2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	8–16 April, 2017
Teams	4 Championship; 4 Shield
Champions	Antrim (57th title); Simon McCrory (captain); Terence McNaughton & Dominic McKinley (manager)
Runners-up	Armagh; David Carvill (captain); Sylvester McConnell (manager)
Promoted	Derry
Relegated	Donegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3 Championship; 3 Shield
Top scorer(s)	Conor Johnston (Antrim; 3-10)
← 2016 (Previous)	(Next) 2021 →

The 2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.

The tournament was moved to April, instead of the usual June/July dates, in order to accommodate the various tiers of the All-Ireland championship.[1][2] Antrim won a sixteenth consecutive title.[3]

Format

The two-tier format introduced in 2016 continued.

In the first tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Antrim, Armagh, Donegal and Down compete in a knock-out format. The winners receive the Liam Harvey cup. The two teams beaten in the semi-finals of the Championship play-off with the losing team relegated to the Shield for 2018.

In the second tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield, Derry, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone compete in a knock-out format, with the winner gaining promotion to the top tier for 2018.

Cavan do not participate.

Teams

Antrim	Armagh	Donegal	Down
Titles
56	0	3	4
Last title
2016	n/a	1932	1997

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

Semi-Finals		Final

Armagh	1-17
Down	2-12
		Armagh	1-12
		Antrim	5-22
Antrim	3-24
Donegal	1-10	Relegation Playoff

		Down	w/o
		Donegal	scr.

Ulster Championship Semi-Finals

8 April 2017

3 p.m.

Semi-final

Armagh	1-17 – 2-12	Down
	Report

Inniskeen Grattan's GAC, Inniskeen

8 April 2017

3 p.m.

Semi-final

Antrim	3-24 – 1-10	Donegal
	Report

Celtic Park, Derry

Ulster Final

16 April 2017

2:30 p.m.

Final

Antrim	5-22 – 1-12	Armagh
C Johnston 3-05, N McManus 1-06 (1f), P Shiels 1-00, E Campbell 0-03, M Connolly 0-03 (2f), C Clarke 0-02, P McGill 0-01, C McKinley 0-01, C Carson 0-01	Report	D Carvill 0-07 (6f), F Bradley 1-00, C Corvan 0-03, C Carvill 0-01, D Magee 0-01

Owenbeg Centre of Excellence, Dungiven

Referee: James Clarke (Cavan)

Relegation Match

16 April 2017

12:30 p.m.

Relegation match

Down	walkover – withdrew	Donegal
	Report

Owenbeg Centre of Excellence, Dungiven

Donegal withdrew ahead of the match, and were relegated to the 2018 Ulster Hurling Shield. Down retained their place for the 2018 Ulster Hurling Championship.

Ulster Senior Hurling Shield

Bracket

Semi-Finals		Final


Tyrone	4-18

Fermanagh	1-10
		Tyrone	1-12

		Derry	1-17
Monaghan	0-09

Derry	6-28

Ulster Shield Semi-Finals

8 April 2017

3 p.m.

Semi-final

Tyrone	4-18 – 1-10	Fermanagh

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

8 April 2017

3 p.m.

Semi-final

Monaghan	0-9 – 6-28	Derry

Healy Park, Omagh

Ulster Shield Final

16 April 2017

2:30 p.m.

Final

Tyrone	1-12 – 1-17	Derry
	Report

Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore

Derry won the 2017 Ulster Hurling shield and promotion to the 2018 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Crossan, Brendan. "Ulster Council chief Brian McEvoy praised for calendar shift in hurling".

[2] ttp://ulster.gaa.ie/fixtures-and-results/

[3] ttps://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0416/868124-johnston-stars-as-goal-crazy-antrim-take-ulster-title/