Wheelchair Challenge Cup

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Wheelchair Challenge Cup
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2024 Wheelchair Challenge Cup
Rugby league challenge cups.jpg
The women's, men's, and wheelchair Challenge Cup trophies
Sport Wheelchair rugby league
Instituted2015 [1]
Inaugural season2015
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Winners Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (2023)
Most titles Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers (4 titles)
Broadcast partner BBC Red Button
(final only)
Related competition RFL Wheelchair Super League

The Wheelchair Challenge Cup is a wheelchair rugby league competition organised by the Rugby Football League. In 2024, the format of the competition changed to a knockout tournament. [2] It had previously been played with a round-robin format from which the top two teams advanced to the final in 2021 and 2023, and the top four teams advanced to semi-finals in 2022. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Finals

List of finals
YearWinning teamScoreLosing teamVenueRef.
2015 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers ?–?Mersey Stormunknown [6] [7]
2016 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers92–48 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Huddersfield Sports Centre [8] [9]
2017 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers110–48 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos [10]
2018 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers62–18Dundee DragonsRichard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford [11]
2019 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos74–46Argonauts English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [12]
2020Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos60–26Argonauts English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [13]
2022 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos48–34 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans DragonsAllam Arena, Hull [14] [15]
2023 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons66–20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [16]

Results by club

TeamWinnersRunners-up
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 40
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 33
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 11
Argonauts02
Dundee Dragons01
Mersey Storm01

Challenge Trophy

In 2018, the Rugby Football League introduced a Plate competition as part of the Challenge Cup. [17] It was planned to continue in 2019, [18] but was instead replaced by the inaugural Wheelchair Challenge Trophy. [19] The Challenge Trophy is played alongside the Challenge Cup, for teams outside the Super League. This was originally played as a separate competition, [20] but in 2024 it was announced that the two finalists would qualify to take part in the Challenge Cup. [2]

List of finals
YearWinning teamScoreLosing teamVenueRef.
2018Hereford Harriers63–32 NWCrucolours.png North Wales CrusadersRichard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford [11]
2019Gravesend Dynamite75–48 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [21]
2020Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Gravesend Dynamite19–12 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington WolvesWarrington
2022Gravesend Dynamite82–40Mersey StormAllam Arena, Hull [22]
2023Gravesend Dynamite88–8 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [23]


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