2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2018 camogie season.

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2018

Championship details
Dates	9 June – 9 September 2018
Teams	11
All-Ireland champions
Winners	Cork (28th win)
Captain	Aoife Murray
Manager	Paudie Murray
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	Shelly Farrell
Manager	Ann Downey
Championship statistics
Matches played	30
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The championship began on 9 June and ended on 9 September with Cork retaining the O'Duffy Cup.^[1][2][3][4]

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

Group Stage

The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

• The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
• The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
• The semi-final winners contest the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Group stage

Key to colours

	Advance to semi-finals
	Advance to quarter-finals

Group 1

Group 1 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Kilkenny	4	4	0	0	+49	12
Galway	4	3	0	1	+28	9
Waterford	4	2	0	2	–18	6
Limerick	4	0	1	3	–24	1
Clare	4	0	1	3	–35	1

Group 2

Group 2 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Cork	5	5	0	0	+95	15
Tipperary	5	3	1	1	+11	10
Dublin	5	3	1	1	0	10
Offaly	5	2	0	3	–12	6
Wexford	5	1	0	4	–15	3
Meath	5	0	0	5	–79	0

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

4 August 2018

5:30 pm

Quarter-Final

Waterford	1-7 – 1-14	Tipperary
	Report

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim)

4 August 2018

7 p.m.

Quarter-Final

Galway	0-20 – 0-4	Dublin
A Donohue, C Dolan (fs) 0-4 each; C Cormican, N McGrath (1f) 0-3 each; N Kilkenny 0-2; C Walsh, F Keely, S McGrath 0-1 each	Report	O Beagan 0-3(2fs); A Griffin 0-1

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee: L Dempsey (Kilkenny)

Semi-finals

18 August 2018
Semi-Final

17:30 IST

Kilkenny	1-10 – 1-7	Galway
D Gaule 0-6f; K Power 1-1; J Malone 0-1; M Quilty, M Farrell 0-1 each	Report	C Dolan 0-5f; R Hennelly 1-0 (pen); N Kilkenny, A O’Reilly 0-1 each

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: R Kelly (Kildare)

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18 August 2018
Semi-Final

19:15 IST

Cork	0-21 – 0-9	Tipperary
Cotter 0-9 (7fs); C Sigerson, K Mackey 0-3 each; L Collins 0-2; A O’Connor, O Cronin, L Homan, P Mackey 0-1 each	Report	C Devane 0-5f; Caoimhe Maher, O O’Dwyer, G O’Brien, S Fryday 0-1 each

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: E Cassidy (Derry)

Final

Main article: 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

9 September 2018

16:15 IST

Kilkenny	0-13 – 0-14	Cork
Denise Gaule 0-10 (7f, 2 '65'); Julia Ann Malone, Meghan Farrell, Michelle Quilty 0-1 each	Report	Orla Cotter 0-5f; Chloe Sigerson 0-3f; Katrina Mackey, Orla Cronin 0-2 each; Aoife Murray (pen), Amy O’Connor 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 21,453

Referee: Eamon Cassidy (Derry)