Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

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Ulster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomána Idirmheánach Uladh
Code Hurling
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Region Ulster (GAA)
No. of teams7
Title holders Offaly colours.PNG Liatroim Fontenoys (1st title)
Most titles Colours of Wexford.svg Gort na Móna
Colours of Cavan.svg St. Gall's
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown Na Fianna (2 titles)
Sponsors Allied Irish Banks
Official website Official website

The Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion intermediate clubs and, in some cases, champion senior clubs in the province of Ulster in Ireland.

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The Ulster Intermediate Club Championship was introduced in 2004. In its current format, the championship begins in late October or early November and is usually played over a four-week period. The seven participating club teams compete in a straight knockout competition that culminates with the Ulster final for the two remaining teams. The winner of the Ulster Intermediate Championship qualifies for the subsequent All-Ireland Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 15 club teams, while Gort na Móna, St. Gall's and Middletown Na Fianna are the only clubs to have won the title more than once. Antrim clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories with 12 wins.

Liatroim Fontenoys are the reigning champions, having beaten Middletown Na Fianna by 2-20 to 0-21 in the 2022 final. [1]

Format

Overview

The Ulster Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is no seeding.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time penalties are taken to determine a winner.

Competition format

Quarter-final: Six teams contest this round. The three winning teams advance directly to the semi-final stage. The three losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: Four teams contest this round; the three winning teams from the quarter-finals and one team who receives a bye. The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Teams

Qualification

CountyChampionshipQualifying team
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Armagh Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Derry.svg Derry Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Donegal Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Down.svg Down Down Intermediate Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship Champions

Roll of honour

Performances by club

#ClubCountyTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
1 Gort na Móna Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 20 2006, 2008 —
Middletown Colours of Armagh.svg ARM 22 2011, 2017 2009, 2022
St Gall's Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 20 2009, 2018 —
4 Liatrom Fontenoys Colours of Down.svg DOW 13 2022 2006, 2007, 2008
Keady Lámh Dhearg Colours of Armagh.svg ARM 12 2007 2005, 2018
Lisbellaw St Patrick's Colours of Fermanagh.svg FER 11 2012 2021
St Brigid's Cloughmills Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 11 2016 2012
Carey Faughs Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2004 —
Glenarriffe Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2005 —
St John's Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2010 —
Clooney Gaels Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2013 —
O'Donovan Rossa Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2014 —
Creggan Kickhams Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2015 —
Naomh Éanna Colours of Antrim.svg ANT 10 2019 —
Banagher Colours of Derry.svg DER 10 2021 —
Setanta Colours of Donegal.svg DON 10 2023 —
17 Éire Óg Carrickmore Colours of Tyrone.svg TYR 03 2010, 2015, 2023
Eoghan Rua Colours of Derry.svg DER 03 2004, 2014, 2016
Castleblayney Hurling Club Colours of Monaghan.svg MON 01 2011
Cuchullians Colours of Armagh.svg ARM 01 2013
Lavey Colours of Derry.svg DER 01 2017
Eoghan Ruadh Colours of Tyrone.svg TYR 01 2019

Performances by county

#CountyWinsRunners-UpYears WonYears Runners-Up
1 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 121 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 2012
2 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 35 2007, 2011, 2017 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2022
3 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 14 2021 2004, 2014, 2016, 2017
Colours of Down.svg Down 13 2022 2006, 2007, 2008
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 11 2012 2021
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 10 2023 —
7 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 04—2010, 2015, 2019, 2023
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 01—2011

List of Finals

YearWinnersRunners-upVenue
CountyClubScoreCountyClubScore
2023 Colours of Donegal.svg DON Setanta 1-16 Colours of Tyrone.svg TYR Éire Óg Carrickmore 2-11
2022 Colours of Down.svg DOW Liatrom Fontenoys 2-20 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Middletown 0-20 Corrigan Park
2021 Colours of Derry.svg DER Banagher 2-11 Colours of Fermanagh.svg FER Lisbellaw St Patrick's 0-12 Healy Park [2]
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Naomh Éanna2-20 Colours of Tyrone.svg TYR Eoghan Ruadh 2-20 Celtic Park [3]
2018 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT St Gall's 2-12 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Keady Lámh Dhearg 0-11 Páirc Esler [4]
2017 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Middletown 2-16 Colours of Derry.svg DER Lavey 2-13 Corrigan Park [5]
2016 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT St Brigid's Cloughmills1-11 Colours of Derry.svg DER Eoghan Rua 2-06 Slemish Park [6]
2015 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Creggan Kickhams 2-12 Colours of Tyrone.svg TYR Éire Óg Carrickmore 1-07 Owenbeg COE [7]
2014 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT O'Donovan Rossa 1-15 Colours of Derry.svg DER Eoghan Rua 0-06 Owenbeg COE [8]
2013 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Clooney Gaels 1-16 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Cuchullians1-14 Celtic Park [9]
2012 Colours of Fermanagh.svg FER Lisbellaw St Patrick's 3-14 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT St Brigid's, Cloughmills2-10 Páirc Esler [10]
2011 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Middletown Na Fianna 5-29 Colours of Monaghan.svg MON Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-05
2010 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT St John's 2-11 Colours of Tyrone.svg TYR Éire Óg Carrickmore 1-11 Casement Park [11]
2009 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT St Gall's 5-11 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Middletown 0-12 Páirc Esler [12]
2008 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Gort na Móna 3-16 Colours of Down.svg DOW Liatroim Fontenoys 0-05 Páirc Esler
2007 Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Keady Lámh Dhearg Colours of Down.svg DOW Liatroim Fontenoys Casement Park
2006 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Gort na Móna 4-07 Colours of Down.svg DOW Liatroim Fontenoys 2-08 St. Tiernach's Park
2005 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Glenarriffe Colours of Armagh.svg ARM Keady Lámh Dhearg
2004 Colours of Antrim.svg ANT Carey Faughs 0-07 Colours of Derry.svg DER Eoghan Rua 0-06 St. Patrick's Park [13]

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