# 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland. The championship began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 3 October 2020.
On 3 October 2020, Blarney won the championship after a 1-20 to 0-15 win over Castlelyons in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 2008.
Blarney's Mark Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

## Format change

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion. On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Blackrock

### From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
* Cloyne
* Fermoy
* Fr. O'Neill's
* Kilworth
* Mallow

## Participating teams

The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.
| Team | Location | Colours | Seeding | Ranking |
| Inniscarra | Inniscarra | Blue and white | A | 1 |
| Courcey Rovers | Ballinspittle | Red and white | A | 2 |
| Valley Rovers | Innishannon | Green and white | A | 3 |
| Ballinhassig | Ballinhassig | Blue and white | B | 4 |
| Carrigaline | Carrigaline | Blue and yellow | B | 5 |
| Blarney | Blarney | Red and white | B | 6 |
| Castlelyons | Castlelyons | Green and yellow | C | 7 |
| Watergrasshill | Watergrasshill | Red and white | C | 8 |
| Aghada | Aghada | Green and white | C | 9 |
| Ballincollig | Ballincollig | Green and white | D | 10 |
| Youghal | Youghal | Maroon and yellow | D | 11 |
| Blackrock | Blackrock | Green and yellow | D | 12 |

## Fixtures/results
### Group 1
#### Table

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Carrigaline | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-65 | 3-52 | 25 | 6 |
| Courcey Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-56 | 3-55 | 7 | 2 |
| Youghal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-47 | 8-54 | -16 | 2 |
| Aghada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-47 | 6-54 | -16 | 2 |

#### Results
### Group 2
#### Table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Watergrasshill | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-57 | 2-49 | 11 | 6 |
| Ballincollig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-47 | 1-50 | 3 | 3 |
| Ballinhassig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-43 | 2-47 | -4 | 3 |
| Valley Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-49 | 3-50 | -10 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group 3
#### Table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Castlelyons | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-58 | 2-49 | 24 | 6 |
| Blarney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-60 | 2-45 | 21 | 4 |
| Inniscarra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-47 | 5-57 | -16 | 2 |
| Blackrock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-43 | 7-57 | -29 | 0 |

#### Results
### Knock-out stage
#### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1C | Castlelyons | 1-23 | | | |
| 1B | Watergrasshill | 1-15 | 2A | Courcey Rovers | 1-17 | | | |
| 2A | Courcey Rovers | 1-21 | | | | 1C | Castlelyons | 0-15 |
| | | | | | | 2C | Blarney | 1-20 |
| | | | 1A | Carrigaline | 1-12 | | | |
| 2C | Blarney | 3-14 | 2C | Blarney | 4-20 | | | |
| 2B | Ballincollig | 1-19 | | | | | | |

#### Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Mark Coleman | Blarney | 1-50 | 53 | 6 | 8.83 |
| 2 | Richie Sweetnam | Courcey Rovers | 2-44 | 50 | 5 | 10.00 |
| 3 | Eoin O'Farrell | Blackrock | 1-35 | 38 | 4 | 9.50 |
| 4 | Brian Kelleher | Carrigaline | 0-35 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 4 | Chris O'Leary | Valley Rovers | 0-35 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 6 | Cian Dorgan | Ballincollig | 1-31 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 |
| 7 | William Leahy | Aghada | 1-28 | 31 | 3 | 10. |
| 8 | Shane O'Regan | Watergrasshill | 0-30 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 9 | Shane Barrett | Blarney | 2-22 | 28 | 6 | 4.66 |
| 10 | Anthony Spillane | Castlelyons | 3-17 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Eoin O'Farrell | Blackrock | 1-12 | 15 | Inniscarra |
| 1 | Chris O'Leary | Valley Rovers | 0-15 | 15 | Blackrock |
| 3 | Mark Coleman | Blarney | 0-14 | 14 | Castlelyons |
| 4 | Mark Coleman | Blarney | 0-13 | 13 | Blackrock |
| 5 | Richie Sweetnam | Courcey Rovers | 1-09 | 12 | Youghal |
| 5 | Richie Sweetnam | Courcey Rovers | 1-09 | 12 | Aghada |
| 5 | Brett Moloney | Youghal | 0-12 | 12 | Carrigaline |
| 5 | William Leahy | Aghada | 0-12 | 12 | Youghal |
| 9 | Pádraig Power | Blarney | 3-02 | 11 | Carrigaline |
| 9 | Cian Dorgan | Ballincollig | 1-08 | 11 | Watergrasshill |
| 9 | William Leahy | Aghada | 1-08 | 11 | Carrigaline |
| 9 | Brian Kelleher | Carrigaline | 0-11 | 11 | Courcey Rovers |
| 9 | Chris O'Leary | Valley Rovers | 0-11 | 11 | Watergrasshill |
| 9 | Richie Sweetnam | Courcey Rovers | 0-11 | 11 | Watergrasshill |

### Match records

* Widest winning margin: 17 points
** Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final)
* Most goals in a match: 5
** Youghal 3-16 - 2-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 2)
** Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3)
** Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final)
* Most points in a match: 43
** Carrigaline 0-26 - 1-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 1)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5
** Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3)
* Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
** Youghal 2-11 - 1-19 Aghada (Group Stage Round 1)
** Aghada 2-15 - 2-21 Carrigaline (Group Stage Round 2)
** Courcey Rovers 2-17 - 3-16 Youghal (Group Stage Round 2)
* Most points scored by a losing team: 21
** Inniscarra 1-21 - 3-18 Castlelyons (Group Stage Round 3)