2025 Christy Ring Cup

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

• Meath{{Cite journal |last=Buckley |first=Gerry |date=2024-05-18 |title=Westmeath find form as Meath relegated to Christy Ring |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/0518/1449921-westmeath-find-form-as-meath-relegated-to-christy-ring/#:~:text=Meath%20were%20relegated%20to%20the,conditions%20for%20hurling%20in%20Mullingar. |journal=www.rte.ie |language=en}}

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

• Donegal{{Cite journal |last=Lochlainn |first=Rónan Mac |date=2024-06-02 |title=Donegal rally to seal Nicky Rackard Cup |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/0602/1452666-donegal-rally-to-seal-nicky-rackard-cup/#:~:text=3-170-22&text=A%20brace%20of%20goals%20from,Croke%20Park%20on%20Sunday%20afternoon. |journal=www.rte.ie |language=en}}

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

• Kildare{{Cite web |last=Gaa.ie |date=2024-06-02 |title=Christy Ring Cup Final: Four goal Kildare overpower Derry |url=https://www.gaa.ie/article/christy-ring-cup-final-four-goal-kildare-overpower-derry |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.gaa.ie |language=en}}

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

• Sligo{{Cite web |last=Sport |date=2024-05-18 |title=Sligo hurlers relegated from Christy Ring Cup |url=https://www.oceanfm.ie/sport/sligo-hurlers-relegated-from-christy-ring-cup-391295 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=OceanFM |language=en}}

Initially each of the six teams play the other five teams in single round-robin matches. The top two teams after the round robin games compete in the Christy Ring Cup Final.

The Christy Ring Cup champions are automatically promoted to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup and are replaced by the bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

The bottom-placed team in the Christy Ring Cup are automatically relegated to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the Nicky Rackard Cup champions.

The participating teams, listed by province, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the 2025 National Hurling League before the championship were:

Britain (1)

• File:Colours of London.svg London (22)

Connacht (0)

• None participated

Leinster (2)

• File:Colours of Meath.svg Meath (18)
• File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow (24)

Munster (0)

• None participated

Ulster (3)

• File:Colours of Derry.svg Derry (19)
• File:Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal (20)
• File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone (21)

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{{GG|London|hurling}} win the Christy Ring Cup.{{Cite web |last=Gaa.ie |date=2025-05-31 |title=Christy Ring Cup Final: Glory for London |url=https://www.gaa.ie/article/christy-ring-cup-final-glory-for-london |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=www.gaa.ie |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Christy Ring Cup |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/results/gaa/2025/6420/results/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=RTE.ie |language=en}}

{{See also|List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums}}

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; Overall

In a single game

• Widest winning margin: 23 points
• Tyrone 0-10 - 5-18 Donegal (Round 3)
• Most goals in a match: 5
• Meath 0-21 - 5-18 London (Round 1)
• Tyrone 0-10 - 5-18 Donegal (Round 3)
• London 4-20 - 1-13 Tyrone (Round 5)
• Most points in a match: 44
• Meath 2-29 - 2-15 Tyrone (Round 2)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
• Meath 0-21 - 5-18 London (Round 1)
• Tyrone 0-10 - 5-18 Donegal (Round 3)
• Most points by one team in a match: 30
• Tyrone 0-11 - 1-30 Derry (Round 4)
• Derry 2-30 - 1-13 Wicklow (Round 5)
• Highest aggregate score: 56 points
• Meath 2-29 - 2-15 Tyrone (Round 2)
• Lowest aggregate score: 27 points
• Donegal 1-10 - 1-11 Wicklow (Round 2)
• Hat-trick Heros:
• File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Josh Connolly McGee (Donegal) 3-02 v Tyrone (Round 3)

• 2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• 2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
• 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
• 2025 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)

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