1998 National Hurling League

1998 National Hurling League
League details
Dates	8 March – 25 July, 1998
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Cork (14th win)
Captain	Diarmuid O'Sullivan
Manager	Jimmy Barry-Murphy
League runners-up
Runners-up	Waterford
Captain	Stephen Frampton
Manager	Gerald McCarthy
Other division winners
Division 2	Kerry
Division 3	Mayo
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 66th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.^[1] Cork won the league, beating Waterford by 2-14 to 0-13 in the final.^[2]

Format change

At a meeting of the GAA's Central Council in August 1997 it was agreed to change the structure of the National League. It was decided to revert to the "mixed ability" format which was used in the football league five years earlier. In that format two counties from each of the previous season's four hierarchical divisions were placed in four new divisions - each of which thus had eight teams with two representatives from each of the present four divisions.

The top two in each division qualified for both the quarter-finals and the following season's Division One. Second and third-placed teams were ranked Division Two and so on down to the end of the table.

It was also decided to revise the National Hurling League programme, which switched to a calendar year for the 1997 National League.^[3]

Division placings

Division 1A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Limerick	5	5	0	7-57	4-58	18	10
2	Clare	5	3	2	5-83	9-52	19	6
3	Galway	5	3	2	9-67	4-66	16	6
4	Dublin	5	2	3	8-59	5-62	96	4
5	Offaly	5	1	4	6-62	10-58	-8	2
6	Antrim	5	1	4	7-47	9-49	-8	2

Division 1B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Cork	5	4	1	0	5-64	6-42	19	9	Division 1 champions
2	Waterford	5	3	1	1	8-64	8-52	12	7	Division 1 runners-up
3	Wexford	5	2	2	1	4-60	2-60	6	6
4	Tipperary	5	1	1	3	10-52	7-57	4	3
5	Laois	5	1	1	3	3-54	8-56	-17	3
6	Kilkenny	5	1	0	4	5-54	5-69	-15	2

Results

3 May Semi-final	Cork	2-15 - 0-10	Clare	Semple Stadium

3 May Semi-final	Waterford	2-17 - 1-11	Limerick	Semple Stadium

17 May Final	Cork	2-14 - 0-13	Waterford	Semple Stadium

Division 2A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Carlow	6	5	1	17-88	5-52	72	10
2	Kerry	6	5	1	17-99	5-71	64	10	Division 2 champions
3	Derry	6	4	2	13-73	5-64	33	8
4	Wicklow	6	4	2	4-84	8-51	21	8
5	Monaghan	6	2	4	6-40	18-82	-78	4
6	Roscommon	6	1	5	12-53	8-68	-3	2
7	Armagh	6	0	6	2-41	22-90	-109	0

Division 2B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Down	6	6	0	20-100	6-39	103	12
2	Westmeath	6	5	1	21-80	7-38	84	10	Division 2 runners-up
3	London	5	3	2	7-56	9-50	0	6
4	Meath	6	2	4	12-69	10-60	15	4
5	Kildare	6	2	4	5-54	14-65	-28	4
6	Tyrone	6	2	4	6-40	18-89	-85	4
7	Louth	6	0	6	9-28	16-96	-89	0

Results

1 June Semi-final	Westmeath	4-8 - 1-11	Carlow

13 June Semi-final	Kerry	2-14 - 1-12	Down	O'Moore Park

11 July Final	Kerry	2-8 - 2-8	Westmeath

25 July Final replay	Kerry	1-11 - 2-6	Westmeath	MacDonagh Park

Division 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Cavan	6	5	1	0	12-40	4-36	48	11	Division 3 runners-up
2	Mayo	6	5	0	1	14-79	10-26	65	10	Division 3 champions
3	Leitrim	6	3	1	2	5-41	9-51	-22	7
4	Longford	6	3	0	3	10-57	7-51	15	6
5	Fermanagh	6	3	0	3	6-52	2-58	6	6
6	Sligo	6	1	0	5	6-30	13-79	-70	2
7	Donegal	6	0	0	6	5-38	13-66	-52	0

Results

16 May Final	Mayo	2-12 - 1-8	Cavan

References

↑ Gaelic Games
↑ "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
↑ "Leagues will be revamped". Irish Times. 25 August 1997. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

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