The 2020 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the

Waterford Senior Hurling Championship The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 18 ...

since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in

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. The original championship draw took place on 21 January 2020, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland the draws for a rescheduled championship took place on 15 June 2020 with a new format being adopted and relegation being abolished. The championship took place between 24 July and 30 August 2020.

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were the defending champions. On 30 August 2020, Ballygunner won the championship after a 1–23 to 0–09 defeat of

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in the final at

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. This was their 19th championship title overall and their seventh title in succession. Lismore's

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was the championship's top scorer with 3-44.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

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From Championship

Relegated to the

* Ballyduff Upper

Results/fixtures

Group A

Table

Results

Group B

Table

Results

Group C

Table

Results

Group D

Table

Results

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

References

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