The 2020 Walsh Cup was an early-season inter-county hurling competition based in the Irish province of Leinster.
[1] Seven counties compete – six from Leinster, Galway from Connacht and none from Ulster.
Six other counties from Leinster and Ulster play in the second-ranked Kehoe Cup.
[4] Three teams receive a bye to the semi-finals – Kilkenny, Galway and Wexford.
If the semi-final or final games are drawn, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner; there is no extra time played.