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2024 Christy Ring Cup

The 2024 Christy Ring Cup is the 20th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition will begin in April 2024 and will end in June 2024.[1]

2024 Christy Ring Cup
DatesApril – June 2024
Teams6
← 2023 (Previous) (Next) 2025 →

Kildare and Wicklow return to the cup after one year absences. The counties who finish in the top two places will qualify for the final, with the winner being promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup. The bottom placed team in the group stage is relegated to the 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup.[1]

Team changes edit

To Championship edit

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship edit

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams edit

General Information edit

County Last Cup Title Last Provincial title Last All-Ireland title Position in 2023 Championship Appearance
  Derry — 2001 — 2nd 18th
  Kildare[2] 2022 — — 6th (Joe McDonagh Cup) 18th
  London 2012 — 1901 4th 12th
  Sligo — — — 3rd 5th
  Tyrone — — — 5th 2nd
  Wicklow — — — Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup) 19th

Personnel and kits edit

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor
  Derry
  Kildare
  London
  Sligo
  Tyrone
  Wicklow

Format edit

Group stage edit

Initially each of the six teams play the other five teams in single round-robin matches. The top two teams after the round robin games compete in the Christy Ring Cup final.

Promotion edit

The Christy Ring champions are automatically promoted to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup. The Christy Ring Cup champions replace the bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Relegation edit

The bottom-placed team in the Christy Ring Cup are automatically relegated to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the Nicky Rackard Cup champions.

Group Stage edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Qualification
1   London 2 2 0 0 6-49 2-24 +37 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2   Kildare 2 2 0 0 5-46 2-22 +33 4
3   Derry 2 2 0 0 2-43 0-25 +24 4
4   Wicklow 2 0 0 2 0-26 3-44 -27 0
5   Tyrone 2 0 0 2 2-25 4-49 -30 0
6   Sligo 2 0 0 2 2-20 6-45 -37 0 Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup

Round 1 edit

13 April 2024 Round 1   Sligo 2-08 - 2-19   Kildare
  Tyrone 2-12 - 2-23   London
  Wicklow 0-12 - 0-17   Derry

Round 2 edit

20 April 2024 Round 2 London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo
20 April 2024 Round 2 Derry 2-26 - 0-13 Tyrone
21 April 2024 Round 2 Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow

Round 3 edit

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Round 4 edit

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Round 5 edit

18 May 2024 Sligo v Derry Markievicz Park
18 May 2024 London v Kildare Ruislip
18 May 2024 Tyrone v Wicklow

Knockout stage edit

Final edit

May 2024 Final v Croke Park

The winners are promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Stadia and locations edit

See also: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums
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Locations of the 2024 Christy Ring Cup counties.
County Location Province Stadium Capacity
  Derry Derry Ulster Celtic Park 22,000
  Kildare Newbridge Leinster St. Conleth's Park 8,200
  London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
  Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558
  Tyrone Omagh Ulster Healy Park 17,636
  Wicklow Arklow Leinster Pearse Park 5,000

Statistics edit

Scoring events edit

Miscellaneous edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "GAA Master Fixtures for 2023 published". www.gaa.ie.[failed verification]
  2. ^ "Kildare hurling".
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