2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland. The championship began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 3 October 2020.
On 3 October 2020, Blarney won the championship after a 1-20 to 0-15 win over Castlelyons in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 2008.
Blarney's Mark Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

Format change

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion. On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Blackrock

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

Participating teams

The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.

Team	Location	Colours	Seeding	Ranking
Inniscarra	Inniscarra	Blue and white	A	1
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	A	2
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	A	3
Ballinhassig	Ballinhassig	Blue and white	B	4
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	B	5
Blarney	Blarney	Red and white	B	6
Castlelyons	Castlelyons	Green and yellow	C	7
Watergrasshill	Watergrasshill	Red and white	C	8
Aghada	Aghada	Green and white	C	9
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	D	10
Youghal	Youghal	Maroon and yellow	D	11
Blackrock	Blackrock	Green and yellow	D	12

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mark Coleman	Blarney	1-50	53	6	8.83
2	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	2-44	50	5	10.00
3	Eoin O'Farrell	Blackrock	1-35	38	4	9.50
4	Brian Kelleher	Carrigaline	0-35	35	4	8.75
4	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-35	35	4	8.75
6	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-31	34	4	8.50
7	William Leahy	Aghada	1-28	31	3	10.
8	Shane O'Regan	Watergrasshill	0-30	30	4	7.50
9	Shane Barrett	Blarney	2-22	28	6	4.66
10	Anthony Spillane	Castlelyons	3-17	26	5	5.20

;In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Eoin O'Farrell	Blackrock	1-12	15	Inniscarra
1	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-15	15	Blackrock
3	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-14	14	Castlelyons
4	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-13	13	Blackrock
5	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	1-09	12	Youghal
5	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	1-09	12	Aghada
5	Brett Moloney	Youghal	0-12	12	Carrigaline
5	William Leahy	Aghada	0-12	12	Youghal
9	Pádraig Power	Blarney	3-02	11	Carrigaline
9	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-08	11	Watergrasshill
9	William Leahy	Aghada	1-08	11	Carrigaline
9	Brian Kelleher	Carrigaline	0-11	11	Courcey Rovers
9	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-11	11	Watergrasshill
9	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	0-11	11	Watergrasshill

Match records

Widest winning margin: 17 points
*Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline
Most goals in a match: 5
*Youghal 3-16 - 2-17 Courcey Rovers
*Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal
*Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline
Most points in a match: 43
*Carrigaline 0-26 - 1-17 Courcey Rovers
Most goals by one team in a match: 5
*Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal
Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
*Youghal 2-11 - 1-19 Aghada
*Aghada 2-15 - 2-21 Carrigaline
*Courcey Rovers 2-17 - 3-16 Youghal
Most points scored by a losing team: 21
*Inniscarra 1-21 - 3-18 Castlelyons