The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2019 camogie season.[2]
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 June – 8 September 2019[1] |
| Teams | 11 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winners | Galway (3rd win) |
| Captain | Sarah Dervan |
| Manager | Cathal Murray |
| All-Ireland runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Meighan Farrell & Anna Farrell |
| Manager | Ann Downey |
| Championship statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
← 2018 2020 → | |
The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 15 June.[3] It was won by Galway, who defeated Kilkenny in the final.[4]
Teams edit
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.
Format edit
Group stage
The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. 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 two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
- The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
- The semi-final winners contest the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Relegation
- The two teams that finish last in their group play each other in a relegation playoff; the losers are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.
Group stage edit
| Advance to semi-finals | |
| Advance to quarter-finals | |
| Relegation playoff |
Group games took place 15 June – 24 July 2019.
Group 1 edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kilkenny
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +74 | 12 |
 Galway
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +51 | 9 |
 Limerick
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –12 | 6 |
 Offaly
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | –28 | 3 |
 Wexford
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –85 | 0 |
Group 2 edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cork
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +83 | 15 |
 Tipperary
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 12 |
 Waterford
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
 Dublin
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –21 | 4 |
 Clare
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –30 | 4 |
 Meath
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –48 | 0 |
Relegation playoff edit
| Meath | 4-9 – 4-13 | Wexford |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Meath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.
Knock-out stage edit
Quarter-finals edit
| Limerick | 1-5 – 1-9 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| N Mulcahy 1-2; C Costelloe 0-2; L Stack 0-1 | Report | C Devane 0-7(6fs, 1 45); N Treacy 1-0; E Fryday, O O'Dwyer, M Campion 0-1 each |
| Galway | 2-16 – 2-8 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| C Dolan 0-10fs; A Donohue, A O’Reilly 1-0 each; N Kilkenny, N Coen 0-2 each; C Murphy, R Hennelly 0-1 each | Report | B Carton 1-4(0-2f, 0-1 45, 1-0 pen); S Curran 1-0(f); A Lyng 0-2; F Morrissey, N Rockett 0-1 each |
Semi-finals edit
| Kilkenny | 2-21 – 3-12 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| M Quilty 1-9 (0-7fs); D Gaule 0-6(1f); A Dalton 1-1; K Power 0-2; E Keane, A Farrell, K Doyle 0-1 each | Report | C Devane 0-6(fs); E McDonald 0-3; A McGrath (free), O O’Dwyer, K Kennedy 1-0 each; Megan Ryan, N Treacy, E Fryday 0-1 each |
| Cork | 1-10 – 0-14 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| A O’Connor 0-4; O Cotter 0-3(fs); J White 1-0; O Cronin, K Mackey, L Collins 0-1 each | Report | C Dolan 0-5(3fs); N Kilkenny 0-3; A Donohue, C Cormican 0-2 each; N Hanniffy, A O’Reilly 0-1 each |
Final edit
8 September 2019
16:15 IST Final |
| Kilkenny
|
0-17 (17) – (23) 3-14 | Galway
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 0-10 – 3-07) | ||
Pts: Michelle Quilty 8 (7f), Denise Gaule 3 (1f), Anne Dalton 2 (1f), Miriam Walsh 1, Davina Tobin 1, Anna Farrell 1, Aoife Doyle 1 |
Gls: Ailish O'Reilly 2, Niamh Hannify 1 Pts: Carrie Dolan 6 (5f, 1 '45), Niamh Kilkenny 4, Sarah Healy 1, Catherine Finnerty 1, Sarah Spellman 1, Noreen Coen 1 | |
References edit
- ^ "GAA 2019 Master Fixture Schedule published". www.gaa.ie.
- ^ Duffy, Emma. "Poll: Who will win the All-Ireland senior camogie championship in 2019?". The42.
- ^ "The Camogie Association : News". www.camogie.ie.
- ^ 'Today is huge for Galway camogie, we don't win too many' - Tribe boss Murray