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Waterford Crystal Cup

Field	Value
name	Waterford Crystal Cup
irish	Corn Criostail Phort Láirge
code	Hurling
founded	2006
abolished	2015
region	Munster
no. of teams	11
firstwin	Limerick
title holders	Limerick
currentordinal	2
most titles	Tipperary
mostordinal	4
sponsors	Waterford Crystal
tv	TG4

| no. of teams = 11 The Waterford Crystal Cup was an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2006 to 2015 for the top inter-county teams and third-level institutes and universities in the province of Munster in Ireland.

The series of games were played during January and February. The prize for the winning team is a special piece of glassware donated by Waterford Crystal. This cup competition was always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series of games.

The Waterford Crystal Cup was effectively a pre-season tournament. It allowed teams to blood new players and to experiment prior to the opening of the National Hurling League (for county teams) or Fitzgibbon Cup (for third-level teams).

History

The Waterford Crystal Cup was played for the first time in 2006. It replaced the informal Waterford Crystal South-East Hurling League which had been running since 1996 and was the brainchild of the Waterford County Board.

In 2016 it was replaced by the Munster Senior Hurling League, which only admits county teams.

Format

The Waterford Crystal Cup is a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random - there are no seeds.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn a period of extra-time is played, however, if both sides are still level at the end a second replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Roll of honour

Team	Wins	Years won
[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg	20px	border]] Tipperary	4	2007, 2008, 2012, 2014
[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg	20px	border]] Limerick	2	2006, 2015
[[File:Colours of Clare.svg	20px	border]] Clare	2	2009, 2013
[[File:Colours of Waterford.svg	20px	border]] Waterford	2	2010, 2011

List of finals

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Winning captain	Venue	County	Score	County	Score
2016–present	Counties now compete in the Munster Senior Hurling League
2015	Limerick	3-20	Cork	1-16	Donal O'Grady	Mallow
2014	Tipperary	4-22	Clare	3-11	James Woodlock	Gaelic Grounds
2013	Clare	1-21	Tipperary	1-13	Patrick Donnellan	Semple Stadium	{{cite web	url= https://sites.google.com/a/gaa.ie/tipperary-gaa/latestnews/waterfordcrystalcupfinal%E2%80%93clarevtipperary-1	title= Clare 1-21 Tipperary 1-13	date=9 February 2013	work= GAA.ie	access-date=12 February 2013 }}
2012	Tipperary	1-21	Clare	2-12	Brendan Cummins	O'Garney Park
2011	Waterford	0-21	Cork	0-16	Stephen Molumphy	Páirc Uí Rinn
2010	Waterford	1-9	University College Cork	0-11	Declan Prendergast	Fraher Field
2009	Clare	1-12	Tipperary	1-07	Gerry O'Grady	Páirc Uí Stuairt	{{cite web	url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/sport/hurling/clare-beat-tipp-to-win-waterford-crystal-cup-14156475.html	title=Clare beat Tipp to win Waterford Crystal Cup
2008	Tipperary	3-13	Waterford	0-13	Eoin Kelly	Páirc Shíleáin
2007	Tipperary	1-17	Cork	2-11	Brendan Cummins	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
2006	Limerick	1-19	Waterford Institute of Technology	3-10	T. J Ryan	Gaelic Grounds

References

(2 February 2015). "Success for Limerick Hurlers in Waterford Crystal Cup action". Irish Examiner.
(8 February 2014). "Waterford Crystal Cup: triumphant Tipp lay down a marker". Hogan Stand.
(4 March 2012). "Tipp win Waterford Crystal Cup". [[Irish Examiner]].
(7 February 2011). "2011 Waterford Crystal Cup Final". Munster GAA.
(2010-02-07). "Déise claim first ever Waterford Crystal Cup". breaking news.ie.
(27 January 2008). "Tipperary 3-13 Waterford 0-13". [[RTÉ Sport]].
(4 February 2007). "Tipperary claim first Waterford Crystal Cup". [[RTÉ Sport]].
(10 February 2006). "Clear win for Limerick in Crystal hurling final". [[RTÉ Sport]].

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