2013 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2013 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 68th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Hurling Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. Antrim were the defending champions, and secured their twelfth consecutive title in a much delayed final played against Down on 2 February 2014.

2013 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Dates16 June 2013 (2013-06-16)
– 8 July 2013 (2013-07-08)
Teams4
ChampionsAntrim (53rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
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The delays, which arose from a fixture clash caused by a semi-final draw between Down and Derry, and exacerbated by a ban on inter-county training in the winter of 2013, was heavily criticised for undermining the competition. The winners, Antrim, in fact never played a single match of the 2013 Championship in 2013, having progressed automatically to the final.

Format

As the Ulster championship is of a lower standard than its Leinster and Munster counterparts, there was no entry from the Ulster Championship to the All-Ireland Championship proper. Antrim will instead enter that competition through the preliminary round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

The other Ulster teams are not eligible, and took part in the Christy Ring Cup, the second tier All-Ireland hurling championship, Down winning the competition.

Teams
Titles
52 0 4 4
Last title
2012 n/a 2001 1997

Bracket

The draw for the Ulster championship is seeded, and takes place in a single elimination format. Antrim receive a bye to the final, Derry to the semi-final.

  Quarter-final
16 June 2013, Páirc Esler, Newry		 Semi-final
30 June 2013, Athletic Grounds, Armagh
replay - 7 July 2013, Athletic Grounds, Armagh		 Final
2 February 2014, Celtic Park, Derry
                           
    1 Antrim 4-21 (33)
    2 Derry 0-19 (19)
(r) 1-16 (19)		     3 Down 1-17 (21)
3 Down 3-20 (29)     3 Down 1-16 (19)
(r) 0-25 (25)		  
4 Armagh 1-11 (14)

Box scores

Quarter-final
Quarter Final
Down
3-20 - 1-11
(29 - 14)		Armagh
C McFadden 1-3 (2f), R Wherity 1-0, M Murphy 0-3 (2f), P McBrearty 0-2, R Kavanagh, David Walsh 0-1 each. Report M Donnelly, S Cavanagh (1f) 0-2 each, N Morgan (1f), J McMahon, C Cavanagh, S O'Neill, C McAliskey, K Coney 0-1 each.

Semi-final
Semi Final
Derry
0-19 - 1-16
(19 - 19)		Down
O McCloskey (0-2), K Hinphey (0-4), A Grant (0-1), P Henry (0-2), P Cleary (0-1), A Kelly (0-5, one free), C Convery (0-1), T McCloskey (0-3, frees). Report D Hughes (0-2), S Nicholson (0-1), P Braniff (0-7, five frees), P Sheehan (0-2), D Toner (1-1), G Johnson (0-1), J McCusker (0-1), M Turley (0-1).
Referee: James Clarke, Cavan

Semi-final replay
Semi Final replay
Derry
1-16 - 0-25
(19 - 25)		Down
K Hinphey (0-2), B Rodgers (0-1), A Grant (0-1, f), T McCloskey (0-2, 1f), A Kelly (1-0), M Craig (0-3), P Henry (0-7, 4f) Report D Hughes (0-5), K McGarry (0-2), P Braniff (0-12, 8f), P Sheehan (0-1), J Coyle (0-3), M Turley (0-1), J McCusker (0-1)
Referee: Tony Carroll (Offaly)

Final

The final was originally scheduled for 7 July 2013[1] but was postponed to allow the semi-final replay between Down and Derry to take place on that day.[1] The final was re-scheduled for 3 November 2013, and finally 2 February 2014.[1]

Final
Antrim
4-21 - 1-17
(33) - (21)		Down
Report
Attendance: 139

References
  1. "Ulster Hurling final between Antrim and Down set for 3 November". Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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