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The 2009 Challenge Cup (also known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th staging of the most prestigious knock-out competition in European rugby league. Teams from England, Scotland, Wales, France and Russia were included in the tournament. It began in January 2009. Teams from the Co-operative Championship received byes into round three along with four teams from France, and the winner of the Russian Championship. Teams from the Super League enter in round four. Defending champions St. Helens lost in the semifinal 14 - 24 to the Huddersfield Giants who went on to lose the final 16 - 25 to the Warrington Wolves. For 2009, the early stages of the competition was revamped. As the competition has expanded, there was now a preliminary round before the first round, and teams were placed into two 'pools' for the preliminary, first and second rounds. ==Pools== Pool A features 48 teams, made up as follows: *The 40 teams from the National Conference League *The winners of the five major BARLA Regional Leagues *The winners of the three major BARLA Regional Cup Competitions - Yorkshire, North West & Cumberland Pool B features 16 teams, which is a mixed bag of Rugby League Conference teams (including representatives from Scotland and Wales), armed forces representative teams and University teams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009 Challenge Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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