The 2018
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer mo ...
– known as the
Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2018
camogie
Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
season.
The championship began on 9 June and ended on 9 September with
Cork
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** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
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** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
retaining the
O'Duffy Cup
The O'Duffy Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Dúbhthaigh) is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.
The cup is named after Seán O'Duffy, a member and administrator of the Kilmacud Crokes club in Dublin, who present ...
.
Teams
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the
Intermediate and
Junior
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Arts and entertainment Music
* ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959
* ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009
* ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010
* ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019
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* ''Junior'' (1994 ...
Championships.
Format
Group Stage
The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Knock-out stage
*The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
*The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
*The semi-final winners contest the
2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Group stage
Group 1
Group 1 Table
Group 2
Group 2 Table
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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Final
References
External links
Camogie Association
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2018
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