2019 National Camogie League

The 2019 National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, took place in early 2019.[1][2][3]

2019 National Camogie League
League details
Dates20 January – 20 April 2019
Teams31
League champions
WinnersGalway (5th win)
CaptainSarah Dervan
ManagerCathal Murray
League runners-up
Runners-upKilkenny
CaptainAnna Farrell and Meighan Farrell
ManagerAnn Downey
Other division winners
Division 2Tipperary
Division 3Kildare
2018
2020

Galway won Division 1, defeating Kilkenny in the final.

Format

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League structure

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The 2019 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: 10 in Division 1, 15 in Division 2 and 6 in Division 3; division 1 is divided into two groups and Division 2 is divided into three groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:

  • winners of the head-to-head game are ranked ahead
  • if the head-to-head match was a draw, ranking is determined by the points difference (i.e. total scored minus total conceded in all games)
  • if the points difference is equal, ranking is determined by the total scored

If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.

Finals

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The top two teams in each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League semi-finals.

In Division 2, the three group winners and runners-up contest the quarter-finals; the three quarter-final winners then play a semi-final and final.

The top four teams in Division 3 contest the Division 3 semi-finals.[4]

Fixtures and results

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Division 1

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
  Kilkenny 4 4 0 0 +38 12 Advance to NCL semi-finals
  Limerick 4 3 0 1 +12 9
  Dublin 4 1 1 2 –13 4
  Clare 4 1 0 3 –13 3
  Offaly 4 0 1 3 –24 1 Relegation playoff

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
  Galway 4 3 1 0 +16 10 Advance to NCL semi-finals
  Cork 4 3 1 0 +10 10
  Tipperary 4 2 0 2 –7 6
  Waterford 4 1 0 3 –19 3
  Wexford 4 0 0 4 n/a –3 Relegation playoff
  • Wexford gave a walkover to Cork and were deducted three points. Because of this, score difference in games involving Wexford are not included when calculating overall score difference.

Relegation playoff

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16 March 2019
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Relegation playoff
Offaly   4-15 – 1-6   Wexford Hawkfield
Report

Finals

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10 March 2019
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Semi-Final
Kilkenny   0-12 – 0-9   Cork WIT Arena, Carriganore
Referee: John Dermody
Report

10 March 2019
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Semi-Final
Galway   2-14 – 0-4   Limerick St Brendan's Park, Birr
Report

31 March 2019
12:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Kilkenny   2-8 – 0-16   Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: C Egan (Cork)
M Quilty 1-1(0-1f); D Morrissey 0-3(2fs); A Dalton 1-0; K Power 0-2; D Gaule (f), C Phelan (45) 0-1 each Report C Dolan 0-8(7fs, 1 45); A Donohue 0-3; N Kilkenny, N Hanniffy 0-2 each; A O’Reilly 0-1

Division 2

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Finals

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30 March 2019
Quarter-Final
Galway Intermediate   1-5 – 1-9   Kilkenny Intermediate St Rynagh's Park, Banagher

31 March 2019
Quarter-Final
Meath   0-7 – 0-8   Westmeath Inniskeen Grattans, Inniskeen

31 March 2019
Quarter-Final
Derry   1-7 – 3-10   Tipperary Intermediate Inniskeen Grattans, Inniskeen

7 April 2019
Semi-Final
Tipperary Intermediate   3-9 – 1-12   Westmeath St Rynagh's Park, Banagher
Report

20 April 2019
15:00 IST
Final
Kilkenny Intermediate   0-8 – 0-14   Tipperary Intermediate St Rynagh's Park, Banagher
Referee: Philip McDonald (Cavan)
K Hamilton 0-4(3fs), K Nolan 0-2(fs); C Pelan, L Green (f) 0-1 each Report J Grace 0-8(7fs); A Loughnane 0-4; N Treacy, C McKeogh 0-1 each

Division 3

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Finals

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20 April 2019
13:00 IST
Final
Kildare   2-9 – 0-11   Limerick Intermediate St. Rynagh's Park, Banagher
Referee: Barry Nea (Westmeath)
C Shiels 2-0, S Hurley 0-8(4fs, 3 45s), L Sutton 0-1 Report R Noonan 0-8(2fs, 2 45s, 1 pen), L Browne, C O’Brien, Aisling Cunningham

References

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  1. ^ "The Camogie Association : Fixtures & Results". www.camogie.ie.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Marisa (1 January 2019). "Month-By-Month Guide To The 2019 Irish Sporting Calendar".
  3. ^ "Limerick could opt for hurling-camogie league double-headers in Gaelic Grounds". www.limerickleader.ie.
  4. ^ 2019 FIXTURES: Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues