The 2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...

since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 24 September 2016 and ended on 30 October 2016.

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were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by

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in the semi-final. On 30 October 2016,

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won the championship after a 0-19 to 1-12 defeat of

in the final. This was their fourth championship title overall and their first since

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was the championship's top scorer with 0-40.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

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From Championship

Relegated to the

* Carrickshock

Results

First round

Four of the twelve teams received byes into the quarter finals. The remaining eight teams played in four matches with the winners progressing into the quarter finals.

Relegation play-off

Quarter-finals

The four teams who received byes in the first round played the four winners from the first round.

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

References

External links

2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship results
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Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship