2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 11 May – 18 August 2019
Teams 12
All-Ireland champions
Provincial champions
Munster Not Played
Leinster Not Played
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
All-Star Team See here
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The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 132th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. It is the first tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.[1]

The championship begins on 11 May 2019 and ends on 18 August 2019. The draw for the championship round-robin fixtures was held off camera and announced on 11 October 2018 on the championship draw broadcast on RTÉ2.

Competition format

The current All-Ireland hurling championship format featuring five-team groups in both Leinster and Munster and the Joe McDonagh Cup was introduced in 2018 for an initial three-year period.

In the Leinster and Munster provincial championships, five teams compete in single round-robin matches, home or away. The top two teams in each provincial group contest the provincial final, with the provincial winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the losing provincial finalists advancing to the two quarter-finals.

The third-placed teams in Leinster and Munster compete in All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals against the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage.

If a non-Munster team wins the Joe McDonagh Cup, the bottom team in the Leinster championship will be relegated to next year's Joe McDonagh Cup and will be replaced in next year's Leinster championship by the Joe McDonagh Cup winners. If a Munster team wins the Joe McDonagh Cup, they will play off against the team who finished bottom in the Munster championship for the right to play in next year's Munster championship, thereby ensuring that only teams based in the province of Munster compete in the Munster championship.

Teams

A total of twelve teams compete in the championship – five in the Leinster championship, five in the Munster championship, and the top two teams from the Joe McDonagh Cup who enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage.

Teams and venues

Each team has a nominal home stadium for the round-robin series of the provincial championships. However, Waterford will not play their "home" games at Walsh Park, instead playing in neutral venues for these fixtures, namely and .

In the knockout stage, teams from the provincial round-robin series will not have home advantage, if avoidable. The only teams to play knockout games at home are the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, who have home advantage in the preliminary quarter-finals. The Munster final was held at a neutral venue which was decided based on the qualifying teams, while the locations of the two quarter-finals were decided based on similar considerations. The Leinster final, and the semi-finals and final of the All-Ireland series are held in the 82,300-capacity Croke Park in Dublin, headquarters of the GAA.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
From the Leinster Championship
Dublin Donnycarney Parnell Park 13,499
Galway Galway Pearse Stadium 26,197
Kilkenny Kilkenny Nowlan Park 27,800
Carlow Carlow Dr. Cullen Park 21,000
Wexford Wexford Wexford Park 25,000
From the Munster Championship
Clare Ennis Cusack Park 19,000
Cork Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh 45,000
Limerick Limerick Gaelic Grounds 49,886
Tipperary Thurles Semple Stadium 53,000
Waterford Waterford Walsh Park 9,000
From the Joe McDonagh Cup

Personnel and colours

Team Colours Main
Sponsor		 Captain(s) Manager(s) Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial League
Clare Pat O'Donnell Donal Moloney
Gerry O'Connor		 2013 1998 2016
Cork Chill Insurance John Meyler 2005 2018 1998
Dublin AIG Vacant 1938 2013 2011
Galway Supermac's Micheál Donoghue 2017 2018 2017
Kilkenny Glanbia Brian Cody 2015 2016 2018
Limerick Sporting Limerick John Kiely 2018 2013 1997
Carlow IT Carlow Colm Bonnar
Tipperary Intersport/Elverys Liam Sheedy 2016 2016 2008
Waterford TQS Integration Páraic Fanning 1959 2010 2015
Wexford Gain Davy Fitzgerald 1996 2004 1972–73

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Leinster group table

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 Carlow 00000-000-0000
2 Dublin 00000-000-0000
3 Galway 00000-000-0000
4 Kilkenny 00000-000-0000
5 Wexford 00000-000-0000

Leinster group matches

Leinster final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster group table

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 Clare 00000-000-0000
2 Cork 00000-000-0000
3 Limerick 00000-000-0000
4 Tipperary 00000-000-0000
5 Waterford 00000-000-0000

Munster group matches

Munster final

2019 Joe McDonagh Cup

The second ever Joe McDonagh Cup, the second tier of senior inter-county championship hurling, was contested by Antrim, Kerry, Laois, Offaly and Westmeath. Each team played all the other teams once in a round-robin format, with the top two teams progressing to the Joe McDonagh Cup final and also advancing to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals, where they played the teams that finished third in the Leinster and Munster championships.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals

The third-placed teams from the two provincial round-robins play the two teams who competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup Final, with the two finalists having home advantage. Joe McDonagh champions face third-placed Munster team in , while runners-up meet , the third-place finished from Leinster, in .

All-Ireland quarter-finals

The the losing provincial finalists play the winners of the two preliminary quarter-finals. If a third-place finisher from a provincial series wins in the previous round, they will be kept apart from a team they had already met in the round-robin phase to prevent a repeat fixture. Munster runners-up will meet , with beaten Leinster finalists facing the following day. Both games were held at neutral venues.

All-Ireland semi-finals

The semi-finals will take place in Croke Park across the last weekend of July, with the Leinster and Munster champions playing the winners of the two quarter-finals.

Championship statistics

Scoring Events

  • Widest winning margin: '
  • Most goals in a match: '
  • Most points in a match: '
  • Most goals by one team in a match: '


  • Most goals by a losing team: '
  • Highest aggregate score: '
  • Lowest aggregate score: points

Live Hurling on TV

RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship in the third year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports will also broadcast a number of matches and will have exclusive rights to some games.

Live Hurling On TV Schedule
Date Fixture &
Match Details		 RTÉ
Sky Sports
Provincial Championships
May
Leinster Round 1		 RTÉ
June
Munster Final		 RTÉ
July
Leinster Final		 RTÉ
All-Ireland Hurling Championship
July
All-Ireland Quarter-Final		 RTÉ
July
All-Ireland Quarter-Final		 RTÉ
July
All-Ireland Semi-Final		 RTÉ
Sky Sports
July
All-Ireland Semi-Final		 RTÉ
Sky Sports
August
All-Ireland Final		 RTÉ
Sky Sports

References

  1. ↑ Hurling tiers - 1. All-Ireland (Liam McCarthy Cup) 2. Joe McDonagh Cup 3. Christy Ring Cup 4. Nicky Rackard Cup 5. Lory Meagher Cup
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