2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	May 2017 — 3 September 2017
Teams	14
All-Ireland champions
Provincial champions
Munster	Not Played
Leinster	Not Played
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
All-Star Team	See here
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship will be the 130th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship will begin in May 2017 and is scheduled to end on 3 September 2017. The draw for the championship was held on 13 October 2016 and was broadcast live on RTÉ2.^[1]

Tipperary will be the defending champions.^[2] Meath will field a team in the championship for the first time since 2004.

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is a double-elimination tournament based on the Leinster and Munster provincial championships. Fourteen teams take part.

Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Seven Leinster counties compete. Galway and Kerry, though not in Leinster, also participate. The competition begins with a qualifier group consisting of the four weakest teams. Two teams from the qualifier group progress and the remainder of the competition is knock-out. Most of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – the two bottom teams in the Leinster qualifier group do not.

In 2017 the bottom team in the Leinster qualifier group will be relegated to next year's Christy Ring Cup (2nd tier). Their place in next year's Leinster qualifier group will be taken by the winner of 2017’s Christy Ring Cup.

Meath qualified for this year's Leinster Championship by winning the 2016 Christy Ring Cup.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Five Munster counties compete. Kerry participates in The Leinster Hurling Championship (see above). The competition has a knock-out format. All of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Qualifiers

All teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships enter the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers which are knock-out. The qualifiers eventually result in two teams who play the beaten finalists of the Leinster and Munster championships in the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.

All-Ireland

The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter finals in the semi-finals. The final normally takes place on the first Sunday in September.

Non-participating Provincial Championships

Connacht and Ulster teams can qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship by winning the Christy Ring Cup (tier 2).

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

This competition is no longer organised. Galway represent Connacht and participate in the Leinster Championship.

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Although this competition takes place, it is not part of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Currently no Ulster teams qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Provincial Championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Leinster Format

Nine counties compete - seven from Leinster plus Galway and Kerry. Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-final. The championship begins with a qualifier group involving the four weakest teams. The group winners and runners-up join four of the five strongest teams in the three Leinster quarter finals.

Leinster Qualifier Group

Leinster Qualifier Group Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts
1	Westmeath
2	Laois
3	Kerry
4	Meath
Green background (rows 1 and 2) are the teams that earn a place in the quarter-finals of this year's Leinster Championship. Red background (row 4) are relegated and play in the Christy Ring Cup next year. The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup are promoted in their place to the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Championship.

Leinster Knock-out

Leinster Quarter-Finals

Galway v Dublin

Quarter Final 1

Galway	v	Dublin

Group team v Offaly

Quarter Final 2

Group team	v	Offaly

Group Team v Wexford

Quarter Final 3

Group Team	v	Wexford

Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. The remaining six teams (four seeded teams plus the qualifier group winners and runners-up) play in three quarter-finals. If a team from the qualifier group wins their quarter-final, they will be seeded in next year's Leinster championship and the beaten seeded team will compete in next year's Leinster qualifier group.

Leinster Semi-Finals

Kilkenny v Quarter Final 3

Semi-Final

Kilkenny	v	Quarter Final 3

Quarter Final 1 v Quarter Final 2

Semi-Final

Quarter Final 1	v	Quarter Final 2

Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. They are joined by the winners of the three quarter-finals.

Leinster Final

Final

	v

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Format

Five of the six Munster counties compete. Kerry qualify for the qualifier group of the Leinster championship. The competition is straight knock-out.

Munster Quarter-Final

Cork v Tipperary

Quarter-final

Cork	v	Tipperary

Munster Semi-Finals

Limerick v Clare

June 2017
Semi-final

Limerick	v	Clare

Waterford v Cork/Tipperary

June 2017
Semi-final

Waterford	v	Cork/Tipperary

Munster Final

July 2017
Final

	v

All-Ireland Qualifiers

All qualifier matches are knock-out.

Qualifiers Round 1

Qualifiers Round 1 Format

The eight teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster (5 teams) and Munster (3 teams) provincial championships play in four matches.

A draw is made that ensures there are three matches between Leinster and Munster teams and one match between two Leinster teams.

Qualifiers Round 1 Matches

Round 1

	v

Round 1

	v

Round 1

	v

Round 1

	v

Qualifiers Round 2

Qualifiers Round 2 Format

The four winners of round 1 play in two matches. Teams who have already met in the Leinster or Munster championships cannot be drawn to meet again.

Qualifiers Round 2 Matches

Round 2

	v

Round 2

	v

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

July


	August


July


		3 September, Croke Park


July


	August


July

All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

The beaten finalists from the Leinster and Munster championships play the winners of round 2 of the qualifiers.

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals.

List of teams

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Manager(s)	Most recent success
Team	Colours	Sponsor	Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Manager(s)
All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare		Pat O'Donnell	Tony Kelly Cian Dillon	Colin Ryan Shane O'Donnell	Donal Moloney Gerry O'Connor^[3]	2013	1998	2016
Cork		Chill Insurance	Stephen McDonnell	Séamus Harnedy	Kieran Kingston	2005	2014	1998
Dublin		AIG	Liam Rushe		Ger Cunningham^[4]	1938	2013	2011
Galway		Supermac's	David Burke	Joe Canning	Micheal Donoghue	1988	2012	2010
Kerry		Kerry Group	Daniel Collins	Tom Murnane	Ciarán Carey	1891	1891
Kilkenny		Glanbia	Shane Prendergast		Brian Cody	2015	2016	2014
Laois		MW Hire Services	Charles Dwyer		Séamus Plunkett	1915	1949
Limerick		Sporting Limerick	Nickie Quaid	Séamus Hickey	John Kiely	1973	2013	1997
Meath		Uniflu	James Toher		Martin Ennis
Offaly		Carroll Cuisine	Colin Egan	James Dempsey James Mulrooney	Éamonn Kelly	1998	1995	1990–91
Tipperary		Intersport/Elverys	Pádraic Maher	Seamus Callanan	Michael Ryan	2016	2016	2008
Waterford		3	Kevin Moran		Derek McGrath	1959	2010	2015
Westmeath		Renault	Aonghus Clarke		Michael Ryan
Wexford		Gain	Matthew O'Hanlon	Lee Chin	Davy Fitzgerald^[5]	1996	2004	1972–73

References

↑ "Here is the full provincial draw for the 2017 All-Ireland hurling championship". Irish Independent. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
↑ McGoldrick, Seán (4 September 2016). "Majestic Tipperary are All Ireland champions after victory over Kilkenny in Croke Park". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
↑ "Moloney and O'Connor confirmed as Clare managers". RTÉ. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ "Ger Cunningham Confirmed As Dublin Hurling Manager For 2017". 98FM. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ "Davy Fitzgerald named new Wexford manager while Daly pulls out of Clare race". RTÉ. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

Championships	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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