2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Explained

Year:2017
Dates:10 June – 10 September 2017
Teams:10
Matches:25
Team:Cork
Titles:27th
Captain:Rena Buckley
Manager:Paudie Murray
Team2:Kilkenny
Captain2:Anna Farrell
Manager2:Ann Downey
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – was 2017's premier inter-county camogie competition.

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup.

The championship began on 10 June 2017 and ended on 10 September with a Cork victory.[1] [2] [3]

Teams

The All-Ireland camogie championships are structured in three tiers -

Nine of the senior camogie teams enter second teams in either the intermediate or junior championships. If the intermediate championship is won by a county's first team, that team is promoted to next year's senior championship. The winner of the junior championship is promoted to next year's intermediate championship provided that this does not result in two teams from the same county being in the same championship tier.

Senior Championship Teams –
Clare
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Kilkenny
Limerick
Offaly
Tipperary
Waterford
Wexford

Intermediate Championship Teams –
Antrim
Carlow
Cork (second team)
Derry
Down
Galway (second team)
Kildare
Kilkenny (second team)
Laois
Meath
Tipperary (second team)
Wexford (second team)

Junior Championship Teams –
Armagh
Clare (second team)
Dublin (second team)
Kerry
Offaly (second team)
Roscommon
Waterford (second team)
Westmeath
Wicklow

Format

The senior championship begins with a group stage and progresses to a knock-out stage.

Group Stage

The ten teams are drawn into two groups of five. All the teams play each other once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

Group stage

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

Group 1

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Kilkenny4 3 1 0 7642+3410
Galway4 3 0 1 9855+439
Dublin4 2 0 2 5879–216
Clare4 1 1 2 7072–24
Waterford4 0 0 4 50104–540

Group 2

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Cork4 4 0 0 92415112
Wexford4 3 0 1 6566–19
Tipperary4 1 0 3 6679–133
Offaly4 1 0 3 6983–143
Limerick4 1 0 3 6891–233

Knock-out stage

Final

See main article: 2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final.

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National camogie.
  2. Web site: The Camogie Association : News. Vuepoint.ie.
  3. Web site: 2017 All-Ireland camogie championship draws - Hoganstand.com.