# 2017 National Camogie League

The 2017 National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, was played in spring 2017.
Kilkenny were the Division 1 champions, their third win in four seasons.

## Format
### League structure

The 2017 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: 11 in Division 1, 12 in Division 2 and 5 in Division 3; 1 and 2 are divided into two groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:
* winners of the head-to-head game are ranked ahead
* if the head-to-head match was a draw, ranking is determined by the points difference (i.e. total scored minus total conceded in all games)
* if the points difference is equal, ranking is determined by the total scored
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.

### Finals, promotions and relegations

The top two teams in each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League semi-finals.
The top two teams in each group in Division 2 contest the Division 2 semi-finals.
The top four teams in Division 3 contest the Division 3 semi-finals.

## Fixtures and results
### Division 1
#### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| Cork | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +44 | 15 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Kilkenny | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +28 | 9 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Tipperary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | –8 | 9 | |
| Wexford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | –9 | 6 | |
| Waterford | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | –33 | 3 | |
| Dublin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | –22 | 3 | |
* Kilkenny are ranked ahead of Tipperary as they won the head-to-head game between the teams
* Waterford are ranked ahead of Dublin as they won the head-to-head game between the teams

#### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| Galway | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +48 | 12 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Limerick | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Offaly | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –1 | 6 | |
| Clare | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | –18 | 3 | |
| Meath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –37 | 0 | |

#### Finals

| 9 April 2017 16:00 Semi-Final | Cork | 3-15 – 0-12 | Limerick | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: Owen Elliott |
| 9 April 2017 Semi-Final | Galway | 0-11 – 1-14 | Kilkenny | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: Eamon Cassidy |
| 23 April 2017 15:30 Final | Cork | 0-10 – 2-7 | Kilkenny | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim) |
| 23 April 2017 15:30 Final | K Mackey 0-4(3fs); O Cotter 0-3(1f); G O’Connor, L Coppinger, H Looney 0-1 each | Report | D Gaule 1-2 (0-1f); M Walsh 1-0; K Power 0-2; A Dunphy, J A Malone, D Morrissey (f) 0-1 each | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim) |

### Division 2
#### Finals

| 16 April 2017 14:00 Semi-Final | Derry | 1-11 – 0-11 | Kildare | Inniskeen Grattan's GAC, Inniskeen |
| 16 April 2017 14:00 Semi-Final | Cork B | 0-18 – 1-7 | Carlow | WIT Sports Campus, Carriganore |
| 30 April 2017 1:30 p.m. Final | Cork B | 2-16 – 1-5 | Derry | Coralstown/Kinnegad GAC, Kinnegad Referee: John Dermody (Westmeath) Man of the Match: Rachel O’Shea (Cork) |
| 30 April 2017 1:30 p.m. Final | R O’Shea 0-06 (3fs); M McCarthy 0-04; C Sugrue, S Fahy 1-01 each; N McCarthy, K Hickey, F Neville, L Homan 0-01 each | Report | M Hegarty 1-01; K Kielt (fs), A McAllister 0-02 each | Coralstown/Kinnegad GAC, Kinnegad Referee: John Dermody (Westmeath) Man of the Match: Rachel O’Shea (Cork) |

### Division 3
#### Finals

| 15 April 2017 2 p.m. Semi-Final | Kerry | 0-3 – 0-6 | Roscommon | Gort GAA, Gort Referee: Paul Ryan |
| 16 April 2017 2 p.m. Semi-Final | Dublin B | 1-12 – 0-6 | Clare B | Drom-Inch GAA, The Ragg Referee: Aiden O'Brien |
| 30 April 2017 3:30 p.m. Final | Roscommon | 0-7 – 0-12 | Dublin B | Coralstown/Kinnegad GAC, Kinnegad Referee: Aiden O'Brien (Wexford) |
| 30 April 2017 3:30 p.m. Final | S Fallon 0-4(2fs); K Hopkins 0-2(fs); N Watson 0-1 | Report | L Quinn 0-5(4fs); C Dawson 0-3; A Bugler (1 45), R Drohan 0-2 each | Coralstown/Kinnegad GAC, Kinnegad Referee: Aiden O'Brien (Wexford) |