All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=2006


team=Kilkenny
titles=29th
captain=Jackie Tyrell
manager=Brian Cody
munster=Cork
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=Antrim
connacht=
poty=Henry Shefflin
matches=29

The Guinness Hurling Championship 2006 was won by Kilkenny, who defeated holders Cork in the All-Ireland final.

Format

The format of the 2006 championship remained the same as in 2005:

12 counties participated in Tier 1 of the 2006 Championship, essentially the counties that participated in Division 1 of the National Hurling League with the exception of Dublin who were in Division 2. These teams were as follows:
* Leinster: Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath,Wexford
* Munster: Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
* Connacht: Galway

For the first time the Ulster champions were not represented in the All-Ireland series, as Antrim had been relegated to the Christy Ring Cup the previous year. The Leinster and Munster championships were played as usual. The Leinster and Munster champions and runners-up advanced directly to the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. The seven remaining teams in Leinster and Munster joined Galway in the eight-county All-Ireland qualifier series. The eight qualifier teams were divided into two groups of four teams each:
*Group A: Each team will play the others in the group (3 games for each county)
*Group B: Each team will play the others in the group (3 games for each county)

The top two teams in Groups A & B joined the Leinster winners and runners-up and the Munster winners and runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. The pairings for these four games were as follows:
*(1) Leinster champions V. second placed team in one Qualifier group
*(2) Munster champions V. second placed team in the other Qualifier group
*(3) Leinster runners-up V. first placed team in one Qualifier group
*(4) Munster runners-up V. first placed team in the other Qualifier groupAt the All-Ireland Semi-Finals stage the Leinster and Munster provincial champions were drawn against the other two Quarter-Final winners.

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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date = May 21, 2006
1st Round
team1 = Offaly
score = 2-12 – 0-8
team2 = Laois
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 14:00 - O'Moore Park
Attendance:
Referee: Fergus Smith----footballbox
date = May 21, 2006
1st Round
team1 = Westmeath
score = 0-13 – 0-11
team2 = Dublin
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 16:00 - O'Moore Park
Attendance:
Referee: Jack Ryan----footballbox
date = June 10, 2006
Semi-Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 1-23 – 1-9
team2 = Westmeath
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 19:00 - Cusack Park
Attendance: 6,891
Referee: John Sexton----footballbox
date = June 11, 2006
Semi-Final
team1 = Wexford
score = 0-9 – 0-8
team2 = Offaly
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 15:30 - Nowlan Park
Attendance: 15,720
Referee: Pat O'Connor----footballbox
date = July 2, 2006
Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 1-23 – 2-12
team2 = Wexford
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 16:00 - Croke Park
Attendance: 44,081
Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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date = May 14, 2006
1st Round
team1 = Tipperary
score = 0-22 – 2-12
team2 = Limerick
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 14:00 Semple Stadium
Attendance: 26,494
Referee: Michael Haverty----footballbox
date = May 28, 2006
Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 0-20 – 0-14
team2 = Clare
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 16:00 - Semple Stadium
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Barry Kelly----footballbox
date = June 4, 2006
Semi-Final
team1 = Tipperary
score = 3-14 – 1-12
team2 = Waterford ]
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 14:00 - Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Attendance: 27,680
Referee: John Sexton----footballbox
date = June 25, 2006
Final
team1 = Cork
score = 2-14 – 1-14
team2 = Tipperary
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 16:00 - Semple Stadium
Attendance: 53,286
Referee: Dickie Murphy

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

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date = May 7, 2006
1st Round
team1 = Antrim
score = 2-16 – 1-14
team2 = London [
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 14:00 - Ruislip
Attendance:
Referee: A. Heagney----footballbox
date = May 21, 2006
Semi-Final
team1 = New York
score = 1-18 – 1-12
team2 = Derry
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 15:00 Gaelic Park
Attendance:
Referee: Eamonn Morris----footballbox
date = May 21, 2006
Semi-Final
team1 = Antrim
score = 2-23 – 0-12
team2 = Down
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 15:30 - Casement Park
Attendance:
Referee: Dickie Murphy----footballbox
date = October 22, 2006
Final
team1 = Antrim
score = 2-20 – 1-14
team2 = New York
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 1:00 - Boston
Attendance:
Referee:

Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group A

External links

* [http://www.gaa.ie/ Official GAA Website]
* [http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa RTÉ Sport Website]
* [http://www.hurlingstats.com/ Hurling Statistics]