The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2020 camogie season.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 October – 12 December 2020 |
| Teams | 11 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winners | Kilkenny (14th win) |
| Captain | Lucinda Gahan |
| Manager | Brian Dowling |
| All-Ireland runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Galway |
| Captain | Sarah Dervan |
| Manager | Cathal Murray |
| Championship statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
← 2019 2021 → | |
The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the tournament was delayed to the last months of the year, and was shortened to a season of twenty matches.[1][2]
Instead original fixtures will be rescheduled for 2021 championships.
Teams
editEleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship.[3] 20 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.
Format
editGroup Stage
The eleven teams are drawn into three groups. Groups 1 and 2 contain four teams; Group 3 contains three teams.[4] 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 runners-up in groups 1, 2 and 3 and the winners of Group 3 play in the quarter-finals.
The winners of groups 1 and 2 meet the quarter-final winners in the semi-finals.[5]
Group stage
editGroup games took place between 17 October and 8 November.
| Advance to semi-finals | |
| Advance to quarter-finals |
Group 1
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Galway
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +36 | 9 |
 Cork
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
 Wexford
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –22 | 3 |
 Offaly
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | –21 | 0 |
- Cork received a walkover from Offaly
Group 2
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kilkenny
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +52 | 9 |
 Waterford
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +18 | 6 |
| Westmeath
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –41 | 3 |
 Limerick
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | –29 | 0 |
Group 3
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tipperary
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | 6 |
 Clare
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
 Dublin
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –16 | 0 |
Knockout stage
editQuarter-finals
edit14 November 2020
13:00 GMT Quarter-Final |
| Clare
|
0-8 (8) – (24) 3-15 | Cork
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 0-06 – 0-07) | ||
Pts: C Morey 4fs, A O’Loughlin 2, E Kelly 2 |
Gls: A O’Connor 2, K Mackey 1 Pts: Cronin 6 (4 f), K Mackey 3, A O’Connor 1, C Sigerson 1f, L Collins 1, S McCarthy 1, C Healy 1, H Looney 1 | |
14 November 2020
14:45 GMT Quarter-Final |
| Tipperary
|
1-12 (15) – (10) 0-10 | Waterford
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 0-08 – 0-06) | ||
| Gls: K Kennedy 1 Pts: C Devane 7 (5f), N Walsh 2, N Treacy 1, G O’Brien 1, M Campion 1 |
Pts: B Carton 5 (2fs, 1 45), N Rockett 2, A Flynn 2, S Lacey 1 | |
Semi-finals
edit28 November 2020
12:30 GMT Semi-Final |
| Cork
|
1-11 (14) – (16) 2-10 | Kilkenny
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-07 – 1-08) | ||
| Gls: G O’Connor 1 Pts: C Sigerson 4 (1f), O Cronin 3fs, K Mackey 2, A Thompson 2 |
Gls: A Dalton 1, M Walsh 1 Pts: D Gaule 7 (6fs), M O’Connell 2, A Dalton 1 | |
28 November 2020
14:15 GMT Semi-Final |
| Galway
|
1-11 (14) – (8) 0-08 | Tipperary
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-06 – 0-05) | ||
| Gls: C Dolan 1 Pts: C Dolan 3 (1f, 1 '45'), O McGrath 2, S McGrath 2 (1 '45', 1 pen), A O’Reilly 1, R Hennelly 1, N Hanniffy 1, N Kilkenny 1 |
Pts: C Devane 6(4fs), R Howard 1, S Fryday 1 | |
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ "2020 National Camogie Fixtures Update". 23 June 2020.
- ^ "All-Ireland series will run into December for Cork camogie teams". Echo Live. 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Westmeath come from seven points behind to secure intermediate Camogie title". www.irishexaminer.com. 8 September 2019.
- ^ GBFM, Sport (24 June 2020). "2020 National Camogie Fixtures Update".
- ^ "Draws completed for 2020 All-Ireland Camogie Championships". 17 July 2020.