2024 Christy Ring Cup
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2023) |
Dates | April – June 2024 | ||
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Teams | 6 | ||
Relegated | Sligo | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 16 | ||
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The 2024 Christy Ring Cup is the twentieth edition of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005 and is the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by six GAA county teams ranked 18–23 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The competition will begin in April 2024 and will end in June 2024.[1]
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. Sligo, the bottom placed team in the group stage, were 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 |
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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.
Draws[edit]
Group stage seeding[edit]
The fixtures for the group stage were an open draw.
Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2024 NHL.[3]
Pot
Group Stage[edit]
Table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kildare | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5-46 | 2-22 | +33 | 8 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Derry | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2-43 | 0-25 | +24 | 6 | |
3 | London | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6-49 | 2-24 | +37 | 6 | |
4 | Wicklow | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0-26 | 3-44 | -27 | 2 | |
5 | Tyrone | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2-25 | 4-49 | -30 | 2 | |
6 | Sligo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2-20 | 6-45 | -37 | 0 | Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup |
Round 1[edit]
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]
Round 4[edit]
Round 5[edit]
18 May 2024 Round 5 | Sligo | 0-19 - 4-30 | Derry | Markievicz Park |
Knockout stage[edit]
Final[edit]
May 2024 Final | Kildare | v | Derry | Croke Park |
The winners are promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup.
Stadia and locations[edit]
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]
- Widest winning margin: 26 points
- Most goals in a match: 4
- Most points in a match: 41
- Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- Most points by one team in a match: 27
- Highest aggregate score: 50 points
- Lowest aggregate score: 29 points
Miscellaneous[edit]
- First-time Christy Ring Cup meetings:
- Kildare become the first county to qualify for 6 Christy Ring Cup finals.
See also[edit]
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
- 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
- 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
- 2024 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
- 2024 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
- 2024 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "GAA Master Fixtures for 2023 published". www.gaa.ie.[failed verification]
- ^ "Kildare hurling".
- ^ "2024 fixtures" (PDF).