2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{refimprove|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox hurling championship | name = 2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship | image = | imagesize = | caption = | dates = 19 June – 10 July 2016 | teams = 4 Championship 4 Shield | sponsor = | champions = Antrim | count = 56 | champions captain = Conor Carson | champions manager = Dominic McKinley & Terence McNaughton | runners-up = Armagh | runners-up captain = Cahal Carvill | runners-up manager = Sylvester McConnell | promoted = Donegal | relegated = Derry | matches =3 Championship 2 Shield | goals = | points = | top scorer = | previous year = 2015 | previous tournament = 2015 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship | next year = 2017 | next tournament = 2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship }}

The '''2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship''' was the 68th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.

The final is traditionally played on the second Sunday in July. The winners receive the Liam Harvey Cup.

Antrim won the title by defeating Armagh in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/hurlingandcamogie/2016/07/11/news/red-card-crucial-as-antrim-run-away-from-armagh-600118/|title=Red card crucial as Antrim run away from Armagh|first=Kenny|last=Archer|work=Irish News|date=11 July 2016|access-date=7 February 2024}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

==Team changes==

=== To championship === Entered championship

* None

=== From championship === Transferred to the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield

* Donegal

== Format == A two-tier format was introduced in 2016. Antrim no longer receive a bye to the final.

Antrim, Armagh, Derry and Down compete in the top tier in a knock-out format.

A second tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield, was created. Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone compete in a knock-out format, with the winner gaining promotion to the top tier for 2017.

The beaten semi-finalists in this year's Senior Championship compete in a relegation play-off with the losing team relegated to the Senior Shield for 2017.

Cavan do not participate.

==Teams==

=== General Information === Four counties will compete in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !County !Last Provincial Title !Last All-Ireland Title !Position in 2015 Championship !Appearance |- | style="text-align:left" |border|20x20px Antrim |2015 |— |Champions | |- | style="text-align:left" |border|20x20px Armagh |— |— |Quarter-finals | |- | style="text-align:left" |border|20x20px Derry |2001 |— |Semi-finals | |- | style="text-align:left" |border|20x20px Down |1997 |— |Runners-up | |}

==Bracket==

=== Bracket === {{4TeamBracket|RD1=''' Semi-finals ''' 19 June|RD1-team4=border|20px Down|RD2b-team2='''border|20px Down'''|RD2b-seed2=|RD2b-score1=scr.|RD2b-team1=border|20px Derry|RD2b-seed1=|RD2-score2=4–14|RD2-team2=border|20px Armagh|RD2-seed2=|RD2-score1='''6–21'''|RD2-team1='''border|20px Antrim'''|RD2-seed1=|RD1-score4=0–17|RD1-seed4=|RD2=''' Ulster final ''' 10 July|RD1-score3='''4–12'''|RD1-team3='''border|20px Armagh'''|RD1-seed3=|RD1-score2='''3–28'''|RD1-team2='''border|20px Antrim'''|RD1-seed2=|RD1-score1=0–14|RD1-team1=border|20px Derry|RD1-seed1=|team-width=|seed-width=|RD2b=''' Relegation Playoff ''' 26 June|RD2b-score2='''w/o'''}}

==Semi-finals== ===Semi-final matches===

{{footballbox | date = 19 June 2016 | round = Semi-final | time = 17:00 | team1 = 20px|border Derry | score = 0-14 - 3-28 | report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/36572710 Report] | team2 = 20px|border Antrim | goals1 = | goals2 = | referee = | attendance = | stadium = Athletic Grounds, Armagh | stack = yes }}

{{footballbox | date = 19 June 2016 | round = Semi-final | time = 19:00 | team1 = 20px|border Armagh | score = 4-12 - 0-17 | report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/36572710 Report] | team2 = 20px|border Down | goals1 = | goals2 = | referee = | attendance = | stadium = Athletic Grounds, Armagh | stack = yes }} ==Final== ===Ulster Championship Final===

{{footballbox | date = 10 July 2016 | round = Final | time = | team1 = 20px|border Antrim | score =6-21 - 4-14 | report = [https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/antrim-claim-goalfest-to-retain-ulster-hurling-title-744093.html Report] | team2 = 20px|border Armagh | goals1 =C Clarke 2-07 (3f), J Connolly 2-02, J Dillon 1-02, C Carson 1-01, B McCarry, D McKernan 0-03 each, J McKeague, E McCloskey 0-01 each, C McNaughton 0-01 (f) | goals2 =E McGuinness 2-02, R Gaffney 0-07 (7f), J King, D Coulter 1-00 each, F Bradley, C Carvill 0-02 each, C Corvan 0-01 | referee =E. Hassan (Derry) | attendance = | stadium = Owenbeg, Dungiven | stack = yes |event=|penaltyscore=|penalties1=|penalties2=|aet=}}

==Relegation playoff== ===Relegation playoff match===

{{footballbox | date = 26 June 2016 | round = Relegation play-off | time = | team1 = 20px|border Derry | score = scr. – w/o | report = | team2 = 20px|border Down | goals1 = | goals2 = | referee = | attendance = | stadium = | stack = yes }}

==Ulster Senior Hurling Shield==

===Bracket=== {{4TeamBracket|RD1=|RD1-seed3=|RD2-team2='''border|20px Donegal'''|RD2-seed2=|RD2-score1=2-14|RD2-team1=border|20px Monaghan|RD2-seed1=|RD1-score4='''3-18'''|RD1-team4='''border|20px Donegal'''|RD1-seed4=|RD1-score3=3-14|RD1-team3=border|20px Fermanagh|RD1-score2='''w/o'''|RD2=Final|RD1-team2='''border|20px Monaghan'''|RD1-seed2=|RD1-score1=scr.|RD1-team1=border|20px Tyrone|RD1-seed1=|score-width=|team-width=|seed-width=|RD2-score2='''5-13'''}}

===Ulster Shield Semi-Finals===

{{footballbox | date = 19 June 2016 | round = Semi-final | time = | team1 = '''20px|border Tyrone''' | score = scr. – w/o | report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/36572710 Report] | team2 = 20px|border Monaghan | goals1 = | goals2 = | referee = | attendance = | stadium = Brewster Park, Fermanagh | stack = yes }} {{footballbox | date = 19 June 2016 | round = Semi-final | time = | team1 = '''20px|border Fermanagh''' | score = 3-14 - 3-18 | report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/36572710 Report] | team2 = 20px|border Donegal | goals1 = | goals2 = | referee = | attendance = | stadium = Brewster Park, Fermanagh | stack = yes }}

===Ulster Shield Final===

{{footballbox | date = 26 June 2016 | round = Final | time = | team1 = 20px|border Monaghan | score = 2-14 - 5-13 | report = | team2 = 20px|border Donegal | goals1 = Declan Crowe (0-2), Conor Boyle (1-5, 3f, 2’65s’), Conor McKenna (0-2), Fergal Rafter (0-1,f); Mark Treanor (1-3), Brian McGuigan (0-1). | goals2 = Jack O’Loughlin (1-0), Danny Cullen (1-1), Stephen Gillespie (0-1); Ronan McDermott (1-0), Niall Cleary (0-1), Lee Henderson (0-7,6f), Paddy Hannigan (1-0), Kevin Campbell (1-1) Paul Nelson (0-2) | referee = C. Cunning (Antrim) | attendance = | stadium = Brewster Park, Fermanagh | stack = yes }}

==References== {{reflist}} {{Ulster Senior Hurling Championship}} {{GAA 2016}}

Ulster Hurling Category:Ulster Senior Hurling Championship