2024 Walsh Cup Explained

2024 Walsh Cup
Province:Leinster, Ulster, Connacht
Year:2023
Sponsor:Dioralyte
Date:4–28 January 2024
Num Teams:9
Ordinal:18
Manager:Keith Rossiter
Captain:Lee Chin
Runnerupmanager:Henry Shefflin
Runnerupcaptain:Daithí Burke
Matches:11
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Walsh Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dioralyte Walsh Cup, was an early-season inter-county hurling competition based in the Irish province of Leinster and taking place in January 2024.[1]

Nine county teams competed — seven from Leinster ; from Connacht; and from Ulster. Four other teams from Leinster and Ulster played in the second-ranked 2024 Kehoe Cup.[2]

were the winners.[3]

Competition format

The teams are drawn into three groups of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Two group winners play each other in a semi-final, and the winners of that game play the other group winners in the final.[4]

Results

Finals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dioralyte Walsh Cup Senior Hurling 2024.
  2. Web site: Leinster champions first up for Carlow in 2024. November 9, 2023. Carlow Nationalist.
  3. Web site: Wexford hurlers crowned Dioralyte Walsh Cup champions. John. Harrington. January 28, 2024. Gaa.ie.
  4. Web site: Galway to Begin Walsh Hurling Cup Defence against Laois and Offaly. Sport. GBFM. November 10, 2023. Galway Bay FM.