2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 121st All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship will commence in May 2007. Kilkenny as holders are the favourites, but Cork, Waterford, Galway and Tipperary are also expected to be in contention. Dublin have performed well in the 2007 NHL and could well reach the quarter-finals this year.
Format
The format of the 2007 championship remains the same as in 2006:
12 counties participate in Tier 1 of the 2007 Championship. These teams are as follows:
- Leinster: Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford
- Munster: Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
- Connacht: Galway
- Ulster: Antrim
The Leinster and Munster championships will be played as usual. The Leinster and Munster champions and runners-up advance directly to the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. The six remaining teams in Leinster and Munster join Galway and Antrim in the eight-county All-Ireland qualifier series. The eight qualifier teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. Each team will play the others in the group (3 games for each county):
The top two teams in each group join the Leinster winners and runners-up and the Munster winners and runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. The pairings for these four games are as follows:
- (1) Leinster champions V. second placed team in one Qualifier group
- (2) Munster champions V. second placed team in the other Qualifier group
- (3) Leinster runners-up V. first placed team in one Qualifier group
- (4) Munster runners-up V. first placed team in the other Qualifier group
The two 4th place teams in each qualifier group will play a Relegation Playoff, the loser to go down to the Christy Ring Cup in 2008.
File:Laois.gif Laois | 0-10 - 1-26 | Offaly |
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Dublin | 3-10 - 2-14 | Wexford File:Wexford crest.gif |
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Referee: John Sexton (Cork)
Offaly | 1-13 - 1-27 | Kilkenny File:Kilkenny crest.jpg |
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File:Wexford crest.gif Wexford | – | Kilkenny File:Kilkenny crest.jpg |
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File:Corkcrest.gif Cork | 1-18 - 1-11 | Clare File:Countyclare-crest.gif |
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Attendance: 23,300
Referee: Pat O'Connor
File:Limerick crest.gif Limerick | 1-19 - 1-19 | Tipperary File:Tipperary-crest.png |
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Attendance: 36,246
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)
File:Limerick crest.gif Limerick | 1-24 - 2-21 | Tipperary File:Tipperary-crest.png |
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File:Waterfordnewcrest.jpg Waterford | – | Cork File:Corkcrest.gif |
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File:Limerick crest.gif Limerick | – | Tipperary File:Tipperary-crest.png |
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Limerick or Tipperary | – | Waterford or Cork |
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Armagh | 0-16 - 1-14 | Derry File:Derrycrest.jpg |
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Antrim | 4-16 - 3-08 | London File:London GAA crest.gif |
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File:Derrycrest.jpg Derry | 0-16 - 1-13 | Down File:Downnewcrest.jpg |
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File:Derrycrest.jpg Derry | 1-15 - 5-16 | Down File:Downnewcrest.jpg |
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Antrim | 2-24 - 0-04 | Down File:Downnewcrest.jpg |
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Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | +/- |
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Antrim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Clare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Galway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Laois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Antrim | – | Clare File:Countyclare-crest.gif |
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File:Laois.gif Laois | – | Galway File:Galwaynewcrest.jpg |
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Antrim | – | Laois File:Laois.gif |
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File:Countyclare-crest.gif Clare | – | Galway File:Galwaynewcrest.jpg |
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File:Laois.gif Laois | – | Clare File:Countyclare-crest.gif |
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File:Galwaynewcrest.jpg Galway | – | Antrim |
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Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | +/- |
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Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Limerick/Tipperary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Offaly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Waterford/Cork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-00 | 0-00 | 0 | - |
Dublin | – | Waterford or Cork |
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Offaly | – | Limerick or Tipperary |
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Dublin | – | Limerick or Tipperary |
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Waterford or Cork | – | Offaly |
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Limerick or Tipperary | – | Waterford or Cork |
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Quarter Finals 22nd/29th July | Semi Finals 5th/12th August | Final 2nd September | ||||||||||||
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Leinster runner-up | ||||||||||||||
Qualifier group winner | ||||||||||||||
Munster winner | ||||||||||||||
Qualifier group runner-up | ||||||||||||||
Munster runner-up | ||||||||||||||
Qualifier group winner |