2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Format

Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships

Qualifiers

All-Ireland

Non-participating Provincial Championships

Team changes

To Championship

• Kerry

From Championship

• Antrim

Teams

General information

Overview

Changes from 2015 championship

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Group Stage

Leinster Qualifier Group Round 1

Leinster Qualifier Group Round 2

Leinster Qualifier Group Round 3

Leinster Quarter-finals

Leinster Semi-finals

Leinster final

[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]

Munster Format

Munster Semi-finals

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Ulster Format

All-Ireland qualifiers

Bracket

• All qualifier matches are knock-out.

Qualifiers Round 1

Qualifiers Round 1 Format

Qualifiers Round 2

Qualifiers Round 2 Format

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Quarter-finals

All-Ireland Semi-finals

Championship statistics

Clean sheets

Scoring events

• Clare 5–32 – 0–12 Laois

• Clare 5–32 – 0–12 Laois
• Offaly 3–22 – 2–14 Laois
• Tipperary 5–19 – 0–13 Waterford

• Cork 1–26 – 1–23 Dublin
• Tipperary 2–29 – 2–20 Kilkenny

• Clare 5–32 – 0–12 Laois
• Tipperary 5–19 – 0–13 Waterford

• Tipperary 2–29 – 2–20 Kilkenny

• Clare 0–19 – 0–15 Limerick

• Offaly 1–17 – 2–11 Carlow
• Westmeath 0–22 – 2–15 Carlow
• Tipperary 2–29 – 2–20 Kilkenny

Miscellaneous

• Kerry are the first team from Munster to play in the Leinster Championship and was their first in the senior championship since 2004. Their round 3 qualifier group match against Offaly on 22 May was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.
• On 1 May 2016 Westmeath defeated Offaly in the championship for the first time since 1976. Their opening Leinster qualifier group game was also their first championship meeting since then.
• The draw between Kilkenny and Waterford on 7 August was the first time a replay was required to decide an All-Ireland semi-final since 2003, when Wexford an Cork played out a 3–17 to 2–20 tie.
• Tipperary's defeat of Waterford by 21 points in the Munster final is the biggest Munster final win since 1972.
• Tipperary's victory in the All-Ireland marks their second title of the 2010s, making it the first decade since the 1960s in which the county has won multiple All-Ireland titles, having only won one title each in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

2016 Referees

Attendances

• Tipperary 2-29 – 2-20 Kilkenny – 82,016
• Tipperary 2–19 – 2–18 Galway – 54,227
• Kilkenny 1–21 – 0–24 Waterford – 34,432
• Galway 2–17 – 0–17 Clare – 31,690
• Waterford 0–21 – 0–11 Wexford – 31,690
• Kilkenny 2–19 – 2–17 Waterford – 30,358
• Kilkenny 1–26 – 0–22 Galway – 29,377
• Tipperary 0–22 – 0–13 Cork – 29,114
• Tipperary 5–19 – 0–13 Waterford – 26,508
• Tipperary 3–12 – 1–16 Limerick – 25,531
• Clare 0–17 – 1–21 Waterford – 19,715
• Cork 1–17 – 0–23 Wexford – 15,540
• Clare 0–19 – 0–15 Limerick – 15,540
• Dublin 2–19 – 0–12 Wexford – 13,066
• Dublin 0–16 – 1–25 Kilkenny – 10,419
• Cork 1–26 – 1–23 Dublin – 10,058

Broadcasting

Awards

• Eoin Murphy
• Cathal Barrett
• James Barry
• Daithí Burke
• Padraig Walsh
• Ronan Maher
• Padraic Maher
• Jamie Barron
• David Burke
• Walter Walsh
• Austin Gleeson
• Patrick Maher
• Richie Hogan
• Seamus Callanan
• John McGrath

• Eoin Murphy
• Cathal Barrett
• James Barry
• Daithí Burke
• Padraig Walsh
• Ronan Maher
• Padraic Maher
• Jamie Barron
• David Burke
• Walter Walsh
• Austin Gleeson
• Patrick Maher
• Richie Hogan
• Seamus Callanan
• John McGrath