2021 Christy Ring Cup

The 2021 Christy Ring Cup was the 17th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup began on 26 June 2021 and ended on 1 August 2021.
COVID-19 caused all London games to be postponed for an extra year.
The final was played on 1 August 2021 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Offaly and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Offaly won the match by 0-41 to 2-14 to claim their first ever cup title.
Offaly's Eoghan Cahill was the Ring Cup's top scorer with 0-36.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

None

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

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From Championship

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

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Competition format

Cup format

The format has been changed for 2021 with 5 teams playing across two groups, one with 3 teams and one with 2 teams based on an open draw.
Group A will feature 3 teams and be played in a single Round Robin format with each team having one home game and one away game.
Group B will feature 2 teams who will play a single fixture.
All teams will play a knockout format after this group stage, with the group winners and second-placed team in Group A being placed in the semi-finals. A tie between the third-placed team in Group A and second-placed team in Group B will determine the fourth semi-finalist.

Promotion

The winner of the final will be promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Relegation

The loser of the quarter-final will be relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

Roscommon are relegated to the 2022 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Final

Offaly are promoted to the 2022 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Statistics

Top scorers

;Top Scorer Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	0-36	36	3	12.00
2	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	3-24	33	3	11.00
3	Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	0-32	32	4	8.00
4	Andy O'Brien	Wicklow	0-30	30	3	10.00
5	Cathal Dolan	Roscommon	0-19	19	3	6.33
6	Oisín Kelly	Offaly	2-10	16	3	5.33
7	Odhran McKeever	Derry	3-06	15	4	3.75
8	Gerald Bradley	Derry	1-11	14	4	3.50
9	Brian Duignan	Offaly	1-10	13	3	4.33
10	John Murphy	Offaly	0-12	12	3	4.00

;In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	2-12	18	Offaly
2	Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	0-15	15	Sligo
3	Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	0-13	13	Derry
4	Andy O'Brien	Wicklow	0-12	12	Derry
4	Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	0-12	12	Offaly
6	Andy O'Brien	Wicklow	0-10	10	Roscommon
7	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	1-06	9	Derry
8	Odhran McKeever	Derry	2-02	8	Wicklow
8	Cillian Egan	Roscommon	1-05	8	Wicklow
8	Andy O'Brien	Wicklow	0-08	8	Offaly
8	Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	0-08	8	Roscommon
8	Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	0-08	8	Wicklow
8	Cathal Dolan	Roscommon	0-08	8	Sligo