2019 National Camogie League

2019 National Camogie League
League details
Dates	20 January – 20 April 2019
Teams	31
League champions
Winners	Galway (5th win)
Captain	Sarah Dervan
Manager	Cathal Murray
League runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	Anna Farrell and Meighan Farrell
Manager	Ann Downey
Other division winners
Division 2	Tipperary
Division 3	Kildare
	← 2018 2020 →

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

Galway won Division 1, defeating Kilkenny in the final.

Format[]

League structure[]

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[]

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[]

Division 1[]

Group 1[]

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	Advance to NCL semi-finals
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[]

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	Advance to NCL semi-finals
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[]

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

Finals[]

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

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

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	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: C Egan (Cork)

Division 2[]

Finals[]

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

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

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

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

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	St Rynagh's Park, Banagher Referee: Philip McDonald (Cavan)

Division 3[]

Finals[]

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	St. Rynagh's Park, Banagher Referee: Barry Nea (Westmeath)

References[]

^ "The Camogie Association : Fixtures & Results". www.camogie.ie.
^ Kennedy, Marisa (1 January 2019). "Month-By-Month Guide To The 2019 Irish Sporting Calendar".
^ "Limerick could opt for hurling-camogie league double-headers in Gaelic Grounds". www.limerickleader.ie.
^ http://www.camogie.ie/files/2019%20Littlewoods%20Ireland%20Camogie%20Leagues%20Fixtures.pdf

[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] ttp://www.camogie.ie/files/2019%20Littlewoods%20Ireland%20Camogie%20Leagues%20Fixtures.pdf

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