2019 Nicky Rackard Cup#Final
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{{Infobox hurling championship
| name = 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup
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| dates = 11 May 2019 - 22 June 2019
| teams = 8
| champions = Sligo
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| runners-up = Armagh
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| previous year = 2018
| previous tournament = 2018 Nicky Rackard Cup
| next year = 2020
| next tournament = 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup
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The 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup is the 15th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the fourth tierHurling tiers - 1. All-Ireland (Liam MacCarthy Cup) 2. Joe McDonagh Cup 3. Christy Ring Cup 4. Nicky Rackard Cup 5. Lory Meagher Cup of senior inter-county hurling as of 2019.
The competition began on Saturday 11 May 2019 and ends on Saturday 22 June 2019.
Donegal were the 2018 champions and were promoted to the 2019 Christy Ring Cup as a result of the restructuring of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Sligo were crowned champions after defeating Armagh in the final. Sligo's victory completed back to back championship triumphs and promotion from the fifth tier to the third by winning the 2018 Lory Meagher Cup and the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Team changes
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= From Championship =
Competition format
In 2018 the Nicky Rackard Cup changed to an initial stage of one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Previously it was a double elimination tournament. In 2019 the group stage returned to two groups of four teams.
The top two teams in the two groups advance to the knockout semi-finals. The winners of the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup are promoted to the 2020 Christy Ring Cup. One team will be relegated from the 2019 Christy Ring Cup to the 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup.
The bottom teams from each group playoff in a relegation match with the losers playing in the 2020 Lory Meagher Cup. They are replaced by the winners of the 2019 Lory Meagher Cup.{{Cite web |url=https://gaelicplayers.com/Portals/0/Special%20Congress%20%20Motions.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514142300/https://gaelicplayers.com/Portals/0/Special%20Congress%20%20Motions.pdf |archive-date=2018-05-14 |url-status=dead }}
Teams
Group stage
=Group 1=
==Group 1 Table==
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|1 | align=left|File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 58 | 16 | 5
| rowspan="2" |Advance to Knockout Stage |
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|2 | align=left|File:Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 60 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | align=left|File:Colours of Longford.svg Longford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 62| | ||
| 10 | 2
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|4 | align=left|File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 70| | ||
| 9 | 1 |
==Group 1 Rounds 1 to 3==
===Group 1 Round 1===
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|date = 11 May 2019
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|team1 = Armagh
|score = 2-20 - 2-14
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|date = 12 May 2019
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|team1 = Longford
|score = 1-12 – 1-15
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===Group 1 Round 2===
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|date = 18 May 2019
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|team1 = Warwickshire
|score = 2-18 - 1-21
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|date = 19 May 2019
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|round = Round 2
|team1 = Monaghan
|score = 1-17 - 2-17
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===Group 1 Round 3===
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|date = 1 June 2019
|time = 1:00 pm
|round = Round 3
|team1 = Monaghan
|score = 2-15 - 3-12
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|date = 1 June 2019
|time = 1:00 pm
|round = Round 3
|team1 = Longford
|score = 0-14 - 0-24
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=Group 2=
==Group 2 Table==
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|1 | align=left|File:Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 61 | 19 | 5
| rowspan="2" |Advance to Knockout Stage |
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|2 | align=left|File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 63| | ||
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | align=left|File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 56 | 13 | 3
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|4 | align=left|File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 82| | ||
| 31 | 0 |
==Group 2 Rounds 1 to 3==
=== Group 2 Round 1 ===
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|team1 = Louth
|score = 1-19 - 2-24
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|date = 12 May 2019
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|score = 1-15 - 0-15
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===Group 2 Round 2===
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|date = 19 May 2019
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|score = 3-19 - 1-14
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|date = 19 May 2019
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|round = Round 2
|team1 = Mayo
|score = 3-23 - 1-13
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===Group 2 Round 3===
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|date = 1 June 2019
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|date = 1 June 2019
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|score = 2-21 - 1-17
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Knockout stage
= Bracket =
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=Semi-finals=
The Group 1 winners play the Group 2 runners-up and the Group 2 winners play the Group 1 runners-up.
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|round = Semi-final
|team1 = Armagh File:Colours of Armagh.svg
|score = 2-19 (25) - (23) 1-20
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|round = Semi-final
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|score = 2-21 (27) - (23) 2-17
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=Final=
The semi-final winners met in the Nicky Rackard Cup final at Croke Park with the winners being promoted to the Christy Ring Cup for 2020.
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|score = 2-13 (19) - (20) 2-14
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Armagh will remain in the Nicky Rackard Cup. Silgo are promoted and will now play in the 2020 Christy Ring Cup
Relegation playoff
The bottom teams in each group meet in a relegation playoff.
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|round = Relegation final
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|score = 4-17 - 2-20
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Monaghan remain in the 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup and Louth are relegated to the 2020 Lory Meagher Cup.
References
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{{Nicky Rackard Cup|width=75%}}
{{All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship}}
{{GAA 2019 | state=expanded}}