Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Trophy | Séamus Long Cup |
| Title holders | Bandon (1st title) |
| Most titles | Ballinhassig (2 titles) |
| Sponsors | Evening Echo |
The Evening Echo Cork County Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2004 for the second tier hurling teams in the county of Cork in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in October. It is usually played as curtain-raiser to the senior final The prize for the winning team is the Séamus Long Cup. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a 'back door' for teams defeated in the first round.
The Premier Intermediate Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Cork county final join the champions of the other five hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
Sixteen clubs currently participate in the Premier Intermediate Championship. The title has been won at least once by 12 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Ballinhassig, who have won the competition twice.
Bandon were the title-holders after defeating Fermoy by 1-20 to 1-14 in the 2016 championship decider.
The original Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship dates back to 1909, however, in 2003 it was decided to split the grade into Premier Intermediate and Intermediate A. The winners of the Premier Intermediate grade gain promotion to the senior grade while the Intermediate A winners gain promotion to the Premier Intermediate grade. A relegation system is also in place.
The Premier Intermediate Championship is effectively a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random — there are no seeds.
Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a replay. Drawn replays are now settled with extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a second replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.
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