The 1994–95 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 64th edition of the

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

, which ran from 8 October 1994 until 7 May 1995.

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won the league, beating

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by 2–12 to 0–9 in the final.

Structure

There are eight teams in each division. Each plays each other team once, home or away, and receives two points for a win and one for a draw. The top two teams in Division 1 advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in Division 1 go into the quarter-finals, as do the top two teams in Division 2. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted for the following season. The bottom two in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

Division 1

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came into the season as defending champions of the 1993-94 season.

and

joined Division 1 as the promoted teams. On 7 May 1995, Kilkenny won the title after a 2-12 to 0-9 win over Clare in the final. It was their 9th league title overall and their first since 1989-90. Antrim,

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and

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were relegated from Division 1. Tipperary's Michael Cleary was the Division 1 top scorer with 3-34.

Table

Group stage

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Division 2

On 26 March 1995,

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secured the title after an 0-11 to 0-6 win over

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in the final round of the group stage.

and

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were also promoted to Division 1.

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and Meath were relegated from Division 2.

Table

Knock-out stage

Play-off

External links

Results page
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References

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