# 2019 National Camogie League

The 2019 National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, took place in early 2019.
Galway won Division 1, defeating Kilkenny in the final.

## Format
### League structure

The 2019 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: 10 in Division 1, 15 in Division 2 and 6 in Division 3; division 1 is divided into two groups and Division 2 is divided into three 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

The top two teams in each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League semi-finals.
In Division 2, the three group winners and runners-up contest the quarter-finals; the three quarter-final winners then play a semi-final and final.
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 |
| Kilkenny | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +38 | 12 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Limerick | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Dublin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –13 | 4 | |
| Clare | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | –13 | 3 | |
| Offaly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –24 | 1 | Relegation playoff |

#### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| Galway | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +16 | 10 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Cork | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +10 | 10 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Tipperary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –7 | 6 | |
| Waterford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | –19 | 3 | |
| Wexford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | n/a | –3 | Relegation playoff |
* Wexford gave a walkover to Cork and were deducted three points. Because of this, score difference in games involving Wexford are not included when calculating overall score difference.

#### Relegation playoff

| 16 March 2019 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Relegation playoff | Offaly | 4-15 – 1-6 | Wexford | Hawkfield |
| 16 March 2019 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Relegation playoff | | Report | | Hawkfield |

#### Finals

| 10 March 2019 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final | Kilkenny | 0-12 – 0-9 | Cork | WIT Arena, Carriganore Referee: John Dermody |
| 10 March 2019 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final | | Report | | WIT Arena, Carriganore Referee: John Dermody |
| 10 March 2019 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final | Galway | 2-14 – 0-4 | Limerick | St Brendan's Park, Birr |
| 10 March 2019 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final | | Report | | St Brendan's Park, Birr |
| 31 March 2019 12:00 IST (UTC+1) Final | Kilkenny | 2-8 – 0-16 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin Referee: C Egan (Cork) |
| 31 March 2019 12:00 IST (UTC+1) Final | M Quilty 1-1(0-1f); D Morrissey 0-3(2fs); A Dalton 1-0; K Power 0-2; D Gaule (f), C Phelan (45) 0-1 each | Report | C Dolan 0-8(7fs, 1 45); A Donohue 0-3; N Kilkenny, N Hanniffy 0-2 each; A O’Reilly 0-1 | Croke Park, Dublin Referee: C Egan (Cork) |

### Division 2
#### Finals

| 30 March 2019 Quarter-Final | Galway Intermediate | 1-5 – 1-9 | Kilkenny Intermediate | St Rynagh's Park, Banagher |
| 31 March 2019 Quarter-Final | Meath | 0-7 – 0-8 | Westmeath | Inniskeen Grattans, Inniskeen |
| 31 March 2019 Quarter-Final | Derry | 1-7 – 3-10 | Tipperary Intermediate | Inniskeen Grattans, Inniskeen |
| 7 April 2019 Semi-Final | Tipperary Intermediate | 3-9 – 1-12 | Westmeath | St Rynagh's Park, Banagher |
| 7 April 2019 Semi-Final | | Report | | St Rynagh's Park, Banagher |
| 20 April 2019 15:00 IST Final | Kilkenny Intermediate | 0-8 – 0-14 | Tipperary Intermediate | St Rynagh's Park, Banagher Referee: Philip McDonald (Cavan) |
| 20 April 2019 15:00 IST Final | K Hamilton 0-4(3fs), K Nolan 0-2(fs); C Pelan, L Green (f) 0-1 each | Report | J Grace 0-8(7fs); A Loughnane 0-4; N Treacy, C McKeogh 0-1 each | St Rynagh's Park, Banagher Referee: Philip McDonald (Cavan) |

### Division 3
#### Finals

| 20 April 2019 13:00 IST Final | Kildare | 2-9 – 0-11 | Limerick Intermediate | St. Rynagh's Park, Banagher Referee: Barry Nea (Westmeath) |
| 20 April 2019 13:00 IST Final | C Shiels 2-0, S Hurley 0-8(4fs, 3 45s), L Sutton 0-1 | Report | R Noonan 0-8(2fs, 2 45s, 1 pen), L Browne, C O’Brien, Aisling Cunningham | St. Rynagh's Park, Banagher Referee: Barry Nea (Westmeath) |