Английская Википедия:2024 Challenge Cup

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The 2024 Challenge Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Betfred Challenge Cup, is the 123rd edition of the Challenge Cup, the main rugby league knockout cup tournament in British rugby league, run by the Rugby Football League (RFL). It will begin over the weekend of 13–14 January 2024, and will end with the final, at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 8 June.

The defending champions are Leigh Leopards, who won the 2023 Final, by narrowly defeating Hull KR 17–16 in extra time.

Background

The competition will start on 13 January, and will conclude with the final on 8 June.

The Championship and League One clubs will join the tournament in round 3. Rounds 4 and 5 reduced the lower league clubs to four before the Super League clubs enter in round 6.

Toulouse Olympique of the Championship are not full members of the RFL and although invited to take part have declined as in previous years.

Format and dates

Challenge Cup competition format

Round	Date	Clubs involved this round	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Round 1	13–14 January	20	Шаблон:N/A	20	20 UK based community, and armed forces league teams
Round 2	27–28 January	20	10	10	10 teams from National Conference League Premier Division
Round 3	10–11 February	24	10	14	All teams (except Toulouse) from the Championship and League One
Round 4	22 – 25 February	12	12	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
Round 5	7–10 March	8	8	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
Round 6	22–24 March	16	4	12	All 12 teams from the Super League
Quarter-finals	12–14 April	8	8	colspan=2 rowspan=3Шаблон:N/A
Semi-finals	9 –12 May	4	4
Final	8 June	2	2

First round

The draw for the first round was made by Josh Charnley on 5 December 2023. Ties to be played over the weekend of 13 and 14 January 2024.

Challenge Cup round 1 fixtures

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Clock Face Miners	–	Heworth	13-14 January;	Clock Face Miners Recreation		rowspan=10 Шаблон:N/aШаблон:Efn
Doncaster Toll Bar	–	Ashton Bears		Doncaster Toll Bar Sports Club
Fryston Warriors	–	British Army		Fryston Social Club
Hammersmith Hills Hoists	–	Medway Dragons		Chiswick RFC
Lowca	–	Edinburgh Eagles		West Croft Terrace, Whitehaven
Orrell St James	–	Haresfinch		Orrell St James Social Club
Oulton Raiders	–	West Bowling		Oulton Sports Pavilion
Royal Air Force	–	Royal Navy		RAF Cranwell
South Wales Jets	–	Stanningley		Wales Rugby Club, Cardiff
Wests Warriors	–	Newsome Panthers		Twyford Avenue Sports Ground, London