2020 National Camogie League

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2020 National Camogie League
League details
Dates1 February – 8 March, 2020 (not completed)
Teams34
League champions
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The 2020 National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, took place in Ireland in spring 2020.[1][2] Several new rules are being trialled, to do with contact, persistent fouling, puckouts, dropping the camogie stick, hand-pass goals and penalty shots.[3]

The league was originally scheduled to end in April 2020, but public health measures introduced to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland caused the final stages to be delayed.[4][5][6] In June 2020 it was announced that the league was to be cancelled.[7][8]

Format[]

League structure[]

The 2020 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: 9 in Division 1, 14 in Division 2 and 11 in Division 3; divisions 1 and 3 are 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 winners of each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League final.[9]

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 two group winners in Division 3 contest the Division 3 final.

Fixtures and results[]

Division 1[]

Group 1[]

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2 2 0 0 +23 6 Advance to NCL final
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 3 2 0 1 +6 6
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 3 2 0 1 –7 4
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 3 1 0 2 –10 3
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 3 0 1 2 –12 1 Relegation playoff
  • League cancelled with three games still to play (Clare v Cork, Offaly v Cork, Waterford v Kilkenny).

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 3 3 0 0 +22 9 Advance to NCL final
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 3 2 0 1 +6 6
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 3 1 0 2 –16 3
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 3 0 0 3 –12 0 Relegation playoff

Relegation playoff[]

TBA
Relegation playoff 		Offaly/Kilkenny Cancelled Dublin

Final[]

TBA
Final 		Cork/Clare/Waterford Cancelled Tipperary

References[]

  1. ^ "Camogie Fixtures 2019".
  2. ^ "Forty-nine players named on the Tipperary senior and intermediate camogie panel ahead of league campaign". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  3. ^ Browne, P. J. "Badly Needed New Camogie Rules To Be Trialled In 2020 National League". Balls.ie.
  4. ^ "U21 championship delayed with Clare Cup start deferred". March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ GBFM, Sport (March 12, 2020). "Sporting Events Postponed Due to Coronavirus Scare".
  6. ^ "Coronavirus: A comprehensive guide as Irish and global sport shuts down in effort to contain spread of Covid-19". independent.
  7. ^ "The Nenagh Guardian - Tipperary to miss out on Camogie League Final".
  8. ^ "National Camogie League cancelled for 2020". www.irishexaminer.com. June 23, 2020.
  9. ^ McCarthy, Nigel (December 17, 2019). "Dublin Seniors Start The 2020 National Camogie League Against Galway".
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