Tournament details | |
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Province | Leinster, Ulster, Connacht |
Year | 2023 |
Date | 4–28 January 2024 |
Teams | 9 |
Defending champions | Galway |
Other | |
Matches played | 11 |
The 2024 Walsh Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dioralyte Walsh Cup, is an early-season inter-county hurling competition based in the Irish province of Leinster and taking place in January 2024.[1]
Nine county teams compete — seven from Leinster (Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford); Galway from Connacht; and Antrim from Ulster. Four other teams from Leinster and Ulster will play in the second-ranked 2024 Kehoe Cup.[2]
Competition format
The teams are drawn into three groups of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Two group winners play each other in a semi-final, and the winners of that game play the other group winners in the final.[3]
Fixtures
Group games take place 4–21 January 2024.
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kilkenny | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | +28 | 2 | Advance to final |
2 | Wexford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 2 | |
3 | Carlow (E) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 0 |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Dublin (A) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
2 | Antrim (E) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 0 | |
3 | Westmeath (E) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 0 |
(A) Advance to semi-final; (E) Eliminated
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Galway[lower-alpha 1] (A) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
2 | Laois (E) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 2 | |
3 | Offaly[lower-alpha 1] (E) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 0 |
Finals
28 January 2024 Final |
Kilkenny/Wexford | v | Dublin/Galway |
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References
- ↑ "Dioralyte Walsh Cup Senior Hurling 2024".
- ↑ "Leinster champions first up for Carlow in 2024". Carlow Nationalist. November 9, 2023.
- ↑ GBFM, Sport (November 10, 2023). "Galway to Begin Walsh Hurling Cup Defence against Laois and Offaly". Galway Bay FM.
- ↑ "Uncertainty over Offaly vs Galway result after Walsh Cup contest is abandoned after 55 minutes". Independent.ie. January 7, 2024.
- ↑ McEvoy, Barry (January 14, 2024). "LIVE BLOG: Laois hurlers to battle with Galway in Walsh Cup in Ballinasloe".