Championship details | |
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Dates | 18 June – 11 September, 2016 |
Teams | 11 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winners | Kilkenny (13th win) |
Captain | Michelle Quilty |
Manager | Ann Downey |
All-Ireland runners-up | |
Runners-up | Cork |
Captain | Ashling Thompson |
Manager | Paudie Murray |
Championship statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
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The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county senior camogie competition.
The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup.
The championship began on 18 June.
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship (tier 1). Sixteen lower-ranked county teams plus the second teams of tier 1 counties compete in the Intermediate (tier 2) and Junior (tier 3) Championships.
Group Stage
The eleven teams are drawn into one group of six and one group of five. All the teams play each other once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Knock-out stage
Tie-Breaker
If only two teams are level on league points -
If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.