2022 Walsh Cup
# 2022 Walsh Cup

The 2022 Walsh Cup was the early-season tier 1 inter-county hurling competition based in the Irish province of Leinster. Seven counties compete – five from Leinster, Galway from Connacht and Antrim from Ulster.

Seven other counties from Leinster competed in the tier 2 and tier 3 Leinster competitions – see 2022 Kehoe Cup and Shield.

It took place in January 2022. Dublin were the winners.

## Competition format

The teams are drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The group winners advance to the final.

## Fixtures and results

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dublin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 66 | +34 | 6 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Galway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 77 | −7 | 4 | |
| 3 | Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 75 | −6 | 2 | |
| 4 | Antrim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 86 | −21 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wexford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 3 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Kilkenny | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 3 | |
| 3 | Laois | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 0 | |

### Final

* 29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) 17:30 GMT (UTC±0) Final
* Report

| Dublin | 2-29 (35) – (19) 0-19 | Wexford |
| - | - | - |
| (HT: 2-14 — 0-9) |||

* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
