page_title: Munster Senior Hurling Championship
section_title: Venues
hierarchical_section_title: Munster Senior Hurling Championship / Venues
caption_attribution_description: English: FitzGeraldStadium
context_page_description: The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Munster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.
  The final, usually held on the first Sunday in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Munster Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship; however, as of 2018, the championship involved a round-robin system.
  The Munster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Munster final, like their counterparts in the Leinster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Munster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage, while the third-placed team advances to the preliminary quarter-finals.
caption: In spite of being a Gaelic football stronghold, FitzGerald Stadium has hosted several Munster finals.
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