| Queen Mother Challenge Cup | |
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| Venue | Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames |
| Location | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
| Dates | 1981–present |
The Queen Mother Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's quadruple sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry. [1] [2]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
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| 1981 | RV Ingelheim & Ulm RC Donau | Maidenhead & Marlow |
| 1982 | Marlow & Thames Tradesmen's | Lea Rowing Club |
| 1983 | Kingston Rowing Club | Hamburg & Germania |
| 1984 | Maidenhead & Bewdley | Quintin Boat Club |
| 1985 | Bewdley & Thames Tradesmen's | Tideway Scullers School |
| 1986 | Tideway Scullers School & Northampton | Rob Roy Boat Club |
| 1987 | Ridley Boat Club, Canada | Soviet Army |
| 1988 | Melbourne Univ. & Univ. Queensland | Nautilus |
| 1989 | SC Eridanea & SC Firenze, Italy | Kubanj Krasnodar, USSR [3] |
| 1990 | Danmarks Rocenter Roklub | Nereus Rowing Club |
| 1991 | Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School | NCRA |
| 1992 | Stromstads Ruddklubb, Sweden | NCRA |
| 1993 | Tideway Scullers School & Nottingham City | NCRA & Goldie [4] |
| 1994 | Rv Treviris & Hallescher Rv Bolllberg, Germany | London Rowing Club |
| 1995 | Augusta Training Center, USA | Dinamo Moscow, Russia |
| 1996 | Mainzer & Neusser RV, Germany | Ratzeburg RC, Germany [5] |
| 1997 | Augusta SC, USA | Queen's Tower & Poplar, Blackwall & District |
| 1998 | Augusta SC, USA | Commercial RC, Ireland [6] |
| 1999 | Allemannia RC, Hamburg | Augusta SC Center, USA |
| 2000 | Nereus Rowing Club & Laga, Netherlands | Australian Institute of Sport |
| 2001 | Leander Club | London Rowing Club |
| 2002 | Leander Club & London University | Leander Club & Molesey |
| 2003 | Gdansk and Warszawa, Poland | TS.S.K.A. Ukraine |
| 2004 | TS.S.K.A. Ukraine | Leander Club & Molesey |
| 2005 | A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland | Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School |
| 2006 | Club France | Commercial & Offaly, Ireland |
| 2007 | A.Z.S. Gdansk & A.Z.S. Szczecin, Poland | Brentwood College & UVIC, Canada |
| 2008 | RC Viljandi & RC Narva Energia, Estonia | California R.C |
| 2009 | A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland | Leander Club & Reading University |
| 2010 | Leander Club & Reading University | Princeton Training Center, U.S.A |
| 2011 | Leander Club & Reading University | C.A.RC Mladost & RC Tresnjevka, Croatia |
| 2012 | National Rowing Centre of Excellence, Australia | Victoria City R.C., Canada |
| 2013 | Leander Club & Reading University | Waiariki R.C, New Zealand |
| 2014 | Leander Club & Agecroft | National Training Centre, Australia |
| 2015 | Leander Club & Agecroft | Rostock RC 1885 & Potsdam Rowing Society |
| 2016 | Leander Club | California R.C |
| 2017 | Leander Club | Waiariki R.C, New Zealand |
| 2018 | Leander Club & Agecroft | Fana Roklubb Norway |
| 2019 | Leander Club | Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869 |
| 2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [7] | |
| 2021 | Leander Club [8] | University College, Cork & Skibbereen R.C, Ireland |
| 2022 | Chinese National Rowing Team [9] | Texas Rowing Center & Vesper Boat Club, USA |
| 2023 | Nottingham Rowing Club and Leander Club | Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy Torun & Wloclawskie Towarzystwo Wioslarskie, Pol |
| 2024 | Leander Club [10] | RC Normannia Braunschweig e.V. & SC Magdeburg e.V. Abteilung Rudern, Ger |
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Events at Henley Royal Regatta | ||
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| Men's eights |  | |
| Men's coxed fours | ||
| Men's coxless fours | ||
| Men's coxless pairs | ||
| Men's quad sculls | ||
| Men's double sculls | ||
| Men's single sculls | ||
| Women's eights | ||
| Women's coxless fours | ||
| Women's coxless pairs | ||
| Women's quad sculls | ||
| Women's double sculls | ||
| Women's single sculls | ||
| Former events | ||
