The 2020 Challenge Cup Final was the 119th final of the Rugby Football League's Challenge Cup knock-out competition. The culmination of the 2020 Challenge Cup was originally scheduled for 22 August, but was postponed due to safety concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic along with most of the latter stages of competition.[1] The final was rescheduled to be played on 17 October 2020 with kick-off at 15:00 (BST). The final was contested by the winners of the tournament semi-finals, Leeds Rhinos playing Salford Red Devils (who were appearing in their first cup final since 1969).[2]
Since the 1928–29 season, Challenge Cup finals have been played at Wembley Stadium, London (except the 1932 season and the Second World War period), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic there was discussion about moving the 2020 final away from Wembley. It was not until 22 September that the Rugby Football League (RFL) confirmed that the game would still be played at Wembley Stadium.[3]
New COVID-19 restrictions announced in September forced the RFL to announce on 28 September, that the game would be played behind closed doors for the first time in the history of the competition.[4]
Following the semi-finals fans raised a petition calling on the government to allow season ticket holders of the two clubs to attend the game in person, on the basis that the number of spectators this would allow could easily maintain social-distancing inside the 90,000 seat venue.[5] The RFL issued a statement saying that they continued to lobby the government to allow spectators in.[6]
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^"Challenge Cup: Final could still be at Wembley on 17 October". BBC Sport. 17 July 2020.
^"The Challenge Cup Final". The Football Association. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^"RFL confirm Wembley as Challenge Cup Final host venue". 22 September 2020.
^"Coral Challenge Cup Final, 2020 and 2021". RFL. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
^"Petition to allow fans in at Wembley". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3,246. 5 October 2020. p. 3.
^"Talks with government continue - but Rhinos set for behind closed doors final at Wembley". Yorkshire Evening Post. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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