Waterford Senior Hurling Championship

Current format Group stage: The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three. Each team plays each other once. The top team in each group advance to the quarter final stage and are seeded. The second placed teams from each group are drawn against third placed teams in each group in a preliminary quarter final. The winners advance to the quarter finals whilst the losers are summoned to relegation semi-finals and finals, with one team being relegated to the premier intermediate grade. Preliminary quarter-finals: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance to the Quarter-finals. The 4 losing teams advance to the relegation play-offs. Relegation play-off: 4 teams contest this round. The losing team are relegated to the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship. Quarter-finals: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance to the Semi-finals. The 4 losing teams are eliminated from the championship. Semi-finals: 4 teams contest this round. The 2 winning teams advance to the Semi-finals. The 2 losing teams are eliminated from the championship. Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners. == Teams ==

2026 teams The following 12 teams will contest the 2026 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship: ==Qualification for subsequent competitions==

The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. ==Managers==

Managers in the Waterford Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches. ==List of finals==

Legend • – Munster senior club champions • – Munster senior club runners-up List of Waterford SHC finals ==Roll of honour==

Teams By decade The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Waterford Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows: • 1890s: 1 each for Ballytruckle (1897) and Ballydurn (1899) • 1900s: 4 for Clonea (1902-03-05-07) • 1910s: 3 each for T. F. Meaghers (1910-11-12) and Ferrybank (1915-16-19) • 1920s: 3 each for Dungarvan (1920-23-26) and Erin's Own (1927-28-29) • 1930s: 6 for Erin's Own (1930-31-32-33-34-35) • 1940s: 5 for Mount Sion (1940-43-45-48-49) • 1950s: 8 for Mount Sion (1951-53-54-55-56-57-58-59) • 1960s: 6 for Mount Sion (1960-61-63-64-65-69) • 1970s: 5 for Portlaw (1970-71-73-76-77) • 1980s: 4 for Mount Sion (1981-83-86-88) • 1990s: 5 for Ballygunner (1992-95-96-97-99) • 2000s: 5 for Mount Sion (2000-02-03-04-06) • 2010s: 7 for Ballygunner (2011-14-15-16-17-18-19) • 2020s: 5 for Ballygunner (2020-21-22-23-24) Gaps Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles: • 66 years: Lismore (1925-1991) • 45 years: Clonea (1907-1952) • 44 years: Tallow (1936-1980) • 33 years: Portlaw (1937-1970) • 20 years: Ballyduff Upper (1987-2007) Top scorers In finals ==See also==