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2016 All Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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Winners
  
Kilkenny (13th win)

Manager
  
Ann Downey

Captain
  
Ashling Thompson

Dates
  
18 Jun 2016 – 11 Sep 2016

Teams
  
11

Captain
  
Michelle Quilty

Runners-up
  
Cork

Manager
  
Paudie Murray

Location
  
Ireland

Matches played
  
30

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.

Contents

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. Two 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

    • Table

    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
    Round 2
    Round 3
    Round 4
    Round 5

    Rounds 1 to 5

    Round 1
    Round 2
    Round 3
    Round 4
    Round 5

    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

    References

    2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Wikipedia
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