2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Explained

Year:	2020
Dates:	17 October – 12 December 2020
Teams:	11
Matches:	20
Team:	Kilkenny
Titles:	14th
Captain:	Lucinda Gahan
Manager:	Brian Dowling
Team2:	Galway
Manager2:	Cathal Murray
Previous:	2019
Next:	2021

The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2020 camogie season.

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the tournament was delayed to the last months of the year, and was shortened to a season of twenty matches.^[1] ^[2]

Instead original fixtures will be rescheduled for 2021 championships.

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship.^[3] 20 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

Group Stage

The eleven teams are drawn into three groups. Groups 1 and 2 contain four teams; Group 3 contains three teams.^[4] Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

The runners-up in groups 1, 2 and 3 and the winners of Group 3 play in the quarter-finals.

The winners of groups 1 and 2 meet the quarter-final winners in the semi-finals.^[5]

Group stage

Group games took place between 17 October and 8 November.

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

Group 1

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Galway	3	3	0	0	+36	9
Cork	3	2	0	1	+7	6
Wexford	3	1	0	2	–22	3
Offaly	3	0	0	3	–21	0

Cork received a walkover from Offaly

Group 2

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Kilkenny	3	3	0	0	+52	9
Waterford	3	2	0	1	+18	6
Westmeath	3	1	0	2	–41	3
Limerick	3	0	0	3	–29	0

Group 3

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Tipperary	2	2	0	0	+14	6
Clare	2	1	0	1	+2	3
Dublin	2	0	0	2	–16	0

Knockout stage

Final

See main article: 2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final.

References

External links

Camogie Association

Notes and References

Web site: 2020 National Camogie Fixtures Update. 23 June 2020.
Web site: All-Ireland series will run into December for Cork camogie teams. Echo Live. 23 June 2020.
Web site: Westmeath come from seven points behind to secure intermediate Camogie title. September 8, 2019. www.irishexaminer.com.
Web site: 2020 National Camogie Fixtures Update. Sport. GBFM. June 24, 2020.
Web site: Draws completed for 2020 All-Ireland Camogie Championships. July 17, 2020.