# 2020 Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship

The 2020 Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship and the 111th staging overall of a championship for middle-ranking intermediate hurling teams in Cork. 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 impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 1 August 2020 and, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, ended on 7 August 2021.
On 7 August 2021, Éire Óg won the championship after a 2-16 to 1-17 defeat of Aghabullogue in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1985.
Cormac Duggan was the championship's top scorer with 4-35.

## 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, straight relegation, and one team from the divisions/colleges section to enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage. 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
### From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Blackrock
Regraded to the Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Kilbrittain
* Tracton
* St Finbarrs
* Castlemartyr
* St Catherine’s
* Barryroe
* Ballymartle
* Grenagh
* Ballygarvan
* Milford
* Dripsey
Regraded to the South East Junior A Hurling Championship
* Ballinhassig
Regraded to the City Junior A Hurling Championship
* Na Piarsaigh

## Participating teams

The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.
| Team | Location | Colours | Seeding | Ranking |
| Éire Óg | Ovens | Red and yellow | A | 1 |
| Kildorrery | Kildorrery | Blue and white | A | 2 |
| Cloughduv | Cloughduv | Green and yellow | A | 3 |
| Sarsfields | Glanmire | Blue, white and black | B | 4 |
| Mayfield | Mayfield | Red and white | B | 5 |
| Aghabullogue | Coachford | Green and white | B | 6 |
| Glen Rovers | Blackpool | Red and yellow | C | 7 |
| Dungourney | Dungourney | Yellow and green | C | 8 |
| Meelin | Meelin | Green and yellow | C | 9 |
| Douglas | Douglas | Green, black and white | D | 10 |
| Midleton | Midleton | Black and white | D | 11 |
| Argideen Rangers | Timoleague | Maroon and white | D | 12 |

## Results
### Group 1
#### 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 |
| Kildorrery | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-64 | 4-43 | 24 | 6 |
| Mayfield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-47 | 1-50 | 3 | 4 |
| Dungourney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-50 | 5-49 | -11 | 2 |
| Argideen Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-41 | 1-60 | -16 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Éire Óg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-69 | 2-33 | 45 | 6 |
| Sarsfields | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7-57 | 2-46 | 26 | 4 |
| Douglas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-36 | 7-58 | -34 | 2 |
| Meelin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-46 | 4-71 | -37 | 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 |
| Aghabullogue | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-62 | 4-39 | 17 | 6 |
| Cloughduv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-49 | 4-55 | 0 | 4 |
| Midleton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-50 | 1-53 | 0 | 2 |
| Glen Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-45 | 4-59 | -14 | 0 |

#### Results
### Relegation section
#### Table

Relegated
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Meelin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-25 | 2-28 | 6 | 3 |
| Glen Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-31 | 3-25 | 6 | 3 |
| Argideen Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-25 | 4-28 | -12 | 0 |

#### Results
### Knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
#### Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Cormac Duggan | Sarsfields | 4-35 | 47 | 5 | 9.40 |
| 2 | Shane Tarrant | Aghabullogue | 0-44 | 44 | 6 | 7.33 |
| 3 | James Forrest | Meelin | 0-43 | 43 | 6 | 7.16 |
| 4 | Peter O'Brien | Kildorrery | 1-38 | 41 | 4 | 10.25 |
| 5 | Evan O'Connell | Glen Rovers | 2-29 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Matthew Bradley | Aghabullogue | 1-31 | 34 | 6 | 5.66 |
| 6 | Aaron Mulcahy | Midleton | 1-31 | 34 | 3 | 11.33 |
| 8 | Brian Verling | Cloughduv | 1-28 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 |
| 9 | John M. O'Callaghan | Argideen Rangers | 1-26 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 10 | Kevin Hallissey | Éire Óg | 0-27 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Cormac Duggan | Sarsfields | 3-09 | 18 | Douglas |
| 2 | Mark Verling | Cloughduv | 4-05 | 17 | Glen Rovers |
| 3 | Peter O'Brien | Kildorrery | 1-10 | 13 | Argideen Rangers |
| 3 | Cormac Duggan | Sarsfields | 1-10 | 13 | Éire Óg |
| 3 | Aaron Mulcahy | Midleton | 0-13 | 13 | Aghabullogue |
| 6 | John M. O'Callaghan | Argideen Rangers | 1-09 | 12 | Kildorrery |
| 6 | Aaron Mulcahy | Midleton | 0-12 | 12 | Glen Rovers |
| 8 | Lar Considine | Éire Óg | 2-05 | 11 | Douglas |
| 8 | Evan O'Connell | Glen Rovers | 1-08 | 11 | Cloughduv |
| 8 | David O'Neill | Mayfield | 0-11 | 11 | Kildorrery |
| 8 | Evan O'Connell | Glen Rovers | 0-11 | 11 | Aghabullogue |
| 8 | James Forrest | Meelin | 0-11 | 11 | Douglas |