1999 National Hurling League

1999 National Hurling League
League details
Dates 21 February – 10 October, 1999
Teams 33
League champions
Winners Tipperary (17th win)
Captain Tommy Dunne
Manager Nicky English
League runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Captain Cathal Moore
Manager Mattie Murphy
Other division winners
Division 2 Derry
Division 3 Armagh
1998
2000

The 1999 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 68th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.[1] Tipperary won the league, beating Galway by 1-14 to 1-10 in the final.[2]

Structure

There are 14 teams in Division 1, divided into 1A and 1B. Each team plays all the others once, either home or away. Teams earn one point for a draw and two for a win. The top teams in 1A and 1B play each other in the NHL final. The bottom teams in each group play each other in a relegation playoff.

There are 10 teams in Division 2. The top two play each other in the final, with the winner promoted. The bottom team is relegated.

There are 9 teams in Division 3. The top two play each other in the final, with the winner promoted.

Division 1

Group 1A

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Galway 6600+7412 Division 1 runners-up
2 Clare 6411+179
3 Offaly 6303+126
4 Antrim 6303-146
5 Dublin 6213-145
6 Limerick 6204+24
7 Kerry 6006-900

Group 1B

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Tipperary 6501+4410 Division 1 champions
2 Kilkenny 6501+3010
3 Cork 6402+318
4 Laois 6303-166
5 Waterford 6204+214
6 Wexford 6204+34
7 Down 6006-1130Relegation to Division 2

Relegation play-off

Knock-out stage

Division 2

Group

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Derry 9801+7616 Division 2 champions
2 Wicklow 9702+8314 Division 2 runners-up

Knock-out stage

Division 3

Knock-out stage

External links

References

  1. Gaelic Games
  2. "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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