Duration | Group stage plus three knockout rounds |
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Number of teams | 12 |
The 2025 Women's Challenge Cup (sponsored as the Betfred Women's Challenge Cup) is the 13th staging of the Rugby Football League's cup competition for women's rugby league clubs.
The competition uses a slightly different format from 2024. Although the group stage plus knockout rounds format is retained, the number of teams in the competition has been reduced from 16 to 12.
The group stage sees four groups of three competing in a single round robin with the group matches played over three consecutive weekends in April 2025. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the knockout rounds. The quarter-finals will be played on the last weekend in April. The semi-finals will be double headers with the semi-finals of the men's tournament on the weekend of 10/11 May 2025, and the final will be played at Wembley Stadium, London on 7 June 2025 alongside the finals of the men's competition and the 1895 Cup.
St Helens, winners in 2024, are seeded together with Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors and York Valkyrie. These four, pool 2, will be in different groups in the group stage. The other eight teams form pool 1 with two being drawn in each group.
Pool 1 | Pool 2 |
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The draw for the group stages was made on 14 January. [1]
The groups were drawn as follows: [2]
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cardiff Demons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
2 | St Helens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Warrington Wolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Featherstone Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
2 | Huddersfield Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | York Valkyrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Leeds Rhinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
2 | Leigh Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Sheffield Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Barrow Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
2 | London Broncos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Wigan Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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