2020 Joe McDonagh Cup

The 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup is due to be the third staging of the Joe McDonagh Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2018.[1] The competition had been scheduled to begin on 10 May 2020 and end on 29 June 2020.

2020 Joe McDonagh Cup
Dates10 May 2020 - 29 June 2020
Teams5
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Points scored4 (0.36 per match)
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Laois, the 2019 champions, were promoted to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, while Offaly were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup. Meath and Carlow entered the competition in 2020.

Teams and venues

As in 2019, five teams are due to compete in the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup.[2]

Team Colours Location Stadium Capacity Sponsor Captain Manager(s)
Antrim Ballycastle Páirc Mac Uílín 4,900 Creagh Concrete Conor McCann Neal Peden [3]
Carlow Carlow Netwatch Cullen Park 21,000 IT Carlow Diarmuid Byrne
Richard Coady		 Colm Bonnar
Kerry Tralee Austin Stack Park 12,000 Kerry Group Martin Stackpoole [4] Fintan O'Connor
Meath Navan Páirc Tailteann 17,000 Glenveagh Properties Seán Geraghty[5] Nick Weir
Westmeath Mullingar Cusack Park 11,000 Renault Aonghus Clarke[6] Joe Quaid[7]

Competition Format

Joe McDonagh Cup proper

Initially each of the five teams play the other four teams in a round of single round-robin matches. The top two teams qualify for the Joe McDonagh Cup final, held at Croke Park.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The top two teams after the round robin games, in addition to qualification for the Cup final, also enter the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship proper. There they play the third-placed teams in the Leinster and Munster championships in the two All-Ireland preliminary quarter finals with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage.

Promotion to Leinster or Munster SHC

The winner of the Joe McDonagh Cup can also be promoted to the following year's Leinster or Munster Senior Hurling championships, which form the first round of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship proper. How this is achieved depends on the province to which the Cup champions belong.

If the Joe McDonagh champions are a non-Munster team, they are automatically promoted to the following year's Leinster Championship and the bottom-placed team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship are automatically relegated to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup. If the champions are a Munster team (effectively, Kerry), they must win a play-off with the bottom-placed team in the Munster Championship to gain promotion at that teams expense to the following year's Munster Championship.

Relegation

The bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup are usually relegated to the following year's Christy Ring Cup, and replaced by the 2020 Christy Ring Cup Champions. Although, due to a restructure to the Championship Tiers there will be no relegation this year. The 2020 Christy Ring Cup Finalists will be promoted to increase the 2021 Joe McDonagh Cup to six teams.

Group Stage

Table
Key to colours
     Advance to Joe McDonagh Cup Final


Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 Antrim 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0
2 Carlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0
3 Kerry 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0
4

Meath

0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0
5

Westmeath

0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0


Round 1
Round 1Antrim v WestmeathBallycastle
Stadium: Páirc Mac Uílín


Round 1Kerry v MeathTralee
Stadium: Austin Stack Park


Round 1Carlow v(Bye)


Round 2

Westmeath v Kerry

Carlow v Antrim

Meath (bye)


Round 3A

Carlow v Meath

Antrim, Kerry, Westmeath (bye)


Round 3B

Antrim v Kerry

Carlow, Meath, Westmeath (bye)


Round 4

Kerry v Carlow

Meath v Westmeath

Antrim (bye)


Round 5

Westmeath v Carlow

Meath v Antrim

Kerry (bye)


References
  1. Moran, Seán (30 September 2017). "GAA Congress approve round-robin provincial hurling championships". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. "McManus inspires Antrim". GAA. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. Devlin, Michael (10 May 2019). "Guide to the Joe McDonagh Cup". GAA. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. Devlin, Michael (10 May 2019). "Guide to the Joe McDonagh Cup". GAA. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. "Meath hurlers unveil new sponsor".
  6. Casserly, Mark (24 January 2019). "Aonghus Clarke named senior hurling captain for 2019". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. O'Brien, Kevin (16 September 2019). "New era for Westmeath as Cooney and Quaid get the green light". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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