2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2016
Championship details
Dates	18 June – 11 September 2016
Teams	11
All-Ireland champions
Winners	Kilkenny (13th win)
Captain	Michelle Quilty
Manager	Ann Downey
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Ashling Thompson
Manager	Paudie Murray
Championship statistics
Matches played	30
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The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county senior camogie competition.

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup.

The championship began on 18 June.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship (tier 1). Sixteen lower-ranked county teams plus the second teams of tier 1 counties compete in the Intermediate (tier 2) and Junior (tier 3) Championships.

Format

Group Stage

The eleven teams are drawn into one group of six and one group of five. All the teams play each other once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
The semi-final winners contest the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Group stage

Key to colours
	Advance to semi-finals
	Advance to quarter-finals

Group 1

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Cork	5	4	1	114	51	+63	12
Wexford	5	4	1	102	70	+32	12
Offaly	5	4	1	89	73	+16	12
Limerick	5	2	3	80	91	–11	6
Waterford	5	1	4	58	96	–38	3
Clare	5	0	5	51	113	–62	0

Tie-Breaker

If only two teams are level on league points -

The team that won the head-to-head match is ranked first
If this game was a draw, score difference (total scored minus total conceded in all games) is used to rank the teams
If score difference is identical, total scored is used to rank the teams
If still identical, a play-off is required

If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.

Rounds 1 to 5

Round 1

18 June 2016

Round 1

Clare	1-11 - 1-16	Offaly

Sixmilebridge

18 June 2016

Round 1

Waterford	0-9 - 2-16	Cork

Walsh Park

18 June 2016

Round 1

Wexford	3-17 - 1-16	Limerick

Innovate Wexford Park

Round 2

25 June 2016

Round 2

Cork	v	Clare

Páirc Uí Rinn

25 June 2016

Round 2

Limerick	v	Waterford

Kilmallock

25 June 2016

Round 2

Offaly	v	Wexford

St Brendan's Park, Birr

Round 3

2 July 2016

Round 3

Clare	v	Limerick

2 July 2016

Round 3

Cork	v	Offaly

2 July 2016

Round 3

Waterford	v	Wexford

Round 4

July 2016

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