1999 National Hurling League


The 1999 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 68th edition of the National Hurling League, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Tipperary won the league, beating Galway by 1-14 to 1-10 in the final.

Structure

There are 14 teams in Division 1, divided into 1A and 1B. Each team plays all the others once, either home or away. Teams earn one point for a draw and two for a win. The top teams in 1A and 1B play each other in the NHL final. The bottom teams in each group play each other in a relegation playoff.
There are 10 teams in Division 2. The top two play each other in the final, with the winner promoted. The bottom team is relegated.
There are 9 teams in Division 3. The top two play each other in the final, with the winner promoted.

Division 1

came into the season as defending champions of the 1998 season. Kerry and Down entered Division 1 as the promoted teams.
On 2 May 1999, Tipperary won the title following a 1-14 - 1-10 win over Galway in the final. It was their first league title since 1993-94 and their 17th National League title overall.
Down, who lost all of their group stage matches, were relegated from Division 1 after losing the relegation play-off to Kerry by 2-13 to 0-12.
Galway's Eugene Cloonan was the Division 1 top scorer with 7-49.

Group 1A table

PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes
1 Galway 66007412Division 1 runners-up
2 Clare 6411179-
3 Offaly 6303126-
4 Antrim 6303-146-
5 Dublin 6213-145-
6 Limerick 620424-
7 Kerry 6006-900-

Group stage

Group 1B table

PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes
1 Tipperary 65014410Division 1 champions
2 Kilkenny 65013010-
3 Cork 6402318-
4 Laois 6303-166-
5 Waterford 6204214-
6 Wexford 620434-
7 Down 6006-1130Relegation to Division 2

Group stage

Relegation play-off

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
Final

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Eugene CloonanGalway7-497088.75
2Tommy DunneTipperary1-596287.75
3Alastair ElliottAntrim4-395168.50
4Henry ShefflinKilkenny2-424876.85
5Joe DeaneCork3-384767.83

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotalOpposition
1Eugene CloonanGalway3-0514Dublin
1Alistair ElliottAntrim1-1114Kerry
3Alistair ElliottAntrim1-1013Offaly
4Eugene CloonanGalway1-0912Kerry
4Tommy DunneTipperary0-1212Clare
6Alan MarkhamClare2-0511Kerry
6Paul FlynnWaterford2-0511Laois
6Alistair ElliottAntrim1-0811Dublin
6Tom DempseyWexford1-0811Waterford
6Tommy DunneTipperary1-0811Down

Division 2

Division 2 table

PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes
1 Derry 98017616Division 2 champions
2 Wicklow 97028314Division 2 runners-up
3 Roscommon 96124313-
4 Kildare 95041110-
5 Carlow 9414-69-
6 Westmeath 9405138-
7 Meath 9315-207-
8 Tyrone 9315-207-
9 London 9315-217-
10 Monaghan 9009-1130Relegated to Division 3

Knock-out stage

Division 3

Knock-out stage