Christy Ring Cup records and statistics
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This page details statistics of the Christy Ring Cup.
General performances
=Wins by team=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performances in the Christy Ring Cup by county ! scope="col" |County ! scope="col" |Title(s) ! scope="col" |Runners-up ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Years won ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Years runner-up |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
| align="center" |4 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |2014, 2018, 2020, 2022 | align="center" |2007 |
|---|
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath
| align="center" |3 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |2005, 2007, 2010 | align="center" |2008 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
| align="center" |3 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |2008, 2009, 2017 | align="center" |2006 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |3 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" | - |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |2013 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |2006 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |2012 | align="center" |2018 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2021 | align="center" | - |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" | - |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" | - |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo
| align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" |2022 |
= By province =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performances in the Christy Ring Cup final by province ! scope="col" |Province ! scope="col" |Winners ! scope="col" |Runners-up !Winning counties !Runners-up |
| File:Flag_of_Leinster.svg Leinster
| align="center" |13 | align="center" |5 |Kildare (4), Westmeath (3), Carlow (3), Meath (2), Offaly (1) |
| File:Flag_of_Ulster.svg Ulster
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |8 |
| File:Flag_of_Munster.svg Munster
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |3 |Kerry (2) |Kerry (3) |
| File:Flag_of_Britain.svg Britain
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |1 |London (1) |London (1) |
| File:Flag_of_Connacht.svg Connacht
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | — | Mayo (1) |
= Total Intermediate grade championship titles =
Includes All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship and Christy Ring Cup.
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!County !Titles !Last Intermediate title |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Cork.svg Cork
|9 |2018 |
|---|
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary
|7 |2013 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
|5 |2017 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
|6 |2024 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford
|4 |2007 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
|4 |2017 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath
|3 |2010 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
|3 |2012 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
|3 |2015 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath
|3 |2023 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim
|2 |2006 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry
|2 |2015 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg Limerick
|1 |1998 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Clare
|1 |2011 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down
|1 |2013 |
| scope="row" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
|1 |2021 |
= Number of participating counties in the Christy Ring Cup =
A total of 17 counties have played in the Christy Ring Cup. Season in bold represents teams qualified for the final that season.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Province !No. !Counties !Years |
| rowspan="6" |File:Flag_of_Leinster.svg Leinster (6)
|19 | align="left" |Wicklow |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| 18
| align="left" |Kildare |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 13
| align="left" |Meath |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023, |
| 6
| align="left" |Carlow |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017 |
| 5
| align="left" |Westmeath |2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| 2
| align="left" |Offaly |2020, 2021 |
| rowspan="6" |File:Flag_of_Ulster.svg Ulster (6)
|18 |Derry |2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 16
|Down |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| 5
|Armagh |2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018 |
| 3
|Antrim |2006, 2016, 2017 |
| 2
|Tyrone |2023, 2024 |
| 1
|Donegal |2019 |
| rowspan="3" | File:Flag_of_Connacht.svg Connacht (3)
|15 | align="left" |Mayo |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 |
| 9
| align="left" |Roscommon |2005, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| 5
| align="left" |Sligo |2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| File:Flag_of_Munster.svg Munster (1)
|11 | align="left" |Kerry |2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| File:Flag_of_Britain.svg Britain (1)
|12 |London |2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 2024 |
Counties
= Team results =
Legend
- {{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
- {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
- {{bg|#cceeee|3rd/4th/5th/SF/QF/GS}} – Semi-finals/Quarter-finals/Group Stage
- {{bg|#eecccc|GS/10th}} – Relegated
- AI – All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
- JM – Joe McDonagh Cup
- NR – Nicky Rackard Cup
For each year, the number of counties (in brackets) are shown.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Team !2005(10) !2006(10) !2007(10) !2008(12) !2009(8) !2010(8) !2011(8) !2012(8) !2013(8) !2014(8) !2015(8) !2016(8) !2017(8) !2018(8) !2019(8) !2020(7) !2021(5) !2022(6) !2023(6) !2024(6) !Total |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim
|AI | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd |JM |JM |JM |AI |JM |AI |AI !3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg Armagh
|NR |NR |NR | style="background: #eecccc" |GS |NR |NR | style="background: #eecccc" |R2 |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #eecccc" |R |NR |NR |NR | style="background: #eecccc" |8th |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR !5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
| style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI | bgcolor="gold" |1st |JM |AI |JM |JM |JM |JM |JM !6 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry
| style="background: #eecccc" |10th |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" | | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #eecccc" |R |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |3rd | style="background: silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" | !18 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal
|NR |NR |NR |NR |LM |LM |LM |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR | style="background: #eecccc" |RPO |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR !1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" | | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="gold" |1st | style="background: #cceeee" |RPO | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd |JM |JM |JM |JM !16 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry
| style="background: #cceeee" |5th | style="background: #cceeee" |9th | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="gold" |1st | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |AI |JM |JM |JM |JM |JM |JM |JM !11 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
| style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" | | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="gold" |1st | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="gold" |1st | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | bgcolor="gold" |1st |JM | bgcolor="gold" |1st |JM | style="background: #cceeee" | !18 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
|NR | style="background:#cceeee" |5th | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #eecccc" |GS |NR |NR |NR | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |AI | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |RPO |— |— | style="background: #cceeee" |4th | style="background: #cceeee" |4th | style="background: #cceeee" | !12 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo
| style="background: #cceeee" |9th | style="background: #cceeee" |6th | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" | | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #eecccc" |R |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #eecccc" |7th |NR |NR |NR | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #eecccc" |6th |NR !15 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath
| style="background: #cceeee" |6th | style="background: #cceeee" |8th | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #eecccc" |GS |NR | style="background: #cceeee" | | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |JM | bgcolor="gold" |1st |JM |JM |JM | style="background: gold" |1st |JM !13 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
|AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |JM | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | bgcolor="gold" |1st |JM |JM |JM !2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svgRoscommon
| style="background: #cceeee" |8th | style="background: #eecccc" |10th |NR | style="background: #eecccc" |GS |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #eecccc" |QF |NR |NR |NR !9 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo
|NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |LM |LM |LM |LM |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |5th | style="background: #cceeee" |3rd | style="background: #cceeee" | !5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg Tyrone
|NR |NR |NR |NR |LM |NR |LM |LM |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR |NR | style="background: #cceeee" |5th | style="background: #cceeee" | !2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svgWestmeath
| bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI | bgcolor="gold" |1st | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | bgcolor="gold" |1st |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |AI |JM |JM |JM |JM |AI |AI |JM !5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svgWicklow
| style="background: #cceeee" |7th | style="background: #cceeee" |7th | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" | | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | bgcolor="silver" |2nd | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |QF | style="background: #cceeee" |RPO | style="background: #cceeee" |RPO | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #cceeee" |GS | style="background: #cceeee" |R2 | style="background: #cceeee" |SF | style="background: #eecccc" |6th |NR | style="background: #cceeee" | !19 |
= Least successful counties =
Out of the 17 counties who have participated, five counties have never been represented in a Christy Ring Cup Final. These are Armagh, Donegal, Roscommon, Sligo and Tyrone. Three of these counties have never competed in a semi-final: Armagh, Donegal, and Tyrone.
Donegal are the only team yet to win a Christy Ring Cup match.
A lot of the Christy Ring Cup counties are more prominent in the sport of gaelic football. Christy Ring Cup participants such as Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, Roscommon and Tyrone are more competitive and higher up the tiers in football.
Team participation
= Debut of teams =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Debutants !Total |
| 2005
|File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow, File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry, File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down, File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry, File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare, File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo, File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath, File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon, File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svgWestmeath, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow |10 |
| 2006
|File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim, File:Colours_of_London.svg London |2 |
| 2007
|None |0 |
| 2008
|File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg Armagh |1 |
| 2009-18
|None |0 |
| 2019
|File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal |1 |
| 2020
|File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly, File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo |2 |
| 2021-22
|None |0 |
| 2023
|File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg Tyrone |1 |
| Total
| |17 |
= Seasons in Christy Ring Cup =
The number of years that each county has played in the Christy Ring Cup between 2005 and 2024. A total of 17 counties have competed in at least one season of the Christy Ring Cup. Wicklow have participated in the most seasons. The counties in bold participate in the 2024 Christy Ring Cup.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Years !Counties |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |Wicklow |
| 18 |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |Down |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |Mayo |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |Meath |
| 12 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |Kerry |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |Roscommon |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |Carlow |
| 5 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |Antrim |
| 2 |
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |Donegal |
= List of Christy Ring Cup counties =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Team !Total years !First year in championship !Most recent year in championship !Championship titles !Last championship title !Best Christy Ring Cup position !Position in 2023 championship !Current championship !Lvl |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim
|3 |2006 |2017 |1 |2006 |1st |5th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) |Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg Armagh
|5 |2008 |2018 |0 |— |Group Stage |3rd (Nicky Rackard Cup) |4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
|6 |2005 |2017 |3 |2017 |1st |Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) |Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry
|18 |2005 |2024 |0 |— |2nd |Runners-up |Christy Ring Cup |3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal
|1 |2019 |2019 |0 |— |Group Stage |Runners-up (Nicky Rackard Cup) |4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down
|16 |2005 |2020 |1 |2013 |1st |5th (Joe McDonagh Cup) |2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry
|11 |2005 |2015 |2 |2015 |1st |4th (Joe McDonagh Cup) |2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
|18 |2005 |2024 |4 |2022 |1st |6th (Joe McDonagh Cup) |Christy Ring Cup |3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
|12 |2006 |2024 |1 |2012 |1st |4th |Christy Ring Cup |3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo
|15 |2005 |2023 |0 |— |2nd |6th |4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath
|13 |2005 |2023 |3 |2023 |1st |Champions |2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
|2 |2020 |2021 |1 |2021 |1st |Runners-up (Joe McDonagh Cup) |2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svgRoscommon
|9 |2005 |2021 |0 |— |Semi-finals |4th (Nicky Rackard Cup) |4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo
|5 |2020 |2024 |0 |— |3rd |3rd |Christy Ring Cup |3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg Tyrone
|2 |2023 |2024 |0 |— |5th |5th |Christy Ring Cup |3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svgWestmeath
|5 |2005 |2010 |3 |2010 |1st |6th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) |2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svgWicklow
|19 |2005 |2024 |0 |— |2nd |Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup) |Christy Ring Cup |3 |
All-time Christy Ring Cup rankings
= All-time table =
Legend
| class="wikitable"
! width="150" |Colours |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|Currently competing in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship or the Joe McDonagh Cup |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
|Currently competing in the Christy Ring Cup |
| style="background:#CEECF2"
|Currently competing in the Nicky Rackard Cup |
As of 2024 Cup (before final).
| class="wikitable sortable"
!# ! width="150" |Team ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|Pld|Games Played}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|D|Draws}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|Points|Points}} |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |1 | File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare | align="center" |77 | align="center" |51 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |24 | align="center" |104 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |2 | File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down | align="center" |65 | align="center" |36 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |26 | align="center" |75 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |3 | File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath | align="center" |52 | align="center" |31 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |17 | align="center" |66 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |4 | File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry | align="center" |69 | align="center" |30 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |37 | align="center" |62 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |5 | File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow | align="center" |69 | align="center" |27 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |39 | align="center" |57 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |6 | File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry | align="center" |43 | align="center" |25 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |16 | align="center" |52 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |7 | File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow | align="center" |31 | align="center" |22 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |7 | align="center" |46 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |= | File:Colours_of_London.svg London | align="center" |52 | align="center" |22 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |28 | align="center" |46 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |9 | File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath | align="center" |25 | align="center" |18 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |37 |
| style="background:#CEECF2"
| align="center" |10 | File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo | align="center" |54 | align="center" |14 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |40 | align="center" |28 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |11 | File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim | align="center" |15 | align="center" |11 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |23 |
| style="background:#CEECF2"
| align="center" |12 | File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon | align="center" |37 | align="center" |9 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |28 | align="center" |18 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |13 | File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo | align="center" |20 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |15 | align="center" |10 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
| align="center" |14 | File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly | align="center" |6 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |9 |
| style="background:#FFFFE0"
| align="center" |15 | File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg Tyrone | align="center" |10 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |7 |
| style="background:#CEECF2"
| align="center" |16 | File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg Armagh | align="center" |13 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |12 | align="center" |2 |
| style="background:#CEECF2"
| align="center" |17 | File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |
Teams
=By Semi-Final Appearances=
= By decade =
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Christy Ring Cup titles, is as follows:
- 2000s: 2 each for Westmeath (2005, 2007) and Carlow (2008, 2009)
- 2010s: 2 each for Kerry (2011, 2015), Kildare (2014, 2018) and Meath (2016, 2019)
- 2020s: 2 for Kildare (2020, 2022)
= Match records =
- Most matches played
- 78, File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
- Most wins
- 52, File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
- Most losses
- 40, File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo
- Most draws
- 4, File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath
- 4, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow
= Other records =
== Finishing positions ==
- Most second-place finishes
- 4 File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down (2005, 2009, 2019, 2020)
- 4, File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry (2015, 2021, 2023, 2024)
- Most third-place finishes
- 1, File:Colours_of_Derry.svg Derry (2022)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (2023)
- 1, File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2024)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2025)
- Most fourth-place finishes
- 2, File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2022, 2023)
- Most fifth-place finishes
- 1, File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (2022)
- 1, Tyrone (2023)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2024)
- 1, Meath (2025)
- Most sixth-place finishes
- 1, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2022)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo (2023)
- 1, File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (2024)
- 1, Tyrone (2025)
- Most semi-final finishes
- 7, File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
- Most group stage finishes
- 3, File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath (2005, 2006, 2008)
- 3, File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2006, 2007, 2008)
- 3, File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo (2006, 2007, 2018)
- 3, File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2006, 2007, 2019)
==Unbeaten sides==
- Ten teams have won the Christy Ring Cup unbeaten:
- File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath had 5 wins and 1 draw in 2007.
- File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow had 4 wins and 1 draw in 2009.
- File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry had 4 wins in 2011.
- File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry had 4 wins in 2015.
- File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath had 4 wins and 1 draw in 2016.
- File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare had 5 wins in 2018.
- File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath had 5 wins in 2019.
- File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare had 3 wins in 2020.
- File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly had 3 wins in 2021.
- File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare had 6 wins in 2022.
== Beaten sides ==
The group stage of the cup has resulted in 9 'back-door' Christy Ring Cup champions:
- File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath (2005) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath in round 2.
- File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2006) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down in round 1.
- File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (2008) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down in round 3.
- File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath (2010) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry in round 2.
- File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2012) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath in round 1.
- File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down (2013) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry in round 1.
- File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2014) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry in round 2.
- File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (2017) were beaten by File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim in round 1.
- File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath (2023) were beaten by File:Colours_of_London.svg London in round 2.
On 000 occasions a team was defeated twice but have remained in the championship:
- 000 (000) were beaten by 000 and 000 but still qualified for the final.
==Final success rate==
Only one county have appeared in the final more than once, being victorious on all occasions:
On the opposite end of the scale, only two counties has appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
==Consecutive participations==
Wicklow have the record number of consecutive participations in the Christy Ring Cup, taking part in 18 seasons.
== Winning other trophies ==
Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Christy Ring Cup and their respective Division in the National Hurling League:
- File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry in 2015 (Division 2A).
- File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly in 2021 (Division 2A).
- File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath in 2023 (Division 2B).
==Biggest wins==
- The most one sided finals:
- 21 points – 2021: Offaly 0-41 - 2-14 Derry
- 18 points – 2006: Antrim 5-13 - 1-07 Carlow
- 16 points – 2022: Kildare 2-29 - 1-19 Mayo
- 14 points – 2018: Kildare 3-19 - 1-11 London
- 13 points – 2011: Kerry 2-21 - 2-08 Wicklow
- The most one sided group matches:
- 00 points – 0000: 0000
== Scoring Events ==
- Most goals in a match:
- 0 – 0000: 0000
- Most points in a match:
- 0 – 0000: 0000
- Most goals by one team in a match:
- 0 – 0000: 0000
- Most points by one team in a match:
- 0 – 0000: 0000
- Highest aggregate score:
- 0 – 0000: 0000
- Lowest aggregate score:
- 0 – 0000: 0000
== Successful defending ==
A total of nineteen seasons have been played and only one team has been successful in retaining the cup. (most teams were promoted after winning the Christy Ring Cup, therefore they were unable to defend the cup):
- File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow on one attempt out of two (2009)
== Gaps ==
- Longest gaps between successive cup titles:
- 8 years: File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (2009–2017)
- 4 years: File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2014–2018)
- 4 years: File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath (2019–2023)
- Longest gaps between successive Christy Ring Cup final appearances:
- 10 years: File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2006–2016)
- 7 years: File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2007–2014)
- 7 years: File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2018–2025)
- 6 years: File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2012–2018)
- 6 years: File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down (2013–2019)
- 6 years: File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2015–2021)
- Longest gap between successive championship appearances
- 10 years: File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2006–2016)
== Active gaps ==
- Longest active gaps between since last title:
- 19 years: File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2006–)
- 15 years: File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath (2010–)
- 13 years: File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2012–)
- 12 years: File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down (2013–)
- 10 years: File:Colours_of_Kerry_GAA.svg Kerry (2015–)
- 8 years: File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (2017–)
- 4 years: File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly (2021–)
- 2 years: File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath (2023–)
- 1 year: File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2024–)
- Longest active gaps since last cup final appearance:
- 15 years: File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath (2010–)
- 13 years: File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (2012–)
- 10 years: File:Colours_of_Kerry_GAA.svg Kerry (2015–)
- 8 years: File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2017–)
- 8 years: File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (2017–)
- 5 years: File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down (2020–)
- 4 years: File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly (2021–)
- 3 years: File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo (2022–)
- 2 years: File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath (2023–)
- 1 year: File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (2024–)
- 0 years: Derry (2025–)
- 0 years: File:Colours_of_London.svg London (2025–)
- Longest active gap since last cup appearance
- 15 years: File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath (2010–)
== Provinces ==
- Only on 2 occasions has the Christy Ring Cup final involved two teams from the same province:
- Westmeath vs Kildare (2007)
- Carlow vs Westmeath (2008)
- The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with 5:
- File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow
- File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare
- File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath
- File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly
- File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath
== Christy Ring Cup final pairings ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Pairing !Meetings !First !Last |
| Antrim v Carlow
|2 |2006 |2017 |
| Antrim v Meath
|1 | colspan="2" |2016 |
| Carlow v Down
|1 | colspan="2" |2009 |
| Carlow v Westmeath
|1 | colspan="2" |2008 |
| Derry v Kerry
|1 | colspan="2" |2015 |
| Derry v Kildare
|1 | colspan="2" |2024 |
| Derry v Meath
|1 | colspan="2" |2023 |
| Derry v Offaly
|1 | colspan="2" |2021 |
| Down v Kerry
|1 | colspan="2" |2013 |
| Down v Kildare
|1 | colspan="2" |2020 |
| Down v Meath
|1 | colspan="2" |2019 |
| Down v Westmeath
|1 | colspan="2" |2005 |
| Kerry v Kildare
|1 | colspan="2" |2014 |
| Kerry v Westmeath
|1 | colspan="2" |2010 |
| Kerry v Wicklow
|1 | colspan="2" |2011 |
| Kildare v Westmeath
|1 | colspan="2" |2007 |
| London v Wicklow
|1 | colspan="2" |2012 |
| Kildare v London
|1 | colspan="2" |2018 |
| Kildare v Mayo
|1 | colspan="2" |2022 |
| Derry v London
|1 | colspan="2" |2025 |
== Longest undefeated run ==
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 00 games held by 000 (00-00).
==Miscellaneous==
- Best finish by a debuting team
- Champions, File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath (2005)
- Best finish by a debuting team (after 2005)
- Champions, File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (2006)
- Highest winning record
- 73%, File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim (11 wins in 15 matches)
- Lowest winning record
- 0%, Donegal (0 wins in 4 matches)
- Most played match
- 000, 000 v 000 (0000)
Managers
= Winning managers (2022–present) =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!# !Manager(s) !Winning team(s) !Titles(s) !Winning years |
| rowspan="2" |1
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg David Herity |1 |2022 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Meath GAA.svg Seoirse Bulfin
|1 |2023 |
Player records
= Top Scorers Overall =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Season !Top scorer !Team !Score !Total |
| 2005
| style="text-align:left;" |Mattie Dowd | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare |2-39 |45 |
| 2006
| style="text-align:left;" |Paul Braniff | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down |6-26 |44 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;" |Shane Brick | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry | | |
| 2008
| style="text-align:left;" |Brendan Murtagh | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath |2-37 |43 |
| 2009
| style="text-align:left;" |Shane Brick | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-42 |45 |
| 2010
| style="text-align:left;" |Darragh O'Connell | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-38 |41 |
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;" |Darragh O'Connell | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-33 |36 |
| 2012
| style="text-align:left;" |Martin Finn | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London |5-29 |44 |
| 2013
| style="text-align:left;" |Paul Braniff | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down |3-34 |43 |
| 2014
| style="text-align:left;" |Mikey Lee | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Wicklow |4-38 |50 |
| 2015
| style="text-align:left;" |Shane Nolan | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |2-35 |41 |
| 2016
| style="text-align:left;" |Ciarán Clarke | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim |3-43 |52 |
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;" |Denis Murphy | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow |0-45 |45 |
| 2018
| - | - | - | - |
| 2019
| - | - | - | - |
| 2020
|Cathal Dolan |Roscommon |2-25 |31 |
| 2021
|0-36 |36 |
| 2022
|Shane Boland | Mayo | 1-52 | 55 |
= Top Scorers In The Final =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Season !Top scorer !Team !Score !Total |
| 2005
| style="text-align:left;" |Andrew Mitchell | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath |0-9 |9 |
| 2006
| style="text-align:left;" |Johnny McIntosh | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim |2-4 |10 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;" |Billy White | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare |0-7 |7 |
| 2008
| style="text-align:left;" |Brendan Murtagh | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath |2-10 |16 |
| 2009
| style="text-align:left;" |Simon Wilson | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down |0-7 |7 |
| 2010
| style="text-align:left;" |Darragh O'Connell | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |0-8 |8 |
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;" |Darragh O'Connell | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-9 |12 |
| 2012
| style="text-align:left;" |Jonathan Maher | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London |3-4 |13 |
| 2013
| style="text-align:left;" |Shane Nolan | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-9 |12 |
| rowspan="2" |2014
| style="text-align:left;" |Shane Nolan | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-4 |7 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Gerry Keegan
| style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare |1-4 |7 |
| 2015
| style="text-align:left;" |Shane Nolan | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry |1-8 |11 |
| 2016
| style="text-align:left;" |James Toher | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Meath.svg Meath |0-12 |12 |
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;" |Ciarán Clarke | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg Antrim |2-9 |15 |
| 2018
| style="text-align:left;" |James Burke | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare |0-8 |8 |
| 2019
| style="text-align:left;" |Paul Sheehan | style="text-align:left;" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down |1-8 |11 |
| 2020
|File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down |0-9 |9 |
| 2021
|Offaly |0-13 |13 |
| 2022
|File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare |0-11 |11 |
=Miscellaneous=
- Most Christy Ring Cup winners' medals: 3
- Joe Clarke (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Paul Greville (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Conor Jordan (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Enda Loughlin (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Darren McCormack (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Andrew Mitchell (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Brendan Murtagh (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- John Shaw (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Ronan Whelan (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
- Richard Coady (Carlow) - 2008, 2009, 2017
- Paul Divilly (Kildare) - 2014, 2018, 2020
- Niall Ó Muineacháin (Kildare) - 2014, 2018, 2020