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Christy Ring Cup records and statistics

This page details statistics of the Christy Ring Cup.

General performances

Wins by team

By province

Total Intermediate grade championship titles

Includes All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship and Christy Ring Cup.

Number of participating counties in the Christy Ring Cup

A total of 17 counties have played in the Christy Ring Cup. Season in bold represents teams qualified for the final that season.

Counties

Team results

Legend

For each year, the number of counties (in brackets) are shown.

Least successful counties

Out of the 17 counties who have participated, five counties have never been represented in a Christy Ring Cup Final. These are Armagh, Donegal, Roscommon, Sligo and Tyrone. Three of these counties have never competed in a semi-final: Armagh, Donegal, and Tyrone.

Donegal are the only team yet to win a Christy Ring Cup match.

A lot of the Christy Ring Cup counties are more prominent in the sport of gaelic football. Christy Ring Cup participants such as Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, Roscommon and Tyrone are more competitive and higher up the tiers in football.

Team participation

Debut of teams

Seasons in Christy Ring Cup

The number of years that each county has played in the Christy Ring Cup between 2005 and 2024. A total of 17 counties have competed in at least one season of the Christy Ring Cup. Wicklow have participated in the most seasons. The counties in bold participate in the 2024 Christy Ring Cup.

List of Christy Ring Cup counties

All-time Christy Ring Cup rankings

All-time table

Legend

As of 2024 Cup (before final).

Teams

By Semi-Final Appearances

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Christy Ring Cup titles, is as follows:

  • 2000s: 2 each for Westmeath (2005, 2007) and Carlow (2008, 2009)
  • 2010s: 2 each for Kerry (2011, 2015), Kildare (2014, 2018) and Meath (2016, 2019)
  • 2020s: 2 for Kildare (2020, 2022)

Match records

  • Most losses
  • 40, Mayo

Other records

Finishing positions

Unbeaten sides

Beaten sides

The group stage of the cup has resulted in 9 'back-door' Christy Ring Cup champions:

On 000 occasions a team was defeated twice but have remained in the championship:

  • 000 (000) were beaten by 000 and 000 but still qualified for the final.

Final success rate

Only one county have appeared in the final more than once, being victorious on all occasions:

On the opposite end of the scale, only two counties has appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:

Consecutive participations

Wicklow have the record number of consecutive participations in the Christy Ring Cup, taking part in 18 seasons.

Winning other trophies

Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Christy Ring Cup and their respective Division in the National Hurling League:

  • Kerry in 2015 (Division 2A).
  • Offaly in 2021 (Division 2A).
  • Meath in 2023 (Division 2B).

Biggest wins

Scoring Events

  • Most goals in a match:
  • 0 – 0000: 0000
  • Most points in a match:
  • 0 – 0000: 0000
  • Most goals by one team in a match:
  • 0 – 0000: 0000
  • Most points by one team in a match:
  • 0 – 0000: 0000
  • Highest aggregate score:
  • 0 – 0000: 0000
  • Lowest aggregate score:
  • 0 – 0000: 0000

Successful defending

A total of nineteen seasons have been played and only one team has been successful in retaining the cup. (most teams were promoted after winning the Christy Ring Cup, therefore they were unable to defend the cup):

Gaps

Active gaps

  • Longest active gaps between since last title:
  • 19 years: Antrim (2006–)
  • 15 years: Westmeath (2010–)
  • 13 years: London (2012–)
  • 12 years: Down (2013–)
  • 10 years: Kerry (2015–)
  • 8 years: Carlow (2017–)
  • 4 years: Offaly (2021–)
  • 2 years: Meath (2023–)
  • 1 year: Kildare (2024–)
  • Longest active gaps since last cup final appearance:
  • 15 years: Westmeath (2010–)
  • 13 years: Wicklow (2012–)
  • 10 years: Kerry (2015–)
  • 8 years: Antrim (2017–)
  • 8 years: Carlow (2017–)
  • 5 years: Down (2020–)
  • 4 years: Offaly (2021–)
  • 3 years: Mayo (2022–)
  • 2 years: Meath (2023–)
  • 1 year: Kildare (2024–)
  • 0 years: Derry (2025–)
  • 0 years: London (2025–)
  • Longest active gap since last cup appearance
  • 15 years: Westmeath (2010–)

Provinces

Christy Ring Cup final pairings

Longest undefeated run

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 00 games held by 000 (00-00).

Miscellaneous

  • Best finish by a debuting team
  • Champions, Westmeath (2005)
  • Best finish by a debuting team (after 2005)
  • Champions, Antrim (2006)
  • Highest winning record
  • 73%, Antrim (11 wins in 15 matches)
  • Lowest winning record
  • 0%, Donegal (0 wins in 4 matches)
  • Most played match
  • 000, 000 v 000 (0000)

Managers

Winning managers (2022–present)

Player records

Top Scorers Overall

Top Scorers In The Final

Miscellaneous

See also

References