The 2013 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 68th installment of the annual

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship The Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Ulster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling co ...

held under the auspices of the

Ulster GAA The Ulster Council ( ga, Comhairle Uladh) is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in the city o ...

. Antrim were the defending champions, and secured their twelfth consecutive title in a much delayed final played against Down on 2 February 2014. The delays, which arose from a fixture clash caused by a semi-final draw between Down and

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

, and exacerbated by a ban on inter-county training in the winter of 2013, was heavily criticised for undermining the competition. The winners, Antrim, in fact never played a single match of the 2013 Championship in 2013, having progressed automatically to the final.

Format

As the Ulster championship is of a lower standard than its Leinster and Munster counterparts, there was no entry from the Ulster Championship to the All-Ireland Championship proper. Antrim will instead enter that competition through the preliminary round of the

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...

. The other Ulster teams are not eligible, and took part in the

Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Originally introduced as a second-tier competition, it is currently the third tier overall in the inter-county hurling championship system. Eac ...

, the second tier All-Ireland hurling championship, Down winning the competition.

Teams

Bracket

The draw for the Ulster championship is seeded, and takes place in a single elimination format. Antrim receive a bye to the final, Derry to the semi-final.

Box scores

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Semi-final replay

Final

The final was originally scheduled for 7 July 2013 but was postponed to allow the semi-final replay between Down and Derry to take place on that day. The final was re-scheduled for 3 November 2013, and finally 2 February 2014.

References

External links

Ulster GAA
Ulster Hurling Senior

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