2020 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

The 2020 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship was the first staging of the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board. 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 impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship began on 31 July 2020 and ended on 4 October 2020.
On 4 October 2020, Charleville won the championship after a 3–12 to 1–14 win over Fr. O'Neill's in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. This was their first championship title in the grade.
Charleville's Darragh Fitzgibbon was the championship's top scorer with 2-51.

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, with two more following in August – all with county players available.

Team changes

To Championship

Regraded from the Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Participating teams

Team	Location	Colours
Bandon	Bandon	Yellow and white
Ballymartle	Riverstick	Green and yellow
Bride Rovers	Rathcormac	Green, white and yellow
Charleville	Charleville	Red and white
Cloyne	Cloyne	Red and black
Fermoy	Fermoy	Black and yellow
Fr. O'Neill's	Ballymacoda/Ladysbridge	Green and red
Kanturk	Kanturk	Green and yellow
Killeagh	Killeagh	Green and white
Kilworth	Kilworth	Red and white
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Darragh Fitzgibbon	Charleville	2-51	57	5	11.40
2	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	7-35	56	5	11.20
3	Cian Healy	Newcestown	2-41	47	5	9.40
4	William Finnegan	Bride Rovers	0-34	34	4	8.50
5	Lorcán McLoughlin	Kanturk	2-26	32	5	6.40
6	Billy Dunne	Fr. O'Neill's	6-13	31	5	6.20
7	Noel McNamara	Kilworth	0-29	29	4	7.25
8	Aaron Sheehan	Mallow	0-25	25	3	8.33
9	Darren McCarthy	Ballymartle	1-20	23	3	7.66
9	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	1-20	23	4	5.75

;In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	1-12	15	Kilworth
2	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	2-08	14	Ballymartle
2	Darragh Fitzgibbon	Charleville	1-11	14	Fermoy
3	Billy Dunne	Fr. O'Neill's	3-04	13	Ballymartle
3	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	1-10	13	Bride Rovers
4	Cian Healy	Newcestown	1-09	12	Killeagh
4	Cian Healy	Newcestown	0-12	12	Kanturk
4	Aaron Sheehan	Mallow	0-12	12	Bandon
5	William Finnegan	Bride Rovers	0-11	11	Ballymartle
5	Darragh Fitzgibbon	Charleville	0-11	11	Mallow
5	Darragh Fitzgibbon	Charleville	0-11	11	Kanturk

Match records

Widest winning margin: 20 points
*Fr. O'Neill's 6-19 - 2-11 Ballymartle
Most goals in a match: 8
*Fr. O'Neill's 6-19 - 2-11 Ballymartle
Most points in a match: 44
*Bandon 1-22 - 1-22 Mallow
*Cahrleville 2-26 - 3-18 Kanturk
Most goals by one team in a match: 6
*Fr. O'Neill's 6-19 - 2-11 Ballymartle
Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
*Glen Rovers 4-18 - 4-26 Blackrock
Most points scored by a losing team: 20
*Kilworth 2-20 - 3-18 Killeagh

Miscellaneous

The relegation play-off match between Killeagh and Kilworth was originally scheduled to take place on 13 September but was postponed after one of the Killeagh players tested positive for COVID-19.