2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details | |
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Dates | 1 May 2016 — 4 September 2016 |
Teams | 14 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Not Played |
Leinster | Not Played |
Ulster | Not part of the All-Ireland SHC |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the 129th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2016 fixtures took place on 15 October 2015 live on RTE 2, which was presented by Michael Lyster and Marty Morrissey.[1][2][3]
The championship began on 1 May 2016 and is scheduled to end on 4 September 2016.
Kilkenny are the defending champions.[4] Kerry qualified for the competition for the first time since 2004.
Contents
Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is a double-elimination tournament based on the Leinster and Munster provincial championships. Fourteen teams take part.
Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Seven Leinster counties compete. Galway and Kerry, though not in Leinster, also participate. The competition begins with a qualifier group consisting of the four weakest teams. Two teams from the qualifier group progress and the remainder of the competition is knock-out. Most of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – the two bottom teams in the Leinster qualifier group do not.
In 2016 the bottom team in the Leinster qualifier group will be relegated to next year's Christy Ring Cup (2nd tier). Their place in next year's Leinster qualifier group will be taken by the winner of 2016’s Christy Ring Cup.
Kerry qualified for this year's Leinster Championship by winning the 2015 Christy Ring Cup.
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Five Munster counties compete. Kerry participate in The Leinster Hurling Championship (see above). The competition has a knock-out format. All of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.
Qualifiers
All teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships enter the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers which are knock-out. The qualifiers eventually result in two teams who play the beaten finalists of the Leinster and Munster championships in the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Non-participating Provincial Championships
Connacht and Ulster teams can qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship by winning the Christy Ring Cup (tier 2).
Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
This competition is no longer organised. Galway represent Connacht and participate in the Leinster Championship.
Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Although this competition takes place, it is not part of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Currently no Ulster teams qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Changes from 2015 championship
- Hawkeye was used for the first time in the Munster Hurling Championship in Thurles when Tipperary played Cork on 22 May 2016. Previously it was only installed in Croke Park.[5]
Teams
Overview
All bar one of the teams from the 2015 championship will line out in hurling's top tier in 2016.
Antrim, who finished bottom of the 2015 Leinster qualifier group, were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup. Their place in the 2016 Leinster qualifier group goes to Kerry who won the 2015 Christy Ring Cup and gained automatic promotion.[6] It will be the first time since 2004 that Kerry will participate in the senior championship.
List of teams
Betting
Prior to the start of the Championship in May, Bookmaker Paddy Power made Kilkenny favorites to retain their title with odds of 7/4, Tipperary were priced at 4/1, Clare at 11/2, Waterford at 13/2, Galway at 15/2, Limerick 10/1, Cork 12/1, and Dublin at 20/1.[7]
Provincial Championships
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Qualifier group
Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | SD | Pts | |
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1 | 20px Westmeath | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-62 | 4-39 | +20 | 6 |
2 | Offaly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-47 | 4-53 | -3 | 4 |
3 | 20px Kerry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-52 | 4-54 | -5 | 2 |
4 | 20px Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-43 | 3-58 | -12 | 0 |
Green background (rows 1 and 2) are the teams that earn a place in the quarter-finals of this year's Leinster Championship.
Red background (row 4) are relegated and play in the Christy Ring Cup next year. The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup are promoted in their place to the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Championship. |
1 May 2016 Round 1 | 20px Kerry | 2-19 - 0-17 | 20px Carlow | Austin Stack Park, Tralee |
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15:00 | S Nolan (1-04 (0-03f)), J Egan (1-03), J Griffin (0-03), M Boyle, J Goulding, J Conway (0-02 each), D Collins, M O'Leary, D Dineen (0-01f) (0-01 each). | Report | M Kavanagh (0-08 (0-06f), JM Nolan (0-02), J Kavanagh, R Kelly, Seamus Murphy, Sean Murphy, J Doyle (0-01f), C Lawlor, HP O'Byrne (0-01 each) | Referee: C Lyons (Cork) |
1 May 2016 Round 1 | 20px Westmeath | 2-22 - 1-11 | Offaly | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
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15:00 | E Price (1-05), N O'Brien (0-07 (0-05f)) D McNicholas (1-02), C Boyle (0-03), L Varley (0-02), D Egerton, A Devine, D Clinton (0-01 each). | Report | P Murphy (1-01), S Dooley (0-03 (0-03f)), S Ryan, S Kinsella, K Kiely (0-02 each), J Bergin (0-01 (0-01f)). | Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenney) |
7 May 2016 Round 2 | 20px Kerry | 1-13 - 1-18 | 20px Westmeath | Austin Stack Park, Tralee |
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S Nolan (0-4f), M Boyle (1-1), J Goulding (0-2), P Lucid (0-2f), B O’Leary (0-2), J Egan (0-1), B Barrett (0-1). | Report | D McNicholas (1-3), N O’Brien (0-5, 4f), C Boyle (0-3), E Price (0-2), A Devine (0-1), R Greville (0-1), L Varley (0-1), A Clarke (0-1), B Murtagh (0-1). | Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) |
7 May 2016 Round 2 | Offaly | 1-17 - 2-11 | 20px Carlow | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
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S Dooley (1-10, 6f, 1 ’65, 1 s/l), J Bergin (0-02, 1f), J Mulrooney (0-02), P Murphy (0-02), K Connolly (0-01). | Report | S Murphy (1-01), R Smithers (1-00), J Doyle (0-03), D Murphy (0-02, 1f), K McDonald (0-02, 1f), D Byrne (0-01), JM Nolan (0-01), S Murphy (0-01). | Attendance: 950 Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath) |
22 May 2016 Round 3 | 20px Kerry | 0-20 – 3-19 | Offaly | Austin Stack Park, Tralee |
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S Nolan 0-8 (0-6f), B Barrett & J Egan 0-3 each, D Collins & J Griffin 0-2 each, J Diggins & T Casey 0-1 each. | Report | S Dooley 1-10 (0-8f, 0-1 ’65, 0-1 s/line), J Bergin 2-2, K Connolly 0-2, S Kinsella, J Mulrooney, C Kiely, P Guinan & L Langton 0-1 each. | Referee: P O'Dwyer (Carlow) |
22 May 2016 Round 3 | 20px Westmeath | 0-22 – 2-15 | 20px Carlow | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
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N O'Brien 0-8 0-5f, D McNicholas and B Murtagh 0-3 each, A Clarke, K Doyle, R Greville 0-2 each, N Mitchell, L Varley 0-1 each. | Report | D Murphy 0-6 0-3f, Seamus Murphy, C Lawlor 1-1 each, Sen Murphy 0-3, J M Nolan, J Doyle 0-2 each. | Referee: J Owens (Wexford) |
Knock-out
Quarter-Finals
Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. The remaining six teams (four seeded teams plus the qualifier group winners and runners-up) play in three quarter-finals. If a team from the qualifier group wins their quarter-final, they will be seeded in next year's Leinster championship and the seeded team that they beat will take part in next year's Leinster qualifier group.
21 May 2016
Quarter-final |
20px Dublin | 2-19 - 0-12 | Wexford |
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D Treacy 0-8f (7f, 1 '65), N McMorrow 0-4, E Dillon and D O'Connell 1-0 each, J McCaffrey, P Ryan, C Bennett, R O'Dwyer, D Plunkett, M Schutte and D O'Callaghan 0-1 each. | Report | C McDonald 0-6 (4f), L Óg McGovern 0-4, H Kehoe and E Moore ('65) 0-1 each. |
Semi-Finals
Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. They are joined by the winners of the three quarter-finals.
19 June 2016
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Final
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Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-Final
22 May 2016 Quarter-final | 20px Tipperary | 0-22 - 0-13 | Cork | Semple Stadium, Thurles |
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16:00 | S Callanan 0-8 (4f), J O’Dwyer 0-7 (2f, 1 65), N McGrath 0-2, Pádraic Maher, B Maher, J McGrath, J Forde & K Bergin 0-1 each. | Report | P Horgan 0-4f, A Cadogan 0-3, C Lehane 0-2 (1f), C Murphy, B Lawton, S Harnedy & L O’Farrell 0-1 each. | Attendance: 29,114 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath) |
Semi-Finals
Final
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Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
In November 2015 a new two-tier Ulster Senior Hurling Championship format was announced. The Ulster championship is not part of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
All-Ireland Qualifiers
All qualifier matches are knock-out.
Round 1
The eight teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster (5 teams) and Munster (3 teams) provincial championships play in four matches. Teams in the draw:
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Round 2
The four winners of round 1 play in two matches.
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
The beaten finalists from the Leinster and Munster championships play the winners of round 2 of the qualifiers.
24 July 2016 Quarter-final | v | Semple Stadium | ||
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14:00 |
24 July 2016 Quarter-final | v | Semple Stadium | ||
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16:00 |
Semi-finals
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals.
7 August 2016 Semi-final | Leinster champions | v | Croke Park | |
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15:30 |
14 August 2016 Semi-final | Munster champions | v | Croke Park | |
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15:30 |
Final
4 September 2016 Final | v | Croke Park | ||
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15:30 |
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Statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 14 points
- Most goals in a match: 3
- Most points in a match: 39
- Most goals by one team in a match: 3
- Highest aggregate score: 48
- Lowest aggregate score: 35
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
Top scorers
- Overall
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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1 | Shane Dooley | Offaly | 2-23 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
2 | Niall O'Brien | Westmeath | 0-20 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
3 | Shane Nolan | Kerry | 1-16 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
4 | Derek McNicholas | Westmeath | 2-8 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
5 | Eoin Price | Westmeath | 1-7 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
John Egan | Kerry | 1-7 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 | |
7 | Denis Murphy | Carlow | 0-8 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 |
Marty Kavanagh | Carlow | 0-8 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 | |
Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 0-8 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 | |
David Treacy | Dublin | 0-8 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
- Single game
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
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1 | Shane Dooley | Offaly | 1-10 | 13 | Carlow |
Shane Dooley | Offaly | 1-10 | 13 | Kerry | |
3 | Joe Bergin | Offaly | 2-2 | 8 | Kerry |
Eoin Price | Westmeath | 1-5 | 8 | Offaly | |
Marty Kavanagh | Carlow | 0-8 | 8 | Kerry | |
Shane Nolan | Kerry | 0-8 | 8 | Offaly | |
Niall O'Brien | Westmeath | 0-8 | 8 | Carlow | |
David Treacy | Dublin | 0-8 | 8 | Wexford | |
Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 0-8 | 8 | Cork | |
10 | Shane Nolan | Kerry | 1-4 | 7 | Carlow |
Niall O'Brien | Westmeath | 0-7 | 7 | Offaly |
Clean sheets
Rank | Goalkeeper | County | Clean sheets |
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1 | Aiden McCabe | 20px Kerry | 1 |
James Dempsey | Offaly | ||
D Grennan | 20px Carlow | ||
Conor Dooley | 20px Dubin | ||
Anthony Nash | Cork | ||
Darren Gleeson | 20px Tipperary |
Broadcasting
Matches will be broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ and Sky Sports, and in the United Kingdon on Sky Sports. Worldwide coverage will be provided on GAAGO.[8]
RTÉ coverage will be shown on RTÉ One on The Sunday Game Live presented by Michael Lyster in high definition. Des Cahill will present The Sunday Game highlights and analysis show on Sunday evening.[9]
These matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland
Round | RTÉ | Sky Sports |
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Munster Championship | Tipperary vs Cork | |
Leinster Championship | Dublin vs Wexford | |
Qualifiers | ||
Quarter-Finals | ||
Semi-Finals | ||
Final |
Miscellaneous
- Kerry are the first team from Munster to play in the Leinster Championship. Their round 1 qualifier group match against Carlow on 1 May was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.[10]
- On 1 May 2016 Westmeath defeated Offaly in the championship for the first time since 1976. Their opening Leinster qualifier group game was also their first championship meeting since then.[11]
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