The 2020
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 2020
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 winners receive 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 ...
. Due to the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
As with other sports, the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption to Gaelic games, primarily in Ireland but also elsewhere in the world. Competitions were cancelled, postponed or restructured, while some teams were withdrawn or were unable to pa ...
, the tournament was delayed to the last months of the year, and was shortened to a season of twenty matches.
Instead original fixtures will be rescheduled for 2021 championships.
Teams
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 20 lower-ranked county teams compete in the
Intermediate and
Junior
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Championships.
Format
Group Stage
The eleven teams are drawn into three groups. Groups 1 and 2 contain four teams; Group 3 contains three teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Knock-out stage
The runners-up in groups 1, 2 and 3 and the winners of Group 3 play in the quarter-finals.
The winners of groups 1 and 2 meet the quarter-final winners in the semi-finals.
Group stage
Group games took place between 17 October and 8 November.
Group 1
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from Offaly
Group 2
Group 3
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Camogie Association
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Ladies' All-Ireland Championship