2018 National Camogie League

2018 National Camogie League

League details
Dates	14 January – 29 April 2018
Teams	29
League champions
Winners	Kilkenny (14th win)
Captain	Shelly Farrell
Manager	Ann Downey
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Aoife Murray
Manager	Paudie Murray
Other division winners
Division 2	Cork
Division 3	Kerry
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The 2018 National Camogie League , known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, commenced in January 2018 and was won by Kilkenny. ^{[1] [2]}

Format

League structure

The 2018 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: eleven teams in Division 1, thirteen teams in Division 2 and four in Division 3; Divisions 1 and 2 are divided into two groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:

• winners of the head-to-head game are ranked ahead
• if the head-to-head match was a draw, ranking is determined by the points difference (i.e. total scored minus total conceded in all games)
• if the points difference is equal, ranking is determined by the total scored

If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.

Finals, promotion and relegation

The top two teams in each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League semi-finals. The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoff.

The top two teams in each group in Division 2 contest the Division 2 semi-finals. The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoff.

All four teams in Division 3 contest the Division 3 semi-finals.

Fixtures and results

Division 1

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff	Notes
Cork	4	4	0	0	12	+22	Advance to NCL semi-finals
Galway	4	3	0	1	9	+11
Wexford	4	2	0	2	6	+6
Tipperary	4	1	0	3	3	–10
Offaly	4	0	0	4	0	–29	Relegation playoff

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff	Notes
Kilkenny	5	4	0	1	12	+45	Advance to NCL semi-finals
Limerick	5	2	2	1	8	+17
Waterford	5	2	2	1	8	+6
Dublin	5	2	1	2	7	–8
Clare	5	2	1	2	7	–2
Meath	5	0	0	5	0	–58	Relegation playoff

Finals

11 March 2018 2 p.m. Semi-Final	Cork	2-17 – 2-13	Limerick	Cork IT

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11 March 2018 Semi-Final	Kilkenny	2-10 – 1-9	Galway	St. Rynagh's GAA, Banagher

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8 April 2018 Final	Cork	1-11 – 0-15	Kilkenny	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: R Kelly (Kildare)
	Orla Cronin 1-01, Orla Cotter 0-03 (0-03 frees), Linda Collins 0-03, Katrina Mackey 0-02, Gemma O’Connor 0-01, Ashling Thompson 0-01	Report	Denise Gaule 0-06 (0-04 frees, 0-01 ’45), Miriam Walshe 0-03, Katie Power 0-02, Jenny Clifford 0-02, Shelly Farrell 0-01, Aoife Doyle 0-01

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Division 2

Finals

22 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Semi-Final	Westmeath	3-10 – 1-6	Dublin "B"	Conneff Park, Clane
		Report

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22 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Semi-Final	Kilkenny "B"	0-9 – 1-13	Cork "B"	Walsh Park, Waterford
	Edel Coonan (0-4); Stefi Fitzgerald (0-3); Lydia Fitzpatrick, Maguerite Hoynes (0-1 each)	Report	Rachel O'Callaghan (1-2); Keeva McCarthy (0-5); Katelyn Hickey (0-3); Caroline Sugrue (0-2); Kate Wall (0-1)

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29 April 2018 Final	Westmeath	1-4 – 0-8	Cork "B"	Páirc Lachtáin, Freshford Referee: J McDonagh (Galway)
	P Greville 1-4(fs)	Report	C Sugrue, K Hickey, K McCarthy (1 '45') 0-2 each; R O’Shea (f), K Wall 0-1 each

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Division 3

Finals

15 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Final	Kerry	2-8 – 0-4	Roscommon	The Ragg, Bouladuff Referee: Paul Ryan (Kildare)
	P Diggin 1-4 (1-3fs); A Whelan 1-0; A Behan 0-2; L Collins, C Shanahan 0-1 each	Report	S Spillane 0-3(fs); R Fitzmaurice 0-1

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References

1. "Live 2018 Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Fixtures, Results & Standings". RTÉ.ie .
2. "Kilkenny Cork Littlewoods Camogie League Final". PunditArena.com . 8 April 2018.