The 2023 Women's Challenge Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Betfred Women's Challenge Cup) was the 11th staging of the

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for women's

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clubs.

Format

The competition used the same format as in

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with four groups of four competing in a single round robin with group winners and runners-up advancing to the knockout rounds. The group stage draw took place on 12 January.

Group stage

The fixture list for the group stage was published on 16 February 2023.

Standings

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on BBC Radio Five, on 26 May. Ties took place over the weekend of 17–18 June.

Semi-finals

Ties took place over the weekend of 22–23 July, each being part of a double header with one of the men's semi-finals; St Helens v York was played with the Leigh v St Helens men's game and Wigan v Leeds was played with the Hull KR v Wigan men's game. Both of the women's matches were broadcast live on the

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website.

Final

On 12 August 2022, the RFL announced that the Women's Challenge Cup Final would make its

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debut, and be played as a double header with the men's final. The final was played on 12 August 2023.

Broadcast matches

Notes

References

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