2011 Carnegie Challenge Cup

Duration	9 Rounds
Highest attendance	78,482
Broadcast partners	BBC Sport
Winners	Wigan Warriors
Runners-up	Leeds Rhinos
Biggest home win	Warrington Wolves 112-0 Swinton Lions
Biggest away win	Northumbria University 0-132 York City Knights
Lance Todd Trophy	Jeff Lima
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The2011 Challenge Cup (also known as theCarnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th staging of the most competitive European rugby league tournament at club level and was open to teams from England, Wales, Scotland, France and Russia. It began its preliminary stages in January 2011. TheChallenge Cup isWarrington Wolves were the reigning champions, but lost 24 - 44 at home to theWigan Warriors in the quarter-finals, who went on to win the title after beatingLeeds Rhinos 28 - 18 in the final.Rugby Football League chief executive Nigel Wood reported that in 2011 Challenge Cup viewing figures on BBC Television had increased by 21.3 per cent compared to 2010 and are 26.8 per cent higher than they were in 2009.^[1]

The draws for the Preliminary and First Round was made on 7 December 2010. Ties were played on 8–10 January with some ties played on 15–16 January.^[2]

First Round played weekend of 22 January with some ties played weekend of 29 January and 5 February. The match betweenKells andBradford Dudley Hill took place on 12 February.

The draw for the Second Round was made on 24 January. Ties played weekend of 5 February with some ties played weekend of 12 February. The match betweenFryston Warriors andBradford Dudley Hill took place on 19 February.

Third Round draw was made on 15 February. Ties were played on weekend of 5 March.

Fourth round draw was made on 20 March. Ties were played on weekend of 7 May.

The two sides with the most Challenge Cup Final appearances had only met twice before, Wigan winning both times (1994 and1995). Leeds had played in the previous year's Challenge Cup final loss, but it was the Wigan's Warriors' first visit to the new Wembley Stadium.Abide with me was sung byRhydian Roberts.

The game was broadcast byBBC withJohn Kear andDave Woods commentating, as well as additional commentary fromTanya Arnold,Clare Balding,Jonathan Davies,Robbie Hunter-Paul,Justin Morgan andBrian Noble. TheEnglish national anthem was then sung before refereePhil Bentham, overseeing his first Challenge Cup final, blew time on and Leeds's captain Kevin Sinfield kicked off.

Saturday, 27 August 14:30

Leeds Rhinos	18 - 28	Wigan Warriors
Tries Ryan Hall (2) Ben Jones-Bishop Carl Ablett Goals Kevin Sinfield	Report	Tries Jeff Lima (2) Josh Charnley Joel Tomkins Thomas Leuluai Goals Pat Richards (4)

Wembley Stadium,London Attendance: 78,482[3] Referee:Phil Bentham Player of the Match:Jeff Lima

Selected matches were televised solely by theBBC, for the last time. The following season the BBC andSky Sports shared a selected round 4 and round 5 match and the BBC televising two quarter final matches and Sky Sports televising the other two quarter finals. The BBC still televised the semi-finals and the final.^{[citation needed]}

¹ Except Northern Ireland.

² Except Scotland which was televised live on BBC Two Scotland.

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