All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2016
Championship details
Dates 18 June – 11 September 2016
Teams 11
All-Ireland champions
Winners Kilkenny (13th win)All-Ireland runners-up
Championship statistics
Matches played 30
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The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county senior camogie competition.
The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup .
The championship began on 18 June.
Teams Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship (tier 1). Sixteen lower-ranked county teams plus the second teams of tier 1 counties compete in the Intermediate (tier 2) and Junior (tier 3) Championships.
Format Group Stage
The eleven teams are drawn into one group of six and one group of five. All the teams play each other once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Knock-out stage
The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals. The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals. The semi-final winners contest the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final Group stage Key to colours Advance to semi-finals Advance to quarter-finals
Group 1 Table Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Cork 5 4 0 1 114 51 +63 12 Wexford 5 4 0 1 102 70 +32 12 Offaly 5 4 0 1 89 73 +16 12 Limerick 5 2 0 3 80 91 –11 6 Waterford 5 1 0 4 58 96 –38 3 Clare 5 0 0 5 51 113 –62 0
Tie-Breaker
If only two teams are level on league points -
The team that won the head-to-head match is ranked first If this game was a draw, score difference (total scored minus total conceded in all games) is used to rank the teams If score difference is identical, total scored is used to rank the teams If still identical, a play-off is required If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.
Rounds 1 to 5 Round 1 Wexford 3-17 - 1-16 Limerick
Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Group 2 Table Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Galway 4 4 0 0 75 34 +41 12 Kilkenny 4 3 0 1 91 45 +46 9 Tipperary 4 1 1 2 66 63 +3 4 Dublin 4 1 1 2 63 62 +1 4 Derry 4 0 0 4 25 116 –91 0
Rounds 1 to 5 Round 1 Galway 1-13 - 1-10 Tipperary
Round 2 Round 3 Tipperary 0-11 - 1-21 Kilkenny
Round 4 Round 5 Knock-out Stage All-Ireland Quarter-Finals The second team in group 1 plays the third team in group 2 and the third team in group 1 plays the second team in group 2. All matches are knock-out.
All-Ireland Semi-Finals The winners of groups 1 and 2 play the winners of the two quarter-finals. All matches are knock-out
All-Ireland final Kilkenny 1-13 - 1-9 Cork D Gaule 0-7(fs), J A Malone 0-4, S Farrell 1-0, M Farrell, K Power 0-1 each O Cotter 1-2 (1-1fs), K Mackey 0-2, A Murray (pen), A Thompson, H Looney, E O’Sullivan, L Coppinger 0-1 each
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