All ireland senior football championship

The article discusses information for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship from to the present. Kilkenny do not compete anymore, having won three Leinster Senior Football Championships in the distant past.

Contested by the top male inter-county football teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since , except in when the competition was not played due to a tour of the United States by would-be competitors. The winning team receives the Sam Maguire Cup. The final has been played at Croke Park in Dublin since , with the exception of the final which was played at the Polo Grounds in New York. Teams from the southern province of Munster shared the early titles, with Limerick, Tipperary and Cork winning the first three finals. The first Championship featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship.

All ireland senior football championship

County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA , the championship has been contested every year except one since For the majority of its existence, the All-Ireland Championship has been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 6 feeder competitions; the finalists of the 4 provincial championships : Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster , the Tailteann Cup holders and the best non-qualified National Football League teams to make the 16 team group stage. Thirty three teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with Kerry , Dublin , Galway and Cavan being the most successful teams in their respective provinces. The title has been won by 19 different counties, 17 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Kerry , who have won the championship on 38 occasions. Dublin are the current title holders, defeating Kerry by to in the final. The first Championship to be held featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship. Unlike later All-Ireland competitions, there were no provincial championships, and the result was an open draw. The second Championship was unfinished owing to the American Invasion Tour. The provincial championships had been completed Tipperary, Kilkenny and Monaghan winning them; no Connacht teams entered but after the Invasion tour returned, the All-Ireland semi-final and final were not played. English team London reached the final four times in the early years of the competition — In , inter-county teams were introduced to the All-Ireland Championship.

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The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association 's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in Thirty one of the thirty two Irish counties took part — Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup. The championship worked as a two-tier system for the second time, with the Tailteann Cup being the second tier competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition. The draws for the provincial championships took place on 15 October Dublin won their 31st title after a 1—15 to 1—13 win against Kerry. Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out. The other 17 county teams compete in the Tailteann Cup. In the All-Ireland Championship round-robin, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

All ireland senior football championship

County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA , the championship has been contested every year except one since For the majority of its existence, the All-Ireland Championship has been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 6 feeder competitions; the finalists of the 4 provincial championships : Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster , the Tailteann Cup holders and the best non-qualified National Football League teams to make the 16 team group stage. Thirty three teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with Kerry , Dublin , Galway and Cavan being the most successful teams in their respective provinces. The title has been won by 19 different counties, 17 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Kerry , who have won the championship on 38 occasions. Dublin are the current title holders, defeating Kerry by to in the final. The first Championship to be held featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship.

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Main article: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums. The qualifiers took place over four rounds rather than two, and the four winners of the fourth round proceeded to the All-Ireland Super 8s. Edit source View history Talk 0. Retrieved 25 September Extra-time would only be used for Replays and Qualifier Matches. Ross Munnelly. Teams from the southern province of Munster shared the early titles, with Limerick, Tipperary and Cork winning the first three finals. Thomas Crosbie Holdings. The all-time record-holders are Kerry , who have won the championship on 38 occasions. Retrieved 17 June

Contested by the top male inter-county football teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since , except in when the competition was not played due to a tour of the United States by would-be competitors.

New York. Quarter-finals 2 matches : These are two matches between the first four teams drawn - the other two teams receive a bye. Hogan Stand. Kerry 24 , Cork 16 , Clare 1 , Tipperary 1 , Waterford 1. Had it been played over an hour, it would have ended in a draw instead of Offaly's first All-Ireland triumph. The second Championship was unfinished owing to the American Invasion Tour. Retrieved 30 June Kerry 37 , Cork 7 , Tipperary 4 , Limerick 2. Munster Senior Football Championship 6 counties. Retrieved 11 September All-Ireland JFC. All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Teams are divided into four groups of four.