2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2018
Championship details
Dates 9 June – 9 September, 2018
Teams 11
All-Ireland champions
Winners Cork (28th win)
Captain Aoife Murray
Manager Paudie Murray
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-up Kilkenny
Captain Shelly Farrell
Manager Ann Downey
Championship statistics
Matches played 30
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The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2018 camogie season.

The championship began on 9 June and ended on 9 September with Cork retaining the O'Duffy Cup.[1][2][3][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 the other teams in their 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 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Group Stage

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

Group 1

Group 1 Table

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
Kilkenny 4400+4912
Galway 4301+289
Waterford 4202–186
Limerick 4013–241
Clare 4013–351

Group 2

Group 2 Table

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
Cork 5500+9515
Tipperary 5311+1110
Dublin 5311010
Offaly 5203–126
Wexford 5104–153
Meath 5005–790

Knock-out stage

Quarter-Finals

Quarter-Final
Waterford 1-7 – 1-14 Tipperary
Report
Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim)
Quarter-Final
Galway 0-20 – 0-4 Dublin
A Donohue, C Dolan (fs) 0-4 each; C Cormican, N McGrath (1f) 0-3 each; N Kilkenny 0-2; C Walsh, F Keely, S McGrath 0-1 each Report O Beagan 0-3(2fs); A Griffin 0-1
Referee: L Dempsey (Kilkenny)

Semi-Finals

Kilkenny 1-10 – 1-7 Galway
D Gaule 0-6f; K Power 1-1; J Malone 0-1; M Quilty, M Farrell 0-1 each Report C Dolan 0-5f; R Hennelly 1-0 (pen); N Kilkenny, A O’Reilly 0-1 each
Referee: R Kelly (Kildare)
Cork 0-21 – 0-9 Tipperary
Cotter 0-9 (7fs); C Sigerson, K Mackey 0-3 each; L Collins 0-2; A O’Connor, O Cronin, L Homan, P Mackey 0-1 each Report C Devane 0-5f; Caoimhe Maher, O O’Dwyer, G O’Brien, S Fryday 0-1 each
Referee: E Cassidy (Derry)

Final

Kilkenny 0-13 – 0-14 Cork
Denise Gaule 0-10 (7f, 2 '65'); Julia Ann Malone, Meghan Farrell, Michelle Quilty 0-1 each Report Orla Cotter 0-5f; Chloe Sigerson 0-3f; Katrina Mackey, Orla Cronin 0-2 each; Aoife Murray (pen), Amy O’Connor 0-1 each
Attendance: 21,453
Referee: Eamon Cassidy (Derry)

References

  1. ↑ Vuepoint.ie. "The Camogie Association : News". www.camogie.ie.
  2. ↑ "National camogie". sportsmanager.ie.
  3. ↑ "Draws for 2018 All-Ireland Camogie Championships - SportsNewsIRELAND".
  4. ↑ "Ref comes under fire as Rebelettes secure the two-in-a-row". Irish Independent. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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