2019–20 RFU Championship Cup
The 2019-20 RFU Championship Cup was the second season of the annual rugby union Championship Cup competition for second tier, professional English clubs playing in the RFU Championship.
The competition ended without a winner after the quarter-final stage due to the premature end of the RFU Championship season due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom.
Competition format
The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of three pool of four teams each playing home and away matches. Pool matches ran from September through to December, on weekends when there is no RFU Championship league fixtures. In the inaugural season, the RFU had set out the pools in a regional format to encourage derby games, but this year's competition format was more loosely structured.The top two sides in each pool, plus the two best third placed teams, progressed to the knockout stage, with the best ranked sides getting home advantage in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final were cancelled.
Participating teams and locations
| Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area |
| Ampthill | Dillingham Park | 3,000 | Ampthill, Bedfordshire |
| Bedford Blues | Goldington Road | 5,000 | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Cornish Pirates | Mennaye Field | 4,000 | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Coventry | Butts Park Arena | 4,000 | Coventry, West Midlands |
| Doncaster Knights | Castle Park | 5,000 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
| Ealing Trailfinders | Trailfinders Sports Ground | 4,000 | West Ealing, London |
| Hartpury | Gillman's Ground | 2,000 | Hartpury, Gloucestershire |
| Jersey Reds | Stade Santander International | 4,000 | Saint Peter, Jersey |
| London Scottish | Athletic Ground | 4,500 | Richmond, London, London |
| Newcastle Falcons | Kingston Park | 10,500 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
| Nottingham | Lady Bay Sports Ground | 3,500 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
| Yorkshire Carnegie | The Sycamores | N/A | Bramhope, West Yorkshire |
Pool stage
Pool 1
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
Pool 2
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
Pool 3
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
Knock-out stage
The eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage - with the 3 pool winners making the top 3 seeds along with the best runner up as seed number 4, and the next two runners up and two best 3rd place teams making up the other 4 seeds. The top 4 seeds host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5 format. However, if two teams qualify from the same pool they can not be drawn together.Teams are ranked by:
| Rank | Pool leaders/best runner-up | Pts | Wins | TF | PF | Diff |
| 1 | Newcastle Falcons | 29 | 6 | 39 | 261 | 208 |
| 2 | Ealing Trailfinders | 28 | 6 | 40 | 282 | 175 |
| 3 | Nottingham | 21 | 4 | 34 | 227 | 138 |
| 4 | Cornish Pirates | 21 | 4 | 29 | 213 | 134 |
| Rank | Pool runners-up/top two 3rd place | Pts | Wins | TF | PF | Diff |
| 5 | Coventry | 20 | 4 | 30 | 210 | 60 |
| 6 | London Scottish | 19 | 4 | 27 | 168 | 121 |
| 7 | Jersey Reds | 17 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 124 |
| 8 | Doncaster Knights | 11 | 2 | 19 | -81 | 131 |
| 9 | Ampthill | 11 | 2 | 16 | 112 | -92 |
Quarter-finals
Attendances
Individual statistics
- Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes.
Top points scorers
Top try scorers
Season records
Team
;Largest home win — 83 points83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
;Largest away win — 50 points
50 – 0 Nottingham away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 14 December 2019
;Most points scored — 83 points
83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
;Most tries in a match — 13
Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
;Most conversions in a match — 10
Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
;Most penalties in a match — 5
Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019
;Most drop goals in a match — 0
Player
;Most points in a match — 25Craig Willis for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
;Most tries in a match — 4
Alex O'Meara for Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham on 4 October 2019
;Most conversions in a match — 10
Craig Willis for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
;Most penalties in a match — 5
Josh Bragman for Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019
;Most drop goals in a match — 0
Attendances
;Highest — 3,818Newcastle Falcons at home to Hartpury on 29 November 2019
;Lowest — 247
Ampthill at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 7 December 2019
;Highest average attendance — 3,242
Newcastle Falcons
;Lowest average attendance — 383
Yorkshire Carnegie