- Christy Ring Cup 2012
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Christy Ring Cup 2012 Championship Details Dates 21 April - 3 June 2012 Teams 8 Christy Ring Cup Champions Christy Ring Cup Runners-up Relegated Team Championship Statistics ← 20112013 →The 2012 Christy Ring Cup will be the eighth season of the Christy Ring Cup, an inter-county hurling tournament for second tier teams.
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Teams
A total of eight teams will contest the Christy Ring Cup, including seven sides from the 2011 Christy Ring Cup and one promoted team from the 2011 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Both Armagh and Mayo failed to win any of their games in the 2011 Christy Ring Cup, however, as there was no mechanism for relegation between tiers both teams preserved their status for the 2012 season. From these two teams, Mayo had the longest tenure as a Christy Ring Cup member as the team had competed in every season since the inaugural one in 2005. Armagh joined the Christy Ring Cup in 2011 having won the previous year's Nicky Rackard Cup.
2011 Nicky Rackard Cup champions London secured direct promotion to the Christy Ring Cup. They last competed in the competition in 2008.
Team summaries
Stadia and Locations
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity Armagh Armagh Athletic Grounds 19,500 Derry Banagher Fr. McNally Park 5,000 Down Ballycran McKenna Park 5,000 Kerry Tralee Austin Stack Park 18,000 Kildare Newbridge St. Conleth's Park 13,000 London Ruislip Emerald GAA Grounds 5,000 Mayo Castlebar McHale Park 49,000 Meath Páirc Tailteann Navan 30,000 Wicklow Aughrim O'Byrne Park 10,000 Structure
The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.
- The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
- The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
- The losers in Round 1 go into to Round 2B.
- There are two Round 2A matches.
- The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals.
- The losers in Round 2A go into to the quarter-finals.
- There are two Round 2B matches.
- The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.
- The losers in Round 2B are eliminated.
- There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
- The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.
- The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.
- There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
- The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.
- The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated.
- The winners of the final win the Christy Ring Cup for 2012 and are promoted to the Liam McCarthy Cup 2013.
Christy Ring Cup All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Christy Ring Cup (2011) Derry | Down | Kerry | Kildare | Mayo | Meath | Wicklow | Westmeath
Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) - Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 4)
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- The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
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