2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	19 June – 10 July, 2016
Teams	4 Championship 4 Shield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4 Championship 3 Shield
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The 2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship is the 68th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.

The final is traditionally played on the second Sunday in July. The winners receive the Liam Harvey Cup.

Format

A two-tier format was introduced in 2016. Antrim no longer recevie a bye to the final.

Antrim, Armagh, Derry and Down compete in the top tier in a knock-out format.

A second tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield, was created. Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone compete in a knock-out format, with the winner gaining promotion to the top tier for 2017.

The beaten semi finalists in this year's Senior Championship compete in a relegation play-off with the losing team relegated to the Senior Shield for 2017.

Cavan do not participate.

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Derry v Antrim

19 June 2016 Semi-final	Derry	0-14 - 3-28	Antrim	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
17:00		Report

Armagh v Down

19 June 2016 Semi-final	Armagh	4-12 - 0-17	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
19:00		Report

Ulster Championship Final

Antrim v Armagh

10 July 2016 Final

Antrim

v

Armagh

Owenbeg, Dungiven

Relegation Play-off

Derry v Down

26 June 2016 Relegation play-off

Derry

v

Down

Ulster Senior Hurling Shield

Ulster Shield Semi-Finals

Tyrone v Monaghan

19 June 2016 Semi-final	Tyrone	w/o	Monaghan	Brewster Park, Fermanagh
		Report

Fermanagh v Donegal

19 June 2016 Semi-final	Fermanagh	3-14 - 3-18	Donegal	Brewster Park, Fermanagh
		Report

Ulster Shield Final

Monaghan v Donegal

26 June 2016 Final	Monaghan	2-14 - 5-13	Donegal	Brewster Park, Fermanagh
	Declan Crowe (0-2), Conor Boyle (1-5, 3f, 2’65s’), Conor McKenna (0-2), Fergal Rafter (0-1,f); Mark Treanor (1-3), Brian McGuigan (0-1).		Jack O’Loughlin (1-0), Danny Cullen (1-1), Stephen Gillespie (0-1); Ronan McDermott (1-0), Niall Cleary (0-1), Lee Henderson (0-7,6f), Paddy Hannigan (1-0), Kevin Campbell (1-1) Paul Nelson (0-2)	Referee: C. Cunning (Antrim)