All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2018
Championship details
Dates9 June – 9 September 2018
Teams11
All-Ireland champions
WinnersCork (28th win)
CaptainAoife Murray
ManagerPaudie Murray
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upKilkenny
CaptainShelly Farrell
ManagerAnn Downey
Championship statistics
Matches played30
2017
2019

The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2018 camogie season.

The championship began on 9 June and ended on 9 September with Cork retaining the O'Duffy Cup.[1][2][3][4]

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

Group Stage

The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

Group stage

Key to colours
     Advance to semi-finals
     Advance to quarter-finals

Group 1

Group 1 Table

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
Kilkenny 4 4 0 0 +49 12
Galway 4 3 0 1 +28 9
Waterford 4 2 0 2 –18 6
Limerick 4 0 1 3 –24 1
Clare 4 0 1 3 –35 1

Group 2

Group 2 Table

Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
Cork 5 5 0 0 +95 15
Tipperary 5 3 1 1 +11 10
Dublin 5 3 1 1 0 10
Offaly 5 2 0 3 –12 6
Wexford 5 1 0 4 –15 3
Meath 5 0 0 5 –79 0

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Quarter-Final
Waterford 1-7 – 1-14 Tipperary
Report
Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim)
Quarter-Final
Galway 0-20 – 0-4 Dublin
A Donohue, C Dolan (fs) 0-4 each; C Cormican, N McGrath (1f) 0-3 each; N Kilkenny 0-2; C Walsh, F Keely, S McGrath 0-1 each Report O Beagan 0-3(2fs); A Griffin 0-1
Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Referee: L Dempsey (Kilkenny)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny 1-10 – 1-7 Galway
D Gaule 0-6f; K Power 1-1; J Malone 0-1; M Quilty, M Farrell 0-1 each Report C Dolan 0-5f; R Hennelly 1-0 (pen); N Kilkenny, A O’Reilly 0-1 each
Semple Stadium, Thurles
Referee: R Kelly (Kildare)

Cork 0-21 – 0-9 Tipperary
Cotter 0-9 (7fs); C Sigerson, K Mackey 0-3 each; L Collins 0-2; A O’Connor, O Cronin, L Homan, P Mackey 0-1 each Report C Devane 0-5f; Caoimhe Maher, O O’Dwyer, G O’Brien, S Fryday 0-1 each
Semple Stadium, Thurles
Referee: E Cassidy (Derry)

Final

Main article: 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Kilkenny 0-13 – 0-14 Cork
Denise Gaule 0-10 (7f, 2 '65'); Julia Ann Malone, Meghan Farrell, Michelle Quilty 0-1 each Report Orla Cotter 0-5f; Chloe Sigerson 0-3f; Katrina Mackey, Orla Cronin 0-2 each; Aoife Murray (pen), Amy O’Connor 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 21,453
Referee: Eamon Cassidy (Derry)

References

  1. ^ Vuepoint.ie. "The Camogie Association : News". www.camogie.ie.
  2. ^ "National camogie". sportsmanager.ie.
  3. ^ "Draws for 2018 All-Ireland Camogie Championships - SportsNewsIRELAND".
  4. ^ "Ref comes under fire as Rebelettes secure the two-in-a-row". Irish Independent. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.