The 1993 Challenge Cup was the 92nd staging of

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the

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Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by

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and

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. Wigan won the match 20–14. This the first time that the final had been contested by 2 teams who had played in the preliminary round and this was the last time that the preliminary round would be played

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi finals

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Final

References

External links

Challenge Cup official website

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