The 2021 Christy Ring Cup was the 17th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup began on 26 June 2021 and ended on 1 August 2021.
COVID-19 caused all London games to be postponed for an extra year.
The final was played on 1 August 2021 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Offaly and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Offaly won the match by 0-41 to 2-14 to claim their first ever cup title.
Offaly's Eoghan Cahill was the Ring Cup's top scorer with 0-36.
Team changes
To Championship Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup
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Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup
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From Championship Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup
Down Kildare
Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup
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Teams
General Information CountyLast Cup titleLast provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2020 ChampionshipAppearance Derry—2001—Round 215thOffaly—19951998Semi-finals2ndRoscommon—1913—Semi-finals13th Sligo———Round 22nd Wicklow———Round 2
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor DerryOffalyRoscommon Sligo Wicklow
Competition format
Cup format
The format has been changed for 2021 with 5 teams playing across two groups, one with 3 teams and one with 2 teams based on an open draw.
Group A will feature 3 teams and be played in a single Round Robin format with each team having one home game and one away game.
Group B will feature 2 teams who will play a single fixture.
All teams will play a knockout format after this group stage, with the group winners and second-placed team in Group A being placed in the semi-finals. A tie between the third-placed team in Group A and second-placed team in Group B will determine the fourth semi-finalist.
Promotion The winner of the final will be promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup.
Relegation The loser of the quarter-final will be relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup
Group stage
Group A TeamQualification1 Derry22002-421-33+124Advance to Semi-Finals2 Wicklow21012-363-34-123 Roscommon20022-262-37-110Advance to Quarter-Finals
Group A round 1
Group A round 2
Group A round 3
Group B TeamQualification1 Offaly11002-392-17+222Advance to Semi-Finals2 Sligo10012-172-39-220Advance to Quarter-Finals
Group B round 1
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-final
Roscommon are relegated to the 2022 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
Offaly are promoted to the 2022 Joe McDonagh Cup.
Statistics
Top scorers
Top Scorer Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Eoghan CahillOffaly0-3636312.002Gerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo3-2433311.003Cormac O'DohertyDerry0-323248.004Andy O'BrienWicklow0-3030310.005Cathal DolanRoscommon0-191936.336Oisín KellyOffaly2-101635.337Odhran McKeeverDerry3-061543.758Gerald BradleyDerry1-111443.509Brian DuignanOffaly1-101334.3310John MurphyOffaly0-121234.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Gerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo2-1218Offaly2Eoghan CahillOffaly0-1515Sligo3Eoghan CahillOffaly0-1313Derry4Andy O'BrienWicklow0-1212DerryCormac O'DohertyDerry0-1212Offaly6Andy O'BrienWicklow0-1010Roscommon7Gerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo1-069Derry8Odhran McKeeverDerry2-028WicklowCillian EganRoscommon1-058WicklowAndy O'BrienWicklow0-088OffalyCormac O'DohertyDerry0-088RoscommonEoghan CahillOffaly0-088WicklowCathal DolanRoscommon0-088Sligo
References