2024 Christy Ring Cup
DatesApril – June 2024
Teams6
← 2023 (Previous) (Next) 2025 →

The 2024 Christy Ring Cup is the 20th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition will begin in April 2024 and will end in June 2024.[1]

Kildare and Wicklow return to the cup after one year absences. The counties who finish in the top two places will qualify for the final, with the winner being promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup. The bottom placed team in the group stage is relegated to the 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup.[1]

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup Title Last Provincial title Last All-Ireland title Position in 2023 Championship Appearance
Derry — 2001 — 2nd 18th
Kildare[2] 2022 — — 6th (Joe McDonagh Cup) 18th
London 2012 — 1901 4th 12th
Sligo — — — 3rd 5th
Tyrone — — — 5th 2nd
Wicklow — — — Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup) 19th

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor
Derry
Kildare
London
Sligo
Tyrone
Wicklow

Format

Group stage

Initially each of the six teams play the other five teams in single round-robin matches. The top two teams after the round robin games compete in the Christy Ring Cup final.

Promotion

The Christy Ring champions are automatically promoted to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup. The Christy Ring Cup champions replace the bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Relegation

The bottom-placed team in the Christy Ring Cup are automatically relegated to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the Nicky Rackard Cup champions.

Group Stage

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Qualification
1 Derry 0 0 0 0 0-00 0-00 +0 0 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Kildare 0 0 0 0 0-00 0-00 +0 0
3 London 0 0 0 0 0-00 0-00 +0 0
4 Sligo 0 0 0 0 0-00 0-00 +0 0
5 Tyrone 0 0 0 0 0-00 0-00 +0 0
6 Wicklow 0 0 0 0 0-00 0-00 +0 0 Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup

Round 1

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Knockout stage

Final

May 2024 Final v Croke Park

The winners are promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2024 Christy Ring Cup counties.
County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Derry Derry Ulster Celtic Park 22,000
Kildare Newbridge Leinster St. Conleth's Park 8,200
London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558
Tyrone Omagh Ulster Healy Park 17,636
Wicklow Arklow Leinster Pearse Park 5,000

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "GAA Master Fixtures for 2023 published". www.gaa.ie.
  2. ↑ "Kildare hurling".
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