2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is due to be the 134th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887.

2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
DatesApril 2021 - 11 July 2021
Teams11
All-Ireland champions
Provincial champions
MunsterNot Played
LeinsterNot Played
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
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Antrim is expected return to the Leinster Championship for the first time since the 2015 competition.[1][2] Limerick will enter the championship as the defending champions and attempt to retain the title for the first time in their history.[3]

Format change

In December 2020, a plan by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) was approved by the GAA's management committee. The plan saw the introduction of a new format, with the championship being run on a provincial knock-out/qualifier basis, in line with the pre-2018 format, thus resulting in the provincial round robins being discarded.[4] Relegation to the Joe McDonagh Cup will be introduced. The two beaten Leinster quarter-final teams are due to play a preliminary qualifier round, with the losers dropping to the McDonagh Cup and winners progressing to round 1 of the qualifiers.[5]

The draws for the championship possibly to be held in February 2021 in every other year usually held during October to November but due to COVID-19 2020 season had to revised and delayed.

Teams

Personnel and general information
Team Colours Manager Captain(s) Vice-captain Sponsor Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial League
Antrim Darren Gleeson fonaCAB 2017
Cork Kieran Kingston Sports Direct 2005 2018 1998
Clare Brian Lohan Pat O'Donnell 2013 1998 2016
Dublin Mattie Kenny AIG 1938 2013 2011
Galway Shane O'Neill Supermacs 2017 2018 2017
Kilkenny Brian Cody Glanbia 2015 2020 2018
Laois Séamus Plunkett MW Hire Group 1915 1949
Limerick John Kiely J. P. McManus 2020 2020 2020
Tipperary Liam Sheedy Teneo 2019 2016 2008
Waterford Liam Cahill TQS Integration 1959 2010 2015
Wexford Davy Fitzgerald Zurich Insurance 1996 2019 1972-73

Provincial Championships

Leinster quarter-finals

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster quarter-final

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

All-Ireland Qualifiers

Qualifiers preliminary round

Qualifiers round 1

Qualifiers round 2

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland quarter-finals

The beaten Leinster and Munster finalists play the two winners of round two of the qualifiers.

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland final
11 July 2021
All-Ireland Final
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References
  1. Cormican, Eoghan (13 December 2020). "Antrim see off Kerry to secure McDonagh Cup success at Croke Park". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. "Cusack fears for Antrim in 2021 Leinster championship". RTÉ Sport. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. Fogarty, John (13 December 2020). "Superb Limerick regain All-Ireland title with emphatic win". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. Keys, Colm (18 December 2020). "No Super 8s or hurling round robin, new league format and county before club - GAA approve plan for 2021 season". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. O'Brien, Kevin (21 December 2020). "GAA set to unveil plan for 2021 season with inter-county February start and July All-Ireland finals". The 42. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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