2012 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	17 June 2012 (2012-06-17) – 8 July 2012 (2012-07-08)
Teams	4
Champions	Antrim (52nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
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The 2012 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 67th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Hurling Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. Antrim were the defending champions and successfully claimed their eleventh consecutive title, beating finalists Derry.

Format

The draw for the Ulster championship was seeded, and took place in a single elimination format. Antrim received a bye to the final, Down to the semi-final.

There was no entry from the Ulster Championship to the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship proper. Antrim instead entered that competition through the preliminary round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

The other Ulster teams were not eligible, and took part in the 2012 Christy Ring Cup, the second tier All-Ireland hurling championship. Unlike in 2011, only four teams entered the competition this year.

Teams

Antrim	Armagh	Derry	Down
Titles
51	0	4	4
Last title
2011	n/a	2001	1997

Bracket

	Quarter-final June 17, 2012, Athletic Grounds, Armagh					Semi-final July 1, 2012, Casement Park, Belfast					Final July 8, 2012, Casement Park, Belfast
											1	Antrim	3-18 (27)
						2	Derry	0-24				Derry	0-9 (9)
	3	Derry	4-15 (27)			3	Down	0-13
	4	Armagh	1-17(20)

Quarter-finals

16 June 2013

3:00pm

Quarter Final

Derry	4-15 - 1-17 (27 - 20)	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Semi-finals

1 July 2012

7:00pm

Semi Final

Derry	0-24 - 0-13 (24-13)	Down
C Quinn (0-01), O McCloskey (0-02), K Hinphey (0-02), P Henry (0-03, 0-01f), P McCloskey (0-01), A Grant (0-04);, P Kelly (0-01), R Convery (0-09, 0-03f), L Craig (0-01).	Report	P Keith (0-02), P Braniff (0-07, 0-03f), M Turley (0-01), S Nicholson (0-02), P Sheehan (0-01).

Casement Park, Belfast

Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)

Final

8 July 2012

3:30pm

Final

Antrim	3-18 - 0-9 (27-9)	Derry
D Quinn; James Campbell, N McGarry, A Graffin; M Herron (0-2), N McAuley, Johnny Campbell, B McAuley (0-2), S McNaughton (1-2); E McCloskey (1-2), C Carson (1-1), P Shiels; L Watson (0-6, 0-5 frees, 0-1 65), N McManus (0-2), B McFall, C McCann (0-1)	Report	D McDermott; S McCullagh, C Quinn, M Warnock; R McCloskey (0-1), L Hinphey, M Craig (0-1); O McCloskey, P Kelly (0-1, 65); A Grant (0-1, free), P McCloskey (0-1), K Hinphey (0-1); C McKaigue, R Convery (0-1, free), P Henry (0-2, 0-1 free).

Casement Park, Belfast

Referee: T Carroll (Offaly).

References

External links

• Ulster GAA website