2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 May 2016 — 4 September 2016 |
| Teams | 14 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (27th win) |
| Captain | Brendan Maher |
| Manager | Michael Ryan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Shane Prendergast |
| Manager | Brian Cody |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 21 |
| Goals total | 47 (2.2 per match) |
| Points total | 790 (37.6 per match) |
| Top Scorer |
 Shane Dooley (4-46) |
| Player of the Year | Austin Gleeson (Waterford) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
|
← 2015
2017 →
|
|
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. It is the top tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.
The championship began on 1 May 2016 and ended on 4 September 2016.
Kilkenny were the defending champions.Kerry qualified for the competition for the first time since 2004
Tipperary won the title for the 27th time and for the first time since 2010, defeating Kilkenny in the final, 2–29 to 2–20.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is a double-elimination tournament based on the Leinster and Munster provincial championships. Fourteen teams take part.
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Seven Leinster counties compete. Galway and Kerry, though not in Leinster, also participate. The competition begins with a qualifier group consisting of the four weakest teams. Two teams from the qualifier group progress and the remainder of the competition is knock-out. Most of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – the two bottom teams in the Leinster qualifier group do not.
In 2016 the bottom team in the Leinster qualifier group will be relegated to next year's Christy Ring Cup (2nd tier). Their place in next year's Leinster qualifier group will be taken by the winner of 2016’s Christy Ring Cup.
Kerry qualified for this year's Leinster Championship by winning the 2015 Christy Ring Cup.
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Five Munster counties compete. Kerry participates in The Leinster Hurling Championship (see above). The competition has a knock-out format. All of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.
All teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships enter the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers which are knock-out. The qualifiers eventually result in two teams who play the beaten finalists of the Leinster and Munster championships in the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.
...
Wikipedia