2010 Nicky Rackard Cup

The 2010 Nicky Rackard Cup is the 6th annual third-tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The teams competing will be:

Structure

The tournament has a double eliminator format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.

• The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
  • The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
  • The losers in Round 1 go into to Round 2B.
• There are two Round 2A matches.
  • The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals.
  • The losers in Round 2A go into to the quarter-finals.
• There are two Round 2B matches.
  • The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.
  • The losers in Round 2B go into the relegation playoff.
    • The losers of the relegation playoff are relegated to the Lory Meagher Cup for 2011.
• There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
  • The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.
  • The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.
• There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
  • The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.
  • The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated.
• The winners of the final win the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2010 and are promoted to the Christy Ring Cup for 2011.

Fixtures

Match	Date	Venue	Team	Score	Team	Score
Round 1	June 5	Crossmaglen	Armagh	3-15	Fingal	1-12
Round 1	June 5	Athleague	Roscommon	4-16	Monaghan	0-18
Round 1	June 5	Dundalk	Louth	3-17	Tyrone	1-7
Round 1	June 6	Ruislip	London	2-16	Sligo	3-05
Round 2A	June 12	Crossmaglen	Armagh		London
Round 2A	June 12	Dowdallshill	Louth		Roscommon
Round 2B	June 12	Markievicz Park	Sligo		Monaghan
Round 2B	June 12	Swords	Fingal		Tyrone
Quarter-final	June 19
Quarter-final	June 19
Semi-final	June 26
Semi-final	June 26
Final	July 3	Croke Park

Relegation play-off

Date	Venue	Team	Score	Team	Score
June 19