1999 National Hurling League

1999 National Hurling League
League details
Dates 21 February – 10 October, 1999
Teams 33
League champions
Winners Tipperary (17th win)
Captain Tommy Dunne
Manager Nicky English
League runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Captain Cathal Moore
Manager Mattie Murphy
Other division winners
Division 2 Derry
Division 3 Armagh
1998
2000

The 1999 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 68th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.[1] Tipperary won the league, beating Galway by 1-14 to 1-10 in the final.[2]

Structure

There are 14 teams in Division 1, divided into 1A and 1B. Each team plays all the others once, either home or away. Teams earn one point for a draw and two for a win. The top teams in 1A and 1B play each other in the NHL final. The bottom teams in each group play each other in a relegation playoff.

There are 10 teams in Division 2. The top two play each other in the final, with the winner promoted. The bottom team is relegated.

There are 9 teams in Division 3. The top two play each other in the final, with the winner promoted.

Division 1

National Hurling League Division 1
Season 1999
Champions Tipperary
17th National League title
Captain: Tommy Dunne
Manager: Nicky English
Relegated Down
Matches played 46
Top goalscorer Eugene Cloonan (7-49)
1999
2001
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2017.

Cork came into the season as defending champions of the 1998 season. Kerry and Down entered Division 1 as the promoted teams.

On 2 May 1999, Tipperary won the title following a 1-14 - 1-10 win over Galway in the final. It was their first league title since 1993-94 and their 17th National League title overall.

Down, who lost all of their group stage matches, were relegated from Division 1 after losing the relegation play-off to Kerry by 2-13 to 0-12.

Galway's Eugene Cloonan was the Division 1 top scorer with 7-49.

Group 1A table

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Galway 66007412 Division 1 runners-up
2 Clare 6411179
3 Offaly 6303126
4 Antrim 6303-146
5 Dublin 6213-145
6 Limerick 620424
7 Kerry 6006-900

Group stage

Group 1B table

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Tipperary 65014410 Division 1 champions
2 Kilkenny 65013010
3 Cork 6402318
4 Laois 6303-166
5 Waterford 6204214
6 Wexford 620434
7 Down 6006-1130Relegation to Division 2

Group stage

Relegation play-off

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

Final

Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall
Rank Player Team Tally Total Matches Average
1 Eugene Cloonan Galway 7-49 70 8 8.75
2 Tommy Dunne Tipperary 1-59 62 8 7.75
3 Alastair Elliott Antrim 4-39 51 6 8.50
4 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 2-42 48 7 6.85
5 Joe Deane Cork 3-38 47 6 7.83
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition
1 Eugene Cloonan Galway 3-05 14 Dublin
Alistair Elliott Antrim 1-11 14 Kerry
3 Alistair Elliott Antrim 1-10 13 Offaly
4 Eugene Cloonan Galway 1-09 12 Kerry
Tommy Dunne Tipperary 0-12 12 Clare
6 Alan Markham Clare 2-05 11 Kerry
Paul Flynn Waterford 2-05 11 Laois
Alistair Elliott Antrim 1-08 11 Dublin
Tom Dempsey Wexford 1-08 11 Waterford
Tommy Dunne Tipperary 1-08 11 Down

Division 2

Division 2 table

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Derry 98017616 Division 2 champions
2 Wicklow 97028314 Division 2 runners-up
3 Roscommon 96124313
4 Kildare 95041110
5 Carlow 9414-69
6 Westmeath 9405138
7 Meath 9315-207
8 Tyrone 9315-207
9 London 9315-217
10 Monaghan 9009-1130Relegated to Division 3

Knock-out stage

Division 3

Knock-out stage

References

  1. Gaelic Games
  2. "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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