All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1999

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland


year=1999
munster=Cork
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=Antrim
connacht=
matches=
poty=Brian Corcoran
team=Cork
titles=28th
captain=Mark Landers
manager=Jimmy Barry-Murphy

The Guinness Hurling Championship 1999 began in May and ended on September 12, 1999 when the All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Cork. They beat Kilkenny by 0-13 to 0-12.

Format

The format used for the 1999 Championship was the same format that was used in previous years. The defeated Leinster and Munster champions were not eliminated from the competition, instead they went on to join the Ulster champions and Galway in two "quarter-finals". The two winners from these two games qualified for the semi-finals where they were drawn against the Leinster and Munster winners. In 1999 Clare and Offaly were the two teams to benefit from this All-Ireland Qualifier system.

All-Ireland Final

The 1999 All-Ireland final saw a return to "tradition" as the two competing teams were the Munster and Leinster champions. In recent years the finalists had been comprised of at least one team who reached the final through the qualifier system. The two teams playing were Cork and Kilkenny. The game was a scrappy one which saw both sides shoot 17 wides and featured several huge downpours. Cork were down by 4 points with little over fifteen minutes left in the game, however, they clawed back to win by a single point.

Provincial Championship Results

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date = Munster SHC
Final
team1 = Cork
score = 1-15 – 0-14
team2 = Clare
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goals2 =
stadium = Semple Stadium,
Thurles
Attendance: 55,544----footballbox
date = Leinster SHC
Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 5-15 – 1-16
team2 = Offaly
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park,
Dublin----footballbox
date = Ulster SHC
Final
team1 = Antrim
score = 5-15 – 1-16
team2 = Derry
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Casement Park,
Belfast

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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date = Quarter-Final
team1 = Offaly
score = 4-22 – 0-12
team2 = Antrim
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = ----footballbox
date = Quarter-Final
team1 = Clare
score = 3-15 – 2-18
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = ----footballbox
date = Quarter-Final
Replay
team1 = Clare
score = 3-18 – 2-14
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = ----footballbox
date = Semi-Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 2-14 – 1-13
team2 = Clare
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = ----footballbox
date = Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 0-19 – 0-16
team2 = Offaly
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = ----footballbox
date = September 12
Final
team1 = Cork
score = 0-13 – 0-12
team2 = Kilkenny
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = 3:30 - Croke Park
Attendance: 62,989----

Winning team

* Cork
** Team: Donal Óg Cusack, Fergal Ryan, Diarmuid O'Sullivan, John Browne, Wayne Sherlock, Brian Corcoran, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Mickey O'Connell, Mark Landers (Capt.), Timmy McCarthy, Fergal McCormack, Neil Ronan, Ben O'Connor, Joe Deane, Seánie McGrath.
Subs: Alan Browne, Kevin Murray
Manager: Jimmy Barry-Murphy

See also