2017 Christy Ring Cup

2017 Christy Ring Cup

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The 2017 Christy Ring Cup is the 13th staging of the Christy Ring Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the second tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.^[1]

Meath won the 2016 Christy Ring Cup following 4-21 to 5-17 defeat of Antrim after extra time in a replayed final. The first final finished with a controversial Meath victory of 2-18 to 1-20 over Antrim.^[2] However, confusion remained over the final score as an extra point had been added to Meath's score during the course of the match and had not been corrected. The CCCC met to discuss the outcome,^[3] and decided to replay the fixture on the 25th of June.

Format

The 2017 Christy Ring Cup is played in a double-elimination format. For clarity, the draw details are detailed in each round below.

The following eight teams participate –
Antrim, Carlow, Down, Kildare, London, Mayo, Roscommon, Wicklow.

Round 1

All eight teams play in Round 1.

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Round 2

Round 2A

Contested by the four winners of Round 1.

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Round 2B

Contested by the four losers of Round 1.

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Quarter-finals

The two losers of round 2A (who won a match and lost a match) play the two winners of round 2B (who lost a match and won a match). These two matches are referred to as quarter-finals.

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Semi-finals

The winners of round 2A play the winners of the two quarter-finals.

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Final

The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup final (tier 2) will be automatically promoted to play in the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.^[4]

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Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard Play-offs

Bottom play-off

Contested by the two losers from round 2B. Both these teams lost their first two matches.

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Relegation/Promotion play-off

The bottom team in this year's Christy Ring Cup (tier 2) plays the winner of this year's Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3). If the Nicky Rackard champions win the match, they are promoted to next year's Christy Ring Cup in the place of this year's bottom team.

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References

1. Hurling tiers - 1. All-Ireland (Liam McCarthy) 2. Christy Ring 3. Nicky Rackard 4. Lory Meagher
2. "Scoreline controversy overshadows Royal win". GAA.ie. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
3. CCCC to meet and discuss Christy Ring controversy, 5 June 2016.
4. See motion 24 passed at 2015 GAA Annual Congress 28th February 2015