2000 National Hurling League 2000 National Hurling League , known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League , was the 69th edition of the National Hurling League, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams . Galway won the league , beating Tipperary in the final.Overview The National Hurling League's top division featured fourteen teams divided into two groups - 1A and 1B. Each group consisted of seven teams. Galway and Limerick topped division 1A while Tipperary and Waterford topped division 1B. Galway finished the league undefeated and were crowned champions after defeating Tipp in the final.Down at the other end of the tables , Kerry and Derry failed to win a single group game and were paired against each other in the relegation play-off. Derry won that game, thus condemning Kerry to division 2 for the following year.Division 2 featured one group of ten teams. Carlow and Meath topped the group and contested the final. Meath won and secured promotion to division 1A for the following year. Tyrone ended the group stage without a single victory and were relegated to division 3 for the following year.Division 3 featured one group of nine teams. Louth finished the group stages undefeated and were joined in the final by Longford who recorded just one defeat. Louth won that game and secured promotion to division 2 for the following year.Division 1 came into the season as defending champions of the 1999 season . Derry entered Division 1 as the promoted team.14 May 2000, Galway won the title following a 2-18 to 2-13 win over Tipperary in the final. It was their first league title since 1995-96 and their sixth National League title overall.top tier .Fergal Healy was the Division 1 top scorer with 8-27.Structure The 14 teams in Division 1 were divided into two groups of seven teams named Division 1A and Division 1B. Each team played all the others in its group once. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The first two teams in 1A and 1B advanced to the league semi-finals with the top team in Division 1A playing the second team in Division 1B and the second team in Division 1A playing the first in Division 1B. The bottom-placed teams in 1A and 1B faced each other in a play-off to determine which team would be relegated.Division 1A Table Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes 1 Galway 6 6 0 0 63 12 Division 1 champions 2 Limerick 6 5 0 1 41 10 - 3 Offaly 6 4 0 2 18 8 - 4 Clare 6 3 0 3 24 6 - 5 Dublin 6 2 0 4 -9 4 - 6 Antrim 6 1 0 5 -42 2 - 7 Kerry 6 0 0 6 -95 0 Relegated to Division 2
Group stage Division 1B Table Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes 1 Tipperary 6 5 0 1 47 10 Division 1 runners-up 2 Waterford 6 5 0 1 12 10 - 3 Kilkenny 6 4 0 2 30 8 - 4 Cork 6 3 0 3 39 6 - 5 Wexford 6 3 0 3 11 6 - 6 Laois 6 1 0 5 -72 2 - 7 Derry 6 0 0 6 -67 0 -
Group stage Relegation play-off Division 1 Semi-finals Division 1 Final Scoring statistics ;Top scorers overallRank Player Team Tally Total Matches Average 1 Fergal Healy Galway 8-27 51 7 7.28 2 Rory Gantley Galway 2-44 50 8 6.25 3 Tommy Dunne Tipperary 3-38 47 8 5.87 4 Tomás McGrane Dublin 3-37 46 5 9.20 5 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 2-39 45 6 7.50 6 Chris McGrath Wexford 1-41 44 6 7.33 7 Gregory O'Kane Antrim 2-35 41 6 8.83 7 Paul Flynn Waterford 0-41 41 7 5.85 9 Johnny Dooley Offaly 0-40 40 5 8.00 10 Geoffrey McGonagle Derry 2-28 34 6 5.66
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition 1 Fergal Healy Galway 5-02 17 Kerry 2 Tomás McGrane Dublin 1-10 13 Kerry 3 Eugene Cloonan Galway 2-06 12 Antrim 3 Tomás McGrane Dublin 0-12 12 Galway 5 Kevin Murray Cork 3-02 11 Derry 5 Rory Gantley Galway 1-08 11 Clare 5 Johnny Dooley Offaly 0-11 11 Clare 5 Johnny Dooley Offaly 0-11 11 Dublin 5 Paul Flynn Waterford 0-11 11 Wexford 10 Kevin Murray Cork 3-01 10 Laois 10 Tommy Dunne Tipperary 2-04 10 Kilkenny 10 Ken Ralph Clare 1-07 10 Kerry 10 Gregory O'Kane Antrim 1-07 10 Dublin 10 Fergal Healy Galway 1-07 10 Antrim 10 Chris McGrath Wexford 1-07 10 Kilkenny 10 Rory Gantley Galway 0-10 10 Dublin 10 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 0-10 10 Tipperary 10 Michael Slattery Kerry 0-10 10 Galway 10 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 0-10 10 Laois
Miscellaneous Waterford's round 2 defeat of Wexford is their first home league defeat of their southeast neighbours since 1963.Division 2 Armagh entered Division 2 as the respective relegated and promoted teams from the other divisions.28 May 2000, Meath won the title following a 5-14 to 2-10 win over Carlow in the final.Division 2 table Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes 1 Meath 9 8 0 1 16 Division 2 champions 2 Carlow 9 8 0 1 16 Division 2 runners-up 3 Westmeath 9 7 0 2 14 - 4 Down 9 5 1 3 11 - 5 Kildare 8 4 1 3 9 - 6 Wicklow 8 4 0 4 8 - 7 London 9 3 0 6 6 - 8 Roscommon 9 2 0 7 4 - 9 Armagh 8 1 0 7 2 - 10 Tyrone 8 0 0 8 0 Relegated to Division 3
Group stage Division 3 On 28 May 2000 , Louth won the title following a 0-16 to 1-11 win over Longford in the final.Division 3 table Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes 1 Louth 8 7 1 0 15 Division 3 champions 2 Longford 8 7 1 0 15 Division 3 runners-up 3 Sligo 8 4 1 3 9 - 4 Mayo 7 4 0 3 8 - 5 Leitrim 8 3 1 4 7 - 6 Monaghan 8 3 1 4 7 - 7 Fermanagh 8 2 0 6 4 - 8 Cavan 7 1 1 5 3 - 9 Donegal 8 1 0 7 2 -
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