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Dates | April – June 2024 | ||
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The 2024 Christy Ring Cup is the 20th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition will begin in April 2024 and will end in June 2024. [1]
Kildare and Wicklow return to the cup after one year absences. The counties who finish in the top two places will qualify for the final, with the winner being promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup. The bottom placed team in the group stage is relegated to the 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup. [1]
Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup
Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup
Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup
Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup
County | Last Cup Title | Last Provincial title | Last All-Ireland title | Position in 2023 Championship | Appearance |
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Derry | — | 2001 | — | 2nd | 18th |
Kildare [2] | 2022 | — | — | 6th (Joe McDonagh Cup) | 18th |
London | 2012 | — | 1901 | 4th | 12th |
Sligo | — | — | — | 3rd | 5th |
Tyrone | — | — | — | 5th | 2nd |
Wicklow | — | — | — | Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup) | 19th |
County | Manager | Captain(s) | Sponsor |
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Initially each of the six teams play the other five teams in single round-robin matches. The top two teams after the round robin games compete in the Christy Ring Cup final.
The Christy Ring champions are automatically promoted to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup. The Christy Ring Cup champions replace the bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup.
The bottom-placed team in the Christy Ring Cup are automatically relegated to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the Nicky Rackard Cup champions.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | London | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6-49 | 2-24 | +37 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Kildare | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-46 | 2-22 | +33 | 4 | |
3 | Derry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-43 | 0-25 | +24 | 4 | |
4 | Wicklow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-26 | 3-44 | -27 | 0 | |
5 | Tyrone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-25 | 4-49 | -30 | 0 | |
6 | Sligo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-20 | 6-45 | -37 | 0 | Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup |
20 April 2024Round 2 | London | 4-26 - 0-12 | Sligo |
20 April 2024Round 2 | Derry | 2-26 - 0-13 | Tyrone |
21 April 2024Round 2 | Kildare | 3-27 - 0-14 | Wicklow |
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May 2024Final | v | Croke Park |
The winners are promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup.
County | Location | Province | Stadium | Capacity |
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Derry | Derry | Ulster | Celtic Park | 22,000 |
Kildare | Newbridge | Leinster | St. Conleth's Park | 8,200 |
London | South Ruislip | Britain | McGovern Park | 3,000 |
Sligo | Sligo | Connacht | Markievicz Park | 18,558 |
Tyrone | Omagh | Ulster | Healy Park | 17,636 |
Wicklow | Arklow | Leinster | Pearse Park | 5,000 |
The Christy Ring Cup is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Originally introduced as a second-tier competition, it is currently the third tier overall in the inter-county hurling championship system. Each year, the champions of the Christy Ring Cup are promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup, and the lowest finishing team is relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The competition is named in honour of Christy Ring, a legendary player from Cork.
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