The 2000 Challenge Cup (officially known as the 2000 Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby league football tournament which began its preliminary stages in December 1999 and ended with the final on 29 April 2000.

The final was held on Saturday, 29 April 2000, at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, UK. The game was won by Bradford Bulls who defeated Leeds Rhinos 24–18.

First round The first round was scheduled for the weekend of 4/5 December 1999, but due to cold weather leading to frozen pitches, a number of games were postponed. The last tie in the round was not played until 3 January 2000. + First roundHomeScoreAwayDate Army 54–7 Dewsbury Celtic Saturday 4 December 1999 Askam 14–32 Eccles Castleford Panthers 8–16 Thornhill East Leeds 26–4 Crosfields Heworth 2–16 Oulton Hull Dockers 0–4 Royal Navy Ideal Isberg 30–10 Milford John Moores University 4–34 New Earswick Leigh East 14–32 West Bowling Millom 8–5 Elland Norland 8–46 Stanley Queens 26–17 Queensbury Rochdale Mayfield 16–6 Eastmoor Royal Air Force 20–8 Normanton Shaw Cross 20–8 Townville Wigan St Judes 36–12 London Skolars Dublin 2–54 Farnworth Sunday 5 December 1999 Clayton 2–18 Siddal Saturday 11 December 1999 Dewsbury Moor 14–30 Haydock Keighley Albion 17–10 Simms Cross Wath Brow 22–8 Barrow Island Blackbrook 0–11 Waterhead Tuesday 14 December 1999 Hensingham 6–17 Featherstone Lions Monday 3 January 2000 Source:

Second round

+ Second roundHomeScoreAwayDate Army 24–10 Oulton Saturday 18 December 1999 Castleford Lock Lane 38–4 Royal Navy Royal Air Force 6–40 Wigan St Judes Sheffield Hillsborough 10–30 Ideal Isberg Siddal 34–14 Leigh Miners Rangers Skirlaugh 19–6 Haydock Walney Central 16–2 Woolston Waterhead 44–2 Millom Wath Brow 22–13 West Bowling Oldham St Annes P-P Farnworth Monday 27 December 1999 Saddleworth 2–29 West Hull Tuesday 28 December 1999 Wigan St Patricks 30–8 Eccles Thursday 30 December 1999 Dudley Hill 32–30 Redhill Sunday 2 January 2000 Queens 6–26 Thornhill Shaw Cross 52–7 East Leeds Monday 3 January 2000 Keighley Albion 1–14 Stanley New Earswick 4–44 Featherstone Lions Saturday 8 January 2000 Cardiff 18–10 Rochdale Mayfield Sunday 9 January 2000 Source:

Third round

+ Third roundHomeScoreAwayDate Wath Brow Hornets 26–0 Eccles Saturday 29 January 2000 Barrow Border Raiders 42–12 Featherstone Lions Sunday 30 January 2000 Batley Bulldogs 0–10 Oldham St Annes Castleford Lock Lane 16–26 Villeneuve Leopards Dewsbury Rams 66–0 Stanley Doncaster Dragons 40–10 St Gaudens Featherstone Rovers 64–6 Wigan St Patricks Keighley Cougars 90–0 Cardiff Hull Kingston Rovers 32–4 Ideal Isberg Lancashire Lynx 18–6 Walney Central Leigh Centurions 34–12 Siddal Rochdale Hornets 66–6 Army Sheffield Hillsborough 14–16 Thornhill Whitehaven Warriors 42–0 Shaw Cross Widnes Vikings 76–8 West Hull Workington Town 12–2 Skirlaugh York Wasps 56–10 Dudley Hill Swinton Lions 74–1 Waterhead Tuesday 1 February 2000 Oldham Roughyeds 44–0 Wigan St Judes Tuesday 8 February 2000 Source:

Fourth round + Fourth roundHomeScoreAwayDate Bradford Bulls 32–4 Huddersfield-Sheffield Saturday 12 February 2000 Barrow Raiders 18–34 Salford City Reds Sunday 13 February 2000 Dewsbury Rams 29–16 Widnes Vikings Doncaster Dragons 54–6 Workington Town Featherstone Rovers 12–48 Leeds Rhinos Halifax Blue Sox 36–8 Hull Kingston Rovers Hull F.C. 86–0 Lancashire Lynx Hunslet Hawks 4–46 Warrington Wolves Leigh Centurions 28–40 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats London Broncos 44–18 Wath Brow Hornets Oldham St Annes 8–64 Castleford Tigers Rochdale Hornets 30–14 Oldham Roughyeds Swinton Lions 22–36 St Helens Villeneuve Leopards 16–14 Keighley Cougars Wigan Warriors 98–4 Whitehaven Warriors York Wasps 56–2 Thornhill Trojans Source:

Fifth round + Fifth roundHomeScoreAwayDate Leeds Rhinos 26–20 St Helens Saturday 26 February 2000 Castleford Tigers 10–11 Halifax Blue Sox Sunday 27 February 2000 Dewsbury Rams 35–10 Villeneuve Leopards Hull F.C. 82–10 Rochdale Hornets London Broncos 21–22 Salford City Reds Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 0–46 Bradford Bulls Warrington Wolves 84–1 York Wasps Wigan Warriors 38–2 Doncaster Dragons Source:

Quarter-finals + Fifth roundHomeScoreAwayDate Hull F.C. 14–4 Wigan Warriors Friday 10 March 2000 Salford City Reds 20–22 Warrington Wolves Saturday 11 March 2020 Halifax Blue Sox 18–28 Bradford Bulls Sunday 12 March 2000 Leeds Rhinos 42–10 Dewsbury Rams Source:

Semi-finals + Semi-finalsHomeScoreAwayDate Bradford Bulls 44–20 Warrington Wolves Saturday 25 March 2000 Hull F.C. 22–28 Leeds Rhinos Sunday 26 March 2000 Source:

Final

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