2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2019
Championship details
Dates15 June – 8 September 2019[1]
Teams11
All-Ireland champions
WinnersGalway (3rd win)
CaptainSarah Dervan
ManagerCathal Murray
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upKilkenny
CaptainMeighan Farrell & Anna Farrell
ManagerAnn Downey
Championship statistics
Matches played30
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2020 →

The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2019 camogie season.[2]

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 15 June.[3] It was won by Galway, who defeated Kilkenny in the final.[4]

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

Group stage

The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

  • The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
  • The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
  • The semi-final winners contest the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Relegation

Group stage

Key to colours
     Advance to semi-finals
     Advance to quarter-finals
     Relegation playoff

Group games took place 15 June – 24 July 2019.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
Kilkenny 4 4 0 0 +74 12
Galway 4 3 0 1 +51 9
Limerick 4 2 0 2 –12 6
Offaly 4 1 0 3 –28 3
Wexford 4 0 0 4 –85 0

Group 2

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
Cork 5 5 0 0 +83 15
Tipperary 5 4 0 1 +5 12
Waterford 5 3 0 2 +11 9
Dublin 5 1 1 3 –21 4
Clare 5 1 1 3 –30 4
Meath 5 0 0 5 –48 0

Relegation playoff

Meath 4-9 – 4-13 Wexford
Report

Meath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Limerick 1-5 – 1-9 Tipperary
N Mulcahy 1-2; C Costelloe 0-2; L Stack 0-1 Report C Devane 0-7(6fs, 1 45); N Treacy 1-0; E Fryday, O O'Dwyer, M Campion 0-1 each
Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare)
Galway 2-16 – 2-8 Waterford
C Dolan 0-10fs; A Donohue, A O’Reilly 1-0 each; N Kilkenny, N Coen 0-2 each; C Murphy, R Hennelly 0-1 each Report B Carton 1-4(0-2f, 0-1 45, 1-0 pen); S Curran 1-0(f); A Lyng 0-2; F Morrissey, N Rockett 0-1 each
Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny 2-21 – 3-12 Tipperary
M Quilty 1-9 (0-7fs); D Gaule 0-6(1f); A Dalton 1-1; K Power 0-2; E Keane, A Farrell, K Doyle 0-1 each Report C Devane 0-6(fs); E McDonald 0-3; A McGrath (free), O O’Dwyer, K Kennedy 1-0 each; Megan Ryan, N Treacy, E Fryday 0-1 each
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: John Dermody (Westmeath)
Cork 1-10 – 0-14 Galway
A O’Connor 0-4; O Cotter 0-3(fs); J White 1-0; O Cronin, K Mackey, L Collins 0-1 each Report C Dolan 0-5(3fs); N Kilkenny 0-3; A Donohue, C Cormican 0-2 each; N Hanniffy, A O’Reilly 0-1 each
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: Liz Dempsey (Kilkenny)

Final

Main article: 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
8 September 2019
16:15 IST
Final
Kilkenny 0-17 (17) – (23) 3-14 Galway
(HT: 0-10 – 3-07)

Pts: Michelle Quilty 8 (7f), Denise Gaule 3 (1f), Anne Dalton 2 (1f), Miriam Walsh 1, Davina Tobin 1, Anna Farrell 1, Aoife Doyle 1		 Gls: Ailish O'Reilly 2, Niamh Hannify 1
Pts: Carrie Dolan 6 (5f, 1 '45), Niamh Kilkenny 4, Sarah Healy 1, Catherine Finnerty 1, Sarah Spellman 1, Noreen Coen 1
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare)
Attendance: 24,730

References

  1. ^ "GAA 2019 Master Fixture Schedule published". www.gaa.ie.
  2. ^ Duffy, Emma. "Poll: Who will win the All-Ireland senior camogie championship in 2019?". The42.
  3. ^ "The Camogie Association : News". www.camogie.ie.
  4. ^ 'Today is huge for Galway camogie, we don't win too many' - Tribe boss Murray