2014 Challenge Cup
| Duration | 8 Rounds |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 81 |
| Broadcast partners | BBC Sport |
| Winners | Leeds Rhinos |
| Runners-up | Castleford Tigers |
| Lance Todd Trophy | Ryan Hall |
The 2014 Challenge Cup, (also known as the Tetley's Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th staging of the rugby league tournament.
The defending champions Wigan Warriors were knocked out in the quarter finals 4 - 16 at home to the Castleford Tigers, who went on to make the final but lost 10 - 23 to the Leeds Rhinos.
The draw for the first round of the 2014 Challenge Cup was held on 8 January 2014 and broadcast live from the studios of BBC Radio Humberside by current Hull FC prop forward Chris Green and former player Shaun Briscoe.
The first round took place on the weekend of 1 and 2 February 2014, although three fixtures did not take place until the following Saturday - 8 February 2014.
The draw for the second round took place on 6 February 2014 and was drawn by former Wigan Warriors player Kris Radlinski and the owner of Salford Red Devils, Marwan Koukash.
The draw for the third round took place on 24 February 2014 and was made at the University of Gloucestershire’s Park Campus in Cheltenham by the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor Maxine Melling and Kevan Blackadder, the Editor of the Gloucestershire Echo.
The third round fixtures were drawn from two pools. Pool A comprised the 14 Championship teams plus four Championship 1 teams drawn at random. From this pool two teams were drawn and awarded a bye into the fourth round, the two teams drawn were Featherstone Rovers and London Skolars. The need to award byes came from the decision by the French teams invited in to the competition to withdraw at a late stage.
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