The 2012 Christy Ring Cup was the eighth season of the

Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is ...

since its establishment in 2005.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for ...

* None Promoted from the

Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champi ...

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From Championship

Promoted to the

* None Relegated to the

Armagh Armagh ( ; , , " Macha's height") is a city and the county town of County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Primates of All ...

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A total of eight teams contested the Christy Ring Cup, including seven sides from the

2011 Christy Ring Cup The 2011 Christy Ring Cup was the seventh season of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment in 2005. Team changes To Championship Relegated from the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship * None Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup ...

and

, who were promoted as champions of the 2011 Nicky Rackard Cup.

again ended the season as champions, this time in the Christy Ring Cup, thus securing promotion to the top tier of hurling, the All-Ireland Championship, in 2013. While both

and Mayo had failed to win any of their (two) games in the 2011 Christy Ring Cup, Mayo retained their place in the 2012 edition with Armagh being relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2012 without a playoff game; Mayo had the longest tenure as a Christy Ring Cup member having competed in every season since the inaugural one in 2005 while Armagh had only joined the Christy Ring Cup in 2011, having won the previous year's

Teams

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Stadia and locations

Format

The tournament has a

double elimination A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimin ...

format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out. *The eight teams play four Round 1 matches. **The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A. **The losers in Round 1 go into Round 2B. *There are two Round 2A matches. **The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals. **The losers in Round 2A go into the quarter-finals. *There are two Round 2B matches. **The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals. **The losers in Round 2B are eliminated. *There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners. **The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals. **The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated. *There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners. **The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final. **The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated. *The winners of the final win the Christy Ring Cup for 2012 and are promoted to the

Liam MacCarthy Cup The Liam MacCarthy Cup () is a trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Based on the design of a medieval drinking vessel, the trophy was first awarded i ...

Team changes

To Championship

From Championship

Team info

Teams

General Information

Personnel and kits

Stadia and locations

Format

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2A

Round 2B

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Single game

References

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