National Hurling League 2009

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**National Hurling League 2009**
Division 1
Champions	Incumbent (- win)
Division 2
Champions	Incumbent
Division 3
Champions	Incumbent
Division 4
Champions	Incumbent

The 2009 National Hurling League will commence in February 2009. 34 GAA county hurling teams, 33 from Ireland (includes South Down), and London, will contest it.

1 Format
2 Division placings
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Format

The 2009 format of the National Hurling League is a new system consisting of four divisions. There are thirty-four teams competing: Divisions One and Two have eight teams in each, Division Three consists of two groups of six, and there are six teams in Division Four.

[edit] Division One

Division One contains eight teams. Each team plays all the others once. The top two play the final; the winners of the final are the 2009 NHL champions. The eighth-placed team are relegated.

[edit] Division Two

Division Two contains eight teams. Each team plays all the others once. The top two play the final; the winners of the final are the 2009 Division Two champions and are promoted. The eighth-placed team are relegated.

[edit] Division Three

Division Two contains twelve teams, split into two groups of six. Each team plays all the others once. The top two in each group play the semi-finals; the winners of the final are the 2009 Division Three champions and are promoted. The two sixth-placed teams play off; the losers are relegated.

[edit] Division Four

Division Two contains six teams. Each team plays all the others once. The top two play the final; the winners of the final are the 2009 Division Four champions and are promoted.