2017 National Hurling League

National Hurling League 2017

League details
Dates	February – May 2017
Teams	34
League champions
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The 2017 National Hurling League is the 86th season of the National Hurling League for inter-county hurling teams.

Format

League structure

Thirty four teams compete in the 2017 NHL – six teams in the top four divisions (Divisions 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) and five teams in Divisions 3A and 3B. Thirty-one county teams from Ireland take part (Cavan do not). Fingal, London and Warwickshire complete the lineup.

Each team plays all the other teams in their division once, either home or away. 2 points are awarded for a win, and 1 for a draw.

Tie-breaker

• If only two teams are level on league points, the team that won the head-to-head match is ranked ahead. If this game was a draw, score difference (total scored minus total conceded in all games) is used to rank the teams.
• If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank them.

Finals, promotions and relegations

Division 1A

• The top four teams qualify for the Division 1 quarter-finals
• The bottom two teams meet in a relegation play-off, with the losing team relegated to Division 1B

Division 1B

• The top team is promoted to Division 1A
• The top four teams qualify for the Division 1 quarter-finals
• The bottom two teams meet in a play-off, with the losing team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 2A champions

Division 2A

• The top two teams meet in Division 2A final, with the winning team playing a promotion-relegation match against the loser of the Division 1B play-off
• The bottom team is relegated to Division 2B

Division 2B

• The top two teams meet in Division 2B final, with the winning team being promoted
• The bottom two teams meet in a play-off, with the losing team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 3A champions

Division 3A

• The top two teams meet in Division 3A final, with the winning team playing a promotion-relegation match against the loser of the Division 2B play-off
• The bottom team is relegated to Division 3B.

Division 3B

• The top two teams meet in Division 3B final, with the winning team being promoted

Division 1

Structure

The 12 teams in Division 1 are divided into two groups of six teams named Division 1A and Division 1B. Each team play all the others in its group once. Two points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. The first four teams in 1A and 1B advance to the league quarter-finals with the top team in Division 1A playing the fourth team in Division 1B, the second team in Division 1A playing the third in Division 1B, etc.

Division 1A

      NHL quarter-finals       Play-off, loser relegated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Clare	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Cork	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Dublin	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Kilkenny	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Tipperary	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Waterford	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0

Division 1B

      Promotion & NHL quarter-finals       NHL quarter-finals       Play-off to determine bottom team, loser in relegation play-off

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Galway	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Kerry	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Laois	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Limerick	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Offaly	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Wexford	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0

Division 2A

Table

      Division final, winner in promotion play-off       Automatic relegation to Division 2B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Antrim	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Armagh	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Carlow	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Kildare	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
London	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Westmeath	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0

Division 2B

Table

      Division final, winner promoted       Relegation play-off

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Derry	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Down	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Mayo	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Meath	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Roscommon	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Wicklow	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0

Division 3A

Table

      Division final and possible promotion       Automatic relegation to Division 3B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Donegal	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Fingal	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Louth	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Monaghan	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Tyrone	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0

Division 3B

Table

      Division final, winner promoted

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Fermanagh	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Leitrim	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Longford	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Sligo	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0
Warwickshire	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0

References

External links

• Full Fixtures and Results