The 2015
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer mo ...
—known as the
Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2015
camogie
Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
season. Ten county teams compete in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who compete overall in the Senior,
Intermediate and
Junior
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Championships. It commenced on 20 June.
Format
The ten teams are drawn into two groups of five teams. All the teams play each other once, scoring two points for a win and one for a draw.
In the two quarter-finals, 2nd in Group A plays 3rd in Group B and 3rd in Group A plays 2nd inGroup B..
The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in the semi-finals.
The semi-final winners contest the
2015 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Fixtures and results
Group stages
Group 1
Group 2
As stated in the rules, it was originally planned that a
coin toss
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would take place to decide which of Dublin and Clare would progress to the quarter-finals. The head-to-head match between them had ended in a 1-8 to 1-8 draw and competition rules meant that they were level in the group. Both teams withdrew in protest at the proposed coin toss and eventually the
Camogie Association
The Camogie Association (, formerly ) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around the world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association, but is still a separate organisation.
History
The Camogie A ...
decided that a play-off match would take place instead.
Knock-Out Stages
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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All-Ireland final
References
External links
Camogie Association
{{All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
2015
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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer mo ...