The 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 48th staging of the

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-coun ...

, the

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's premier

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club hurling tournament. The competition began on 8 October 2017 and ended on 24 March 2018. The defending champion was Cuala of Dublin.

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of Galway and Dicksboro of Kilkenny returned to the championship after long absences. Cuala defeated

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by 2–17 to 1–17 in the final replay on 24 March 2018 to win the competition. This was the club's second successive title. Cuala's David Treacy was the competition's top scorer, finishing with 0–44.

Format

County Championships Ireland's

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play their

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championships between their senior hurling

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. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout,

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, league, etc or a combination. Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs or a university team wins a county's championship, a club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules (normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage). Provincial Championships

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and

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organise a

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championship for their participating county champions.

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discontinued their senior club championship after 2007. They do organise intermediate and junior championships and are represented in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals by the

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champions. Some counties enter their senior clubs in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship (tier 2) as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties. All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time. All-Ireland The two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in early February. The All-Ireland Club SHC final is traditionally played at

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on 17 March (

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). All matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If the score is still level at the end of extra time the match is replayed. Initial Schedule County championships April 2017 to November 2017
Provincial championships October 2017 to December 2017
All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2018
All-Ireland final 17 March 2018

Team summaries

County Finals

Leinster County Finals

Carlow SHC Dublin SHC Kilkenny SHC Laois SHC Offaly SHC Westmeath SHC Wexford SHC

Munster County Finals

Clare SHC Cork SHC * As Imokilly are an amalgamation team, Blackrock proceed to the Munster Club Championship Limerick SHC Tipperary SHC Waterford SHC

Ulster County Finals

Antrim SHC Derry SHC Down SHC

Galway County Final

Galway SHC

Leinster

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster

Semi-finals

Final

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

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Awards

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# Alan Dempsey # Cathal King # Seán Moran^HOTY # Philip Mahony # Darragh O'Connell # Ronan Lynch # David Treacy # Brendan Rogers # Adrian Morrissey # Adrian Breen # Kevin Downes # Con O'Callaghan Hurler of the Year * Seán Moran (

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) Also nominated:

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References

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