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Irish hurling competition
2006 Nicky Rackard Cup Dates 10 June — 12 August Teams 12 Champions Derry (1st title) Runners-up Donegal Promoted Derry Matches played 23
The 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 2006 campaign of the Nicky Rackard Cup and began on Saturday June 10, 2006. 2006 was the second time this new element of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was introduced. It was devised by the Hurling Development Committee to encourage some of the weaker hurling counties and to give them the chance of playing more games. The final will be played on Sunday, August 13 in Croke Park , Dublin City.
Donegal, Armagh, Longford and Derry played in the semi-finals. Longford qualified by defeating the other two group runners-up. After winning their semi-finals, Donegal and Derry contested the final in Croke Park on August 12. Derry won easily and were promoted to the 2007 Christy Ring Cup .
Twelve teams participate in the 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup. The teams were divided into three groups of four roughly based on geographical criteria. The groups are identical to the Nicky Rackard Cup 2005 except that in 3C Derry replace London, who have been promoted.
Team changes [ edit ]
To Championship [ edit ]
Relegated from the Christy Ring Cup
From Championship [ edit ]
Promoted to the Christy Ring Cup
General Information [ edit ]
Group stage [ edit ]
Group 3A [ edit ]
Date
Venue
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
June 10
Irvinestown
Fermanagh
4-15
Tyrone
1-16
June 10
Ballyshannon
Donegal
3-7
Sligo
1-13
June 24
Omagh
Tyrone
1-10
Donegal
4-19
June 24
Markievicz Park
Sligo
4-15
Fermanagh
3-8
July 8
Enniskillen
Donegal
1-17
Fermanagh
0-08
July 8
Sligo
2-15
Tyrone
1-06
Table
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Donegal
3
2
1
0
8-43
2-33
28
5
Sligo
3
2
1
0
7-43
7-20
23
5
Fermanagh
3
1
0
2
7-31
6-48
-14
2
Tyrone
3
0
0
3
3-33
10-49
-37
0
Group 3B [ edit ]
Date
Venue
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
June 10
Ballinamore
Leitrim
0-10
Louth
3-12
June 10
Armagh
6-20
Cavan
0-2
June 24
Knockbridge
Louth
8-25
Cavan
2-3
June 24
Keady
Armagh
4-20
Leitrim
1-9
July 8
Ballyconnell
Cavan
3-05
Leitrim
5-13
July 8
Drogheda
Louth
1-07
Armagh
1-15
Table
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Armagh
3
3
0
0
11-65
2-18
74
6
Louth
3
2
0
1
12-44
3-28
43
4
Leitrim
3
1
0
2
6-32
10-37
-17
2
Cavan
3
0
0
3
5-10
19-58
-90
0
Group 3C [ edit ]
Date
Venue
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
June 10
Ballinascreen
Derry
2-14
Longford
0-12
June 10
Warwickshire
1-11
Monaghan
0-9
June 24
Clontibret
Derry
4-24
Monaghan
0-11
June 24
Pearse Park
Longford
2-18
Warwickshire
0-6
July 8
Páirc na hÉireann
Derry
2-17
Warwickshire
3-12
July 8
Clones
Longford
1-14
Monaghan
1-11
Table
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Derry
3
3
0
0
8-54
3-35
34
6
Longford
3
2
0
1
3-44
3-31
13
4
Warwickshire
3
1
0
2
4-29
4-44
-15
2
Monaghan
3
0
0
3
1-31
6-48
-32
0
Knockout stage [ edit ]
Bracket [ edit ]
Quarter-final playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Derry
3-10
Armagh
0-10
Derry
5-15
Donegal
1-14
Donegal
1-19
Longford
0-10
Longford
1-19
Louth
1-18
Louth
2-07
Sligo
1-13
Quarter-finals [ edit ]
Match
Date
Venue
Winners
Score
Losers
Score
Quarter-final Playoff
July 15
Louth
1-18
Sligo
1-13
Quarter-final
July 22
Pearse Park , Longford
Longford
1-19
Louth
2-7
Semi-finals [ edit ]
Stadia and locations [ edit ]
County
Location
Province
Stadium(s)
Capacity
Armagh
Armagh
Ulster
Athletic Grounds
18,500
Cavan
Cavan
Ulster
Breffni Park
32,000
Derry
Derry
Ulster
Celtic Park
22,000
Donegal
Ballybofey
Ulster
MacCumhaill Park
18,000
Fermanagh
Enniskillen
Ulster
Brewster Park
18,000
Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon
Connacht
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
9,331
Longford
Longford
Leinster
Pearse Park
10,000
Louth
Drogheda
Leinster
Drogheda Park
3,500
Monaghan
Clones
Ulster
St Tiernach's Park
36,000
Sligo
Sligo
Connacht
Markievicz Park
18,558
Tyrone
Omagh
Ulster
Healy Park
17,636
Warwickshire
Solihull
Britain
Páirc na hÉireann
4,500
Statistics [ edit ]
Scoring events [ edit ]
Widest winning margin: 40 points
Most goals in a match: 10
Most points in a match: 35
Most goals by one team in a match: 8
Most points by one team in a match: 25
Highest aggregate score: 58 points
Lowest aggregate score: 23 points
Miscellaneous [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]