The2019 Christy Ring Cup was the 15th staging of theChristy Ring Cup hurling championship since its establishment by theGaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the third tier^[1] of senior inter-county hurling.

The competition began on 11 May 2019 and ended on 22 June 2019.

Kildare were the 2018 Christy Ring champions, defeating London by 3-19 to 1-11 in the final. Kildare lost the relegation/promotion game against Antrim and remained in the Christy Ring Cup in 2019.

Relegated from theJoe McDonagh Cup

• Meath

Promoted from theNicky Rackard Cup

• Donegal

Promoted to theJoe McDonagh Cup

• None

Relegated to theNicky Rackard Cup

• Armagh
• Mayo

In 2018 the Christy Ring Cup changed to an initial stage of two groups of four teams, having previously been held as a double elimination tournament. The 2019 competition retains this structure.

The top two teams in the two groups advance to the semi-finals with the winners meeting in the final.

Relegation and promotion

The 2019 Christy Ring champions contest will be automatically promoted to the2020 Joe McDonagh Cup. This is a change to the 2018 format, where the champions had to contest a promotion/relegation playoff against the second-from-bottom team in theJoe McDonagh Cup. (This was because the 2018 Joe McDonagh Cup was contested by six teams, instead of the intended five, and while one McDonagh team had to be relegated for 2019, allowances also had to be made for a Christy Ring Cup team to be promoted on merit.)

The bottom teams meet in a relegation playoff with the losers relegated to the following year'sNicky Rackard Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Down	3	2	0	1	94	75	19	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Derry	3	2	0	1	65	56	9	4
3	Wicklow	3	2	0	1	68	65	3	4
4	Donegal	3	0	0	3	56	87	-31	0	Advance to Relegation Playoff

Down vDerry

11 May 2019Round 1	Down	2-14(20) -(29) 3-20	Derry	Portaferry
				Referee: Séan Stack

Donegal vWicklow

12 May 2019Round 1

Donegal

1-15(18) -(24) 4-12

Wicklow

Derry v Donegal

18 May 2019Round 2

Derry

0-20(20) -(17) 1-14

Donegal

Wicklow v Down

18 May 2019Round 2

Wicklow

2-19(25) -(31) 2-25

Down

Donegal v Down

1 June 2019Round 3	Donegal	2-15(21) -(43) 7-22	Down
		Report

Derry v Wicklow

1 June 2019Round 3	Derry	0-16(16) -(19) 1-16	Wicklow
		Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Meath	3	3	0	0	85	48	37	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Roscommon	3	2	0	1	67	59	8	4
3	Kildare	3	1	0	2	59	75	-16	2
4	London	3	0	0	3	53	82	-29	0	Advance to Relegation Playoff

Roscommon vKildare

19 May 2019Round 1

Roscommon

0-20(20) -(18) 1-15

Kildare

Meath vLondon

19 May 2019Round 1

Meath

2-23(29) -(13) 0-13

London

Kildare v Meath

19 May 2019Round 2

Kildare

1-13(16) -(33) 2-27

Meath

London v Roscommon

19 May 2019Round 2

London

2-12(18) -(28) 1-25

Roscommon

Roscommon v Meath

1 June 2019Round 3	Roscommon	0-19(19) -(23) 0-23	Meath	Athleague
		Report

London v Kildare

1 June 2019Round 3	London	2-16(22) -(25) 2-19	Kildare	Ruislip
		Report

	Semi-Finals					Final
	Down		3-18
	Roscommon		1-15
						Down		2-15
						Meath		4-19
	Meath		3-24
	Derry		2-18

The Group 1 winners play the Group 2 runners-up and the Group 2 winners play the Group 1 runners-up.

Down v Roscommon

8 June 2019	Down	3-18(27) -(18) 1-15	Roscommon	Inniskeen
3:00pm		Report

Meath v Derry

8 June 2019	Meath	3-24(33) -(24) 2-18	Derry	Athletic Grounds
2:00pm		Report

The winners become the 2019 Christy Ring champions, and are automatically promoted to the2020 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Down v Meath

22 June 2019Final	Down	2-15 4-19	Meath	Croke Park,Dublin
2:00 pm	P Sheehan 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-6f, 0-1 ’65’), D Sands 1-1, M Fisher, D Toner 0-2 each, E Sands, O McManus 0-1 each.	Report	J Regan 0-9 (0-4f, 0-3 ’65’), A Gannon 2-3, N Potterton 1-1, C O’Sullivan 1-0, B Slevin 0-2, S Brennan, D Healy, A Douglas, J Keena 0-1 each.	Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin)

The bottom teams in the two groups meet in a relegation playoff. The losers are relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the Nicky Rackard Champions.

London v Donegal

8 June 2019	London	2-18(24) -(17) 1-14	Donegal	Crossmaglen
2:00 pm

London retain Christy Ring Cup status for 2020 whileDonegal are relegated to the2020 Nicky Rackard Cup.

• 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup
• 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup
• 2019 Lory Meagher Cup

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• Christy Ring Cup

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