2015 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Explained

Year:2015
Dates:20 June – 13 September 2015
Teams:10
Matches:26
Team:Cork
Titles:26th
Captain:Ashling Thompson
Manager:Paudie Murray
Team2:Galway
Captain2:Niamh Kilkenny
Manager2:Tony Ward
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship - known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons - is the premier competition of the 2015 camogie season. Ten county teams compete in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who compete overall in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships.[1] It commenced on 20 June.[2]

Format

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

In the two quarter-finals, 2nd in Group A plays 3rd in Group B and 3rd in Group A plays 2nd inGroup B..

The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in the semi-finals.

The semi-final winners contest the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Fixtures and results

Group stages

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

Group 1

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Galway4 4 0 0 7041298
Wexford4 3 0 1 6048126
Cork4 2 0 2 524664
Limerick4 1 0 3 5174-232
Offaly4 0 0 4 4165-240

Group 2

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Kilkenny4 4 0 0 13536+968
Tipperary4 3 0 1 6585–206
Dublin4 1 1 2 5157–63
Clare4 1 1 2 5972–133
Derry4 0 0 4 53110–570

As stated in the rules, it was originally planned that a coin toss would take place to decide which of Dublin and Clare would progress to the quarter-finals. The head-to-head match between them had ended in a 1-8 to 1-8 draw and competition rules meant that they were level in the group. Both teams withdrew in protest at the proposed coin toss and eventually the Camogie Association decided that a play-off match would take place instead.[3] [4]

Knock-Out Stages

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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All-Ireland final

See main article: 2015 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Camogie master fixture list 2014. hoganstand.ie.
  2. Web site: Fixtures & Results. camogie.ie.
  3. Web site: Dublin and Clare reluctantly accept Saturday play-off.
  4. Web site: Dublin & Clare both withdraw from Camogie Championship before 'farcical coin toss'.