National Hurling League 2008
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| League details | |
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| Dates | 10 February – 20 April, 2008 |
| Teams | 34 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Tipperary (20th win) |
| Captain | Eoin Kelly |
| Manager | Liam Sheedy |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Galway |
| Captain | Ollie Canning |
| Manager | Ger Loughnane |
| Other division winners | |
| Division 2 | Westmeath |
| Division 3 | Louth |
| Division 4 | Monaghan |
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← 2007
2009 →
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| Season | 2008 |
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| Champions |
Tipperary 19th National League title Captain: Eoin Kelly Manager: Liam Sheedy |
| Matches played | 36 |
| Top goalscorer | Ger Farragher (4-53) |
| Best goalkeeper |
Brendan Cummins James Skehill (3 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win |
Kilkenny 3-22 - 1-8 Antrim (23 March 2008) |
| Biggest away win |
Laois 0-8 - 6-26 Galway (16 March 2008) |
| Highest scoring |
Waterford 3-29 - 3-10 Antrim (9 March 2008) |
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← 2007
2009 →
All statistics correct as of 19 February 2016.
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The 2008 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 77th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Tipperary won the league, beating Galway in the final. The tournament saw the first appearance of Fingal and South Down as "county" teams in the NHL.
The 2008 format of the National Hurling League was a new system consisting of four divisions. There are thirty-four teams competing: Divisions One and Two have twelve teams in each, and there are five teams in Divisions Three and Four.
Division One is made up of two groups of six teams. Each teams plays all the others in their group once. The two group winners receive a semi-final spot; second and third in each group play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the final are the 2008 NHL champions.
Division Two is made up of two groups of six teams. Each teams plays all the others in their group once. The top two in each group enter the semi-finals.
Five teams play in Division Three. Each teams plays all the others once. The top two teams contest the Division Three final.
Five teams play in Division Four. Each teams plays all the others once. The top two teams contest the Division Four final.
Waterford came into the season as defending champions of the 2007 season. Laois entered Division 1 as the promoted team.
On 20 April 2008, Tipperary won the title after a 3-18 to 3-16 win over Galway. It was their first league title since 2001 and their 19th National League title overall.
Wexford, Antrim, Laois and Offaly were the bottom-placed teams of their respective groups and were relegated to a newly-structured Division 2 for the 2009 league.
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