2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 68th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.

2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	19 June – 10 July 2016
Teams	4 Championship 4 Shield
Champions	Antrim (56th title) Conor Carson (captain) Dominic McKinley & Terence McNaughton (manager)
Runners-up	Armagh Cahal Carvill (captain) Sylvester McConnell (manager)
Promoted	Donegal
Relegated	Derry
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3 Championship 2 Shield
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The final is traditionally played on the second Sunday in July. The winners receive the Liam Harvey Cup.

Antrim won the title by defeating Armagh in the final.

Team changes

To championship

Entered championship

• None

From championship

Transferred to the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield

• Donegal

Format

A two-tier format was introduced in 2016. Antrim no longer receive a bye to the final.

Antrim, Armagh, Derry and Down compete in the top tier in a knock-out format.

A second tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield, was created. Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone compete in a knock-out format, with the winner gaining promotion to the top tier for 2017.

The beaten semi-finalists in this year's Senior Championship compete in a relegation play-off with the losing team relegated to the Senior Shield for 2017.

Cavan do not participate.

Teams

General Information

Four counties will compete in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship:

County	Last Provincial Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2015 Championship	Appearance
Antrim	2015	—	Champions
Armagh	—	—	Quarter-finals
Derry	2001	—	Semi-finals
Down	1997	—	Runners-up

Bracket

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Derry		0-14
	Antrim		3-28
						Antrim		6-21
						Armagh		4-14
	Armagh		4-12
	Down		0-17			Relegation Playoff
						Derry		scr.
						Down		w/o

Semi-finals

Semi-final matches

19 June 2016

17:00

Semi-final

Derry	0-14 - 3-28	Antrim
	Report

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

19 June 2016

19:00

Semi-final

Armagh	4-12 - 0-17	Down
	Report

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Final

Ulster Championship Final

10 July 2016

Final

Antrim	6-21 - 4-14	Armagh
C Clarke 2-07 (3f), J Connolly 2-02, J Dillon 1-02, C Carson 1-01, B McCarry, D McKernan 0-03 each, J McKeague, E McCloskey 0-01 each, C McNaughton 0-01 (f)	Report	E McGuinness 2-02, R Gaffney 0-07 (7f), J King, D Coulter 1-00 each, F Bradley, C Carvill 0-02 each, C Corvan 0-01

Owenbeg, Dungiven

Referee: E. Hassan (Derry)

Relegation playoff

Relegation playoff match

26 June 2016

Relegation play-off

Derry	scr. – w/o	Down

Ulster Senior Hurling Shield

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Tyrone		scr.
	Monaghan		w/o
						Monaghan		2-14
						Donegal		5-13
	Fermanagh		3-14
	Donegal		3-18

Ulster Shield Semi-Finals

19 June 2016

Semi-final

Tyrone	scr. – w/o	Monaghan
	Report

Brewster Park, Fermanagh

19 June 2016

Semi-final

Fermanagh	3-14 - 3-18	Donegal
	Report

Brewster Park, Fermanagh

Ulster Shield Final

26 June 2016

Final

Monaghan	2-14 - 5-13	Donegal
Declan Crowe (0-2), Conor Boyle (1-5, 3f, 2’65s’), Conor McKenna (0-2), Fergal Rafter (0-1,f); Mark Treanor (1-3), Brian McGuigan (0-1).		Jack O’Loughlin (1-0), Danny Cullen (1-1), Stephen Gillespie (0-1); Ronan McDermott (1-0), Niall Cleary (0-1), Lee Henderson (0-7,6f), Paddy Hannigan (1-0), Kevin Campbell (1-1) Paul Nelson (0-2)

Brewster Park, Fermanagh

Referee: C. Cunning (Antrim)