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The 2024 Christy Ring Cup is the 20th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition will begin in April 2024 and will end in June 2024. ^[1]

Kildare and Wicklow return to the cup after one year absences. The counties who finish in the top two places will qualify for the final, with the winner being promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup. The bottom placed team in the group stage is relegated to the 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup. ^[1]

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

• Kildare

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

• Wicklow

From Championship

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

• Meath

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

• Mayo

Teams

General Information

County	Last Cup Title	Last Provincial title	Last All-Ireland title	Position in 2023 Championship	Appearance
Derry	—	2001	—	2nd	18th
Kildare [2]	2022	—	—	6th ( Joe McDonagh Cup)	18th
London	2012	—	1901	4th	12th
Sligo	—	—	—	3rd	5th
Tyrone	—	—	—	5th	2nd
Wicklow	—	—	—	Champions ( Nicky Rackard Cup)	19th

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Derry
Kildare
London
Sligo
Tyrone
Wicklow

Format

Group stage

Initially each of the six teams play the other five teams in single round-robin matches. The top two teams after the round robin games compete in the Christy Ring Cup final.

Promotion

The Christy Ring champions are automatically promoted to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup. The Christy Ring Cup champions replace the bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Relegation

The bottom-placed team in the Christy Ring Cup are automatically relegated to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the Nicky Rackard Cup champions.

Group Stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	London	2	2	0	0	6-49	2-24	+37	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Kildare	2	2	0	0	5-46	2-22	+33	4
3	Derry	2	2	0	0	2-43	0-25	+24	4
4	Wicklow	2	0	0	2	0-26	3-44	-27	0
5	Tyrone	2	0	0	2	2-25	4-49	-30	0
6	Sligo	2	0	0	2	2-20	6-45	-37	0	Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup

Round 1

Sligo v Kildare

13 April 2024 Round 1

Sligo

2-08 - 2-19

Kildare

Tyrone v London

Tyrone

2-12 - 2-23

London

Wicklow v Derry

Wicklow

0-12 - 0-17

Derry

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Knockout stage

Final

The winners are promoted to the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Stadia and locations

Wicklow

Sligo

Derry

London

Kildare

Tyrone

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Locations of the 2024 Christy Ring Cup counties.

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Derry	Derry	Ulster	Celtic Park	22,000
Kildare	Newbridge	Leinster	St. Conleth's Park	8,200
London	South Ruislip	Britain	McGovern Park	3,000
Sligo	Sligo	Connacht	Markievicz Park	18,558
Tyrone	Omagh	Ulster	Healy Park	17,636
Wicklow	Arklow	Leinster	Pearse Park	5,000

Statistics

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 26 points
  • London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
• Most goals in a match: 4
  • Sligo 2-08 - 2-19 Kildare (Round 1)
  • Tyrone 2-12 - 2-23 London (Round 1)
  • London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
• Most points in a match: 41
  • Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
• Most points by one team in a match: 27
  • Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2)
• Highest aggregate score: 50 points
  • London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
  • Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2)
• Lowest aggregate score: 29 points
  • Wicklow 0-12 - 0-17 Derry (Round 1)

Miscellaneous

• First-time Christy Ring Cup meetings:
  • Kildare v Tyrone (Group stage)
  • Tyrone v Wicklow (Group stage)

See also

• 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2024 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
• 2024 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
• 2024 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)

References