Salford, Greater Manchester	11,363
Crown Flatt	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire	10,000

Replay Venues

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

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