2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details | |
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Dates | April — 20 September 2015 |
Teams | 31 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Kerry (13 win) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Tipperary |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Kildare |
Ulster | Derry |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
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The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 teams take part.
The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Donegal in the 2014 final.
Kerry retained their title with a comprehensive 4-14 to 0-06 win over Munster rivals Tipperary.[1][2][3][4]
Teams
A total of 31 teams will contest the championship. Kilkenny, New York and London do not participate in the competition.
Format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals.
Fixtures and results
Connacht Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Munster Final | |||||||||||
Leitrim | 0-12 | ||||||||||||
Sligo | 4-09 | Sligo | 1-14 | ||||||||||
Roscommon | 3-5 | ||||||||||||
Sligo (R) |
1-04 1-08 | ||||||||||||
Galway (R) |
0-07 4-12 | ||||||||||||
Mayo | 1-3 | ||||||||||||
Galway | 3-14 | ||||||||||||
19 July 2015 2.00 PM Final |
Sligo | 1-04 - 0-07 | Galway |
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Patrick O’Connor 1-0, Liam Gaughan 0-3 (0-2f); Darragh Cummins 0-1. | Report | Finian O Laoi 0-3; Colm O’Braonain 0-2; Eric Lee 0-1, Cillian McDaid 0-1. |
24 July 2015 7.00 PM Final Replay |
Sligo | 1-08 - 4-12 | Galway |
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C Herron 1-0, L Gaughan 0-3 (2f), F Cawley 0-2 (1f), N Rooney 0-1 (1f), K Cawley 0-1, A McLoughlin 0-1. | Report | P McCormack 1-2 (1f), S Kelly 1-1, C McDaid 0-3 (2f), F Ó Laoi 1-0, D Connelly 1-0, J Daly 0-2 (1f), E Lee 0-1 (1 ’45), C Marsden 0-1 (1f), C Ryan 0-1, C Brady 0-1. |
Leinster Minor Football Championship
Preliminary Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Leinster Final | |||||||||||||||
Carlow | 1-09 | |||||||||||||||||
Wicklow | 1-08 | Longford | 1-14 | |||||||||||||||
Longford | 1-14 | Longford | 1-09 | |||||||||||||||
Laois | 2-08 | Meath | 0-08 | |||||||||||||||
Meath | 1-17 | Meath | 0-12 | |||||||||||||||
Kildare | 2-11 | Louth | 0-11 | |||||||||||||||
Louth | 2-14 | Longford | 1-09 | |||||||||||||||
Wexford | 2-14 | Kildare | 2-15 | |||||||||||||||
Westmeath | 2-14 | Wexford | 0-11 | |||||||||||||||
Dublin | 2-11 | Dublin | 3-08 | |||||||||||||||
Offaly | 1-09 | Dublin | 3-13 | |||||||||||||||
Kildare | 3-16 | |||||||||||||||||
Kildare* | 1-10 | |||||||||||||||||
Laois* | 1-09 | |||||||||||||||||
LOSERS ROUND - The five losers from the preliminary round play-off and two teams advance to the Leinster Quarter Final
Losers Round One | Losers Round Two | Leinster Quarter Final** | |||||||||||
Offaly | 2-13 | ||||||||||||
Westmeath | 1-10 | Offaly | 0-13 | ||||||||||
Kildare | 0-14 | ||||||||||||
Kildare | 1-10 | ||||||||||||
Laois | 1-09 | ||||||||||||
Laois | 5-13 | ||||||||||||
Wicklow | 1-13 | ||||||||||||
12 July 2015 12.30 PM Final |
Longford | 1-09 - 2-15 | Kildare |
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Conor Berry 1-2, Jayson Matthews 0-2 (1f), Darragh Doherty, Rory Hawkins, Neil Devlin, Cian Finnan, Peter Lynn 0-1 each. | Report | Jimmy Hyland 0-8 (1f), Conor Hartley, Ciaran Kelly (1f) 1-1 each, Brian McLoughlin 0-2, Ethan O’Donohue, Matthew Kelly (1f), Aaron Murphy (1 45) 0-1 each. |
Munster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Munster Final | |||||||||||
Clare | 0-03 | ||||||||||||
Kerry | 0-14 | Kerry | 0-16 | ||||||||||
Cork | 2-15 | Cork | 1-12 | ||||||||||
Limerick | 2-07 | Kerry | 2-14 | ||||||||||
Tipperary | 1-11 | ||||||||||||
Clare* | 2-09 | ||||||||||||
Waterford | 1-07 | Tipperary | 0-16 | ||||||||||
Tipperary | 2-16 | ||||||||||||
Playoff Round
Clare were the winners of a playoff round between the quarter final losers*
Playoff 1 | Playoff 2 | |||||||
Limerick | 2-14 | |||||||
Waterford | 3-10 | Limerick | 0-05 | |||||
Clare | 2-11 | |||||||
5 July 2015 12.30 PM Final |
Kerry | 2-14 - 1-11 | Tipperary |
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C Geaney 1-5 (1f), C Linnane 1-1 (1f), Michael Foley 0-2, Sean O’Shea 0-2 (1f), Jack Morgan 0-1, Gavin White 0-1, Bryan Sweeney 0-1, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-1 | Report | Aidan Buckley 1-2, Alan Tynan 0-3 (2f), Jack Kennedy 0-2 (1f), Brendan Martin 0-2, Danny Owens 0-1, Mark Kehoe 0-1 |
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Preliminary Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Ulster Final | |||||||||||||||
Cavan | 2-17 | |||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 1-08 | |||||||||||||||||
Cavan | 1-19 | |||||||||||||||||
Antrim | 1-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | 2-09 | |||||||||||||||||
Antrim | 2-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Cavan | 0-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Derry | 1-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Derry | 2-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Down | 1-07 | |||||||||||||||||
Derry | 0-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 0-10 | |||||||||||||||||
Armagh | 0-07 | |||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 1-11 | Donegal | 2-14 | |||||||||||||||
Tyrone | 0-08 |
19 July 2015 12.30 PM Final |
Cavan | 0-11 - 1-11 | Derry |
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D Raythrorne (0-3), D Brady (0-2), D Gannon (0-3), T Donohoe (0-1), C Smith (0-2) | Report | P Kearney (0-3), S Downey (0-1), C Glass (0-1); T Flanagan (1-0), B Grant (0-1), S McGuigan (0-5) |
All-Ireland Knockout
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 August 2015 – Brewster Park | ||||||||||
Derry | 0-12 | |||||||||
23 August 2015 – Croke Park | ||||||||||
Longford | 2-04 | |||||||||
Derry | 1-06 | |||||||||
3 August 2015– O'Connor Park | ||||||||||
Kerry | 1-11 | |||||||||
Kerry | 2-12 | |||||||||
20 September 2015– Croke Park | ||||||||||
Sligo | 1-06 | |||||||||
Kerry | 4-14 | |||||||||
1 August 2015– Páirc Tailteann | ||||||||||
Tipperary | 0-06 | |||||||||
Kildare | 2-14 | |||||||||
30 August 2015 – Croke Park | ||||||||||
Cavan | 2-12 | |||||||||
Kildare | 0-09 | |||||||||
3 August 2015 – O'Connor Park | ||||||||||
Tipperary | 0-11 | |||||||||
Galway | 0-06 | |||||||||
Tipperary | 1-10 | |||||||||
Quarter-Finals
The four provincial champions play the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.
1 August 2.00 PM Quarter-Final |
Derry | 0-12 - 2-04 | Longford |
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Shane McGuigan 0-7 (0-2f), Conor Glass (0-1f), Jack Doherty 0-2 each, Brian Cassidy 0-1. | Report | Conor Berry 1-3 (0-2f), Darragh Doherty 1-0, Ruairi Harkins 0-1 |
1 August 6.30 PM Quarter Final |
Kildare | 2-14 - 2-12 | Cavan |
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Ciaran Kelly (1-7, 5f), Jimmy Hyland (1-4, 1f), Rory Feely (0-1), Matthew Kelly (0-1), Ethan O’Donohue (0-1) | Report | Thomas Edward Donohoe (1-2), David Brady (0-3, 1f, 1 45), James Brady (1-0), Robbie Fitzpatrick (0-3, 2f), Darragh Gannon (0-2), Dillon Raythorne (0-2) |
3 August 2.00 PM Quarter-Final |
Kerry | 2-12 - 1-06 | Sligo |
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C Geaney 1-4 (0-1f), B Ó’Seanacháin 1-0, S O’Shea (1f), G White and D O’Brien 0-2 each, JM Foley and R Buckley 0-1 each | Report | K Cawley 1-0, F Cawley (0-1f) & R Kennedy (0-1f) 0-2 each, L Gaughan & C Lally 0-1 each |
3 August 4.00 PM Quarter Final |
Galway | 0-06 - 1-10 | Tipperary |
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Conor Marsden (0-2f), John Daly (0-1f) 0-2 each, Paudie McCormack and Eric Lee 0-1 each | Report | Alan Tynan 1-5 (0-2f, 0-1 ’45), Brendan Martin 0-2, Colin English, Jack Kennedy and Jamie Bergin 0-1 each. |
Semi-finals
There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them takes their place in the semi-final.
23 August 1.30PM Semi-Final |
Derry | 1-06 - 1-11 | Kerry |
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Conor Maunsell 1-0, Shane McGuigan 0-2, Francis Kearney 0-2, Conor Glass 0-1, Niall McAtamney 0-1 | Report | Michael Foley 1-3, John Mark Foley 0-3, Conor Geaney 0-5 |
Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo) |
30 August 1.30PM Semi-Final |
Kildare | 0-09 - 0-11 | Tipperary |
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C Kelly 0-4 (4f), C Hartley 0-2, J Hyland 0-2 (2f), M Kelly 0-1 | Report | J Kennedy 0-4 (1f, 1 '45'), A Tynan 0-3 (2f), B McGrath 0-1, B Martin 0-1, A Buckley 0-1, S Quirke 0-1 |
Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan) |
Final
20 September 1.15PM Final |
Kerry | 4-14 - 0-6 | Tipperary |
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C Geaney 2-4 (2-0 pen, 1f); B Sweeney 1-1, Michael Foley 1-0, S O’Shea 0-2, J Duggan 0-2 (1f), M O’Connor 0-1, JM Foley 0-1, B Barrett 0-1, B Ó Seanacháin 0-1, S O’Sullivan 0-1. | Report | A Tynan 0-2, T Nolan 0-2, B McGrath 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1 (1 ’45’) |
Croke Park, Dublin Referee: David Gough, (Meath) |
See also
References
- ↑ "O'Connor's troops run riot". Irish Independent. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Conor Geaney grabs hat-trick as Kerry on fire". Irish Examiner. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Dominant Kerry storm past Tipperary to retain All-Ireland minor football crown". The 42. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "All-Ireland MFC final: classy Kingdom cruise past Tipp". Hogan Stand. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.