1979–80 National Hurling League

1979–80 National Hurling League
League details
Dates 4 November 1979 – 26 October 1980
League champions
Winners Cork (11th win)
Captain Dermot Mac Curtain
Manager Len Gaynor
League runners-up
Runners-up Limerick
Captain Seán Foley
Manager Noel Drumgoole
Other division winners
Division 2 Wicklow
Division 3 Mayo

The 1979–80 National Hurling League was the 49th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.[1][2] It was won by Cork.

Overview

Structure

The National Hurling League's top division was divided into two groups - 1A and 1B. The top two teams in Division 1A advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in 1A, as well as the top two from 1B, play in the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams in 1A are relegated, while the top two teams in 1B are promoted. The bottom team in 1B is relegated, while the Division 2 champions are promoted.

Overview

Division 1

The National Hurling League's top division featured fourteen teams divided into two equal groups - 1A and 1B. Each group consisted of seven teams. The top two teams from Division 1A automatically qualified for the knock-out semi-finals. The third and fourth placed teams, as well as the top two teams from Division 1B, contested two lone quarter-finals. In spite of losing two group games and finishing second in Division 1A, Cork won the league title following a 4-15 to 4-6 defeat of Limerick in a replay of he final.[3]

Down at the other end of the tables, Kilkenny and Clare won just two of their group stage games and were both relegated to Division 1B. They swapped places with Wexford and Waterford who finished in first and second positions respectively in Division 1B. Kildare finished the group stage without a single win and were relegated to Division 2.

Division 1

Division 1A

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Notes
1 Tipperary 64209-534-53+1510
2 Cork 64028-575-47+198 Division 1 champions
3 Galway 63033-4311-51-326
4 Offaly 62139-468-50-15
5 Limerick 62138-598-54+55 Division 1 runners-up
6 Kilkenny 620410-488-57-34 Relegated to Division 1B
7 Clare 62048-5811-62-134 Relegated to Division 1B

Division 1B

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Notes
1 Wexford 651014-558-41+3211 Promoted to Division 1A
2 Waterford 64114-665-43+209 Promoted to Division 1A
3 Laois 640212-597-48+268
4 Dublin 53024-627-45+86
5 Antrim 62046-448-57-194
6 Kerry 61055-277-62-412
7 Kildare 50059-3512-52-260 Relegated to Division 2

Knock-out stage

Division 2

Knock-out stage

Division 3

Knock-out stage

External links

References

  1. "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. Smith, Raymond (1999). Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games. Dublin, Ireland. p. 208. ISBN 0950175870.
  3. "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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