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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.

Format

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.

The draw for the group stages was made on 14 January.

The groups were drawn as follows:

Standings

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

References

1. Ibbetson, Stephen (8 January 2025). "Women's Challenge Cup format and teams revealed with draw date – Total Rugby League". Total RL. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
2. "Challenge Cup draw: Holders Wigan Warriors could face Sheffield Eagles in third round". BBC Sport. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

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