2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football competition for under 17s. Thirty one county teams from Ireland competed (Kilkenny did not participate).

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 2018
Championship details
DatesApril – 2 September 2018
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry ( win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
Player of the YearPaul Walsh (Kerry)
2019 →

2018 was the first minor competition for under 17 year-olds – previously the competition had an under 18 age limit. The under 17 championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

A league format was introduced in Connacht and Leinster. Munster retained their double elimination format and Ulster changed to a double elimination format.

Kerry defeated Galway by 0-21 to 1-14 on 2 September 2018 to win their fifth All-Ireland minor title in a row, the first time this feat was achieved.

The winners received the Tom Markham Cup.

Teams

Thirty one teams from Ireland contested the championship as Kilkenny withdrew after competing in 2016. New York and London did not participate in this competition.

Competition Format

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organised provincial championships. Each province decided their own rules for determining their champions. The formats for the 2018 provincial championships are explained in the sections below.

All-Ireland

The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are played in a single knockout format. The minor final is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final.

Provincial Championships

Connacht Format

All five Connacht counties compete in a single round robin format.[1] The top 2 teams in the round robin table meet again in the Connacht final.

The winners receive the Tom Kilcoyne Cup.

Connacht Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Galway 4 4 0 0 98 44 +54 8 Contest Connacht final and advance to All-Ireland quarter finals
2 Roscommon 4 3 0 1 93 66 +27 6
3 Mayo 4 2 0 2 79 60 +19 4
4 Leitrim 4 1 0 3 54 101 −47 2
5 Sligo 4 0 0 4 49 101 −52 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition; 3) Scoring difference; 4) Highest total score for; 5) A play-off.

Connacht League Section Rounds 1 to 5
2 May 2018 Round 1 Mayo 4-20 - 1-9 Leitrim MacHale Park
Report Referee: P Daly Roscommon
4 May 2018 Round 1 Galway 4-18 - 0-8 Roscommon Tuam Stadium, Galway
M Cooley (2) A Halloran (2) Report Referee: B Judge Sligo
11 May 2018 Round 2 Sligo 0-10 - 3-15 Galway Markievicz Park Sligo
Referee: Declan Corcoran Mayo
11 May 2018 Round 2 Roscommon 4-12 - 0-11 Mayo Kiltoom Roscommon
23 June 2018 Round 3 Leitrim 0-9 - 4-15 Roscommon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Referee: Ronan Hynes Sligo
23 June 2018 Round 3 Mayo 2-18 - 0-10 Sligo MacHale Park
Referee: Marty Parker Roscommon
29 June 2018 Round 4 Galway 0-15 - 1-9 Mayo Tuam Stadium, Galway
Report Referee: Brendan Healy Roscommon
29 June 2018 Round 4 Sligo 0-13 - 2-14 Leitrim Markievicz Park Sligo
Referee: Paul Lydon Mayo
6 July 2018 Round 5 Leitrim 1-11-4-17 Galway Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Referee: Patrick Mc Tiernan Roscommon
6 July 2018 Round 5 Roscommon 5-18-1-13 Sligo MacHale Park
Referee: Martin Flaherty Galway

Connacht Final
13 July 2018
19:30 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Roscommon 2-9 (15) – (19) 2-13 Galway
Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
Referee: John Gilmartin Sligo

Leinster Format

Leinster teams competed in two groups, one of six teams and one of five teams. Each team in a group plays a single match against the other teams. [2] The first two teams in each group progress to the Leinster semi-finals.

Leinster Group 1 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Meath 3 3 0 0 68 39 +29 6 Advance to Leinster Semi-Final
2 Dublin 3 2 0 1 55 36 +19 4
3 Offaly 3 2 0 1 41 43 −2 4
4 Wicklow 3 1 1 1 67 53 +14 3
5 Louth 3 0 1 2 49 77 −28 1
6 Westmeath 3 0 0 3 35 67 −32 0
First match(es) will be played on February 2019. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition; 3) Scoring difference; 4) Highest total score for; 5) A play-off.

Leinster Group 1 Rounds 1 to 5
April 2018 Round 1 v
April 2018 Round 1 v
April 2018 Round 1 v
April 2018 Round 2 v
April 2018 Round 2 v
April 2018 Round 2 v
April 2018 Round 3 v
April 2018 Round 3 v
April 2018 Round 3 v
June 2018 Round 4 v
June 2018 Round 4 v
June 2018 Round 4 v
June 2018 Round 5 v
June 2018 Round 5 v
June 2018 Round 5 v

Leinster Group 2 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 Wexford11001-01-012
2 Kildare11001-01-012
3 Carlow11001-01-012
4 Laois11001-01-012
5 Longford11001-01-012

Leinster Group 2 Rounds 1 to 5
April 2018 Round 1 v
April 2018 Round 1 v
April 2018 Round 2 v
April 2018 Round 2 v
April 2018 Round 3 v
April 2018 Round 3 v
June 2018 Round 4 v
June 2018 Round 4 v
June 2018 Round 5 v
June 2018 Round 5 v


Leinster Semi-Finals

Leinster Final
21 July 2018
2:00 pm
Final
Meath v Kildare

Munster Format

All six Munster teams competed in the three quarter-finals of the main draw. The three beaten teams entered the play-off section and, after two play-off matches, one team re-entered the main draw at the semi-final stage. From the semi-finals all matches were knockout. [3]

Munster Main Draw
Semi-Finals Munster Final Final
Kerry 1-15
Tipperary 0-4 Kerry 1-11
Cork 4-20 Cork 1-10
Waterford 0-5 Kerry
Clare
Clare 1-9
Clare 3-13 Tipperary 2-4
Limerick 1-9

Munster Playoff Draw

The three teams who were beaten in the quarter-finals of the main draw competed in a play-off in two matches. The winning team from the play-offs re-entered the main draw at the semi-final stage.

Playoff 1 Playoff 2
Tipperary 2-12
Limerick 1-11 Tipperary 2-11
Waterford 2-6

Munster Quarter-Finals

Munster Playoff Rounds 1 and 2

Munster Semi-Finals

Munster Final

Ulster Format

In 2018 the Ulster Championship changed to a double-elimination format, which replaced the straight knockout style of previous years. Every team who lost a match before the semi-finals re-entered the competition via the Qualifiers Round 1 (R1), Qualifiers Round 2 (R2) or Qualifiers Round 3 (R3). This ensured that all teams played at least two games.[4] The semi-finals and final were knockout.

The winners received the Father Murray Cup.

Ulster Preliminary Round

Two of the nine teams were drawn to play in the preliminary round.

Ulster Round 1

The seven teams who avoided the preliminary round plus the winners of the preliminary round competed in four matches in round 1.

Ulster Round 2

The four winning teams from round 1 met in two matches.

Ulster Qualifiers R1

Two of the five teams beaten in the preliminary round or round 1 met in a playoff match. The losing team was eliminated from the competition.

Ulster Qualifiers R2

The four remaining teams who lost only one match in the preliminary round or round 1 met in two matches with the two losing teams being eliminated,

Ulster Qualifiers R3

The two losing teams from round 2 (who lost only one match) met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R2. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.

Ulster Semi-Finals

The two winning teams from round 2 met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R3. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.

1 July 2018 (2018-07-01)
5:15 pm
Semi-Final
Cavan 2-04 (10) – (22) 2-16 Monaghan
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Darren O'Hare
1 July 2018 (2018-07-01)
7:00 pm
Semi-Final
Derry 2-10 (16) – (11) 1-08 Tyrone
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Kevin Faloon (Armagh)
Ulster Final
13 July 2018 (2018-07-13)
8:00 pm
Final
Derry 0-09 (09) – (12) 1-09 Monaghan
(HT: 0-06 – 0-05)

Pts: Enda Downey (5, 4f), Conleth McGuckin (2, 2f), Eoghan Hawe, Ethan Doherty		 Gls: Donnach Swinburne
Pts: Aaron Mulligan (5, 3f), Sean Jones (3, 2f), Ronan Grimes
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Margaret Farrelly (Cavan)

All-Ireland

All-Ireland Draw
Semi-Final Final Final
Galway 0-18
Clare 0-11 Galway 3-13
Meath 1-15 Meath 2-09
Derry 1-10 Galway 1-14
Kerry 2-16 Kerry 0-21
Roscommon 2-07 Kerry 1-16
Monaghan 2-11 Monaghan 2-11
Kildare 0-08

Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions played the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28)
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final
Meath 1-15 (18) – (13) 1-10 Derry
(HT: 1-10 – 0-04)
Gls: Luke Mitchell
Pts: Luke Mitchell (6, 5f) Luke Kelly (2), Darragh Swaine (2), David Bell, Bryan McCormack, Adam Reilly, Cian McBride, Mathew Costello		 Gls: Conleth McGuckian (pen)
Pts: Enda Downey (5, 1f, 1 '45), Conleth McGuckian (4, 3f), Niall Doyle
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
28 July 2018 (2018-07-28)
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final
Kerry 2-16 (22) – (13) 2-07 Roscommon
(HT: 2-10 – 0-04)
Gls: Ruaidhrí Ó’Beaglaoích, Killian Falvey
Pts: Paul Walsh (5, 2f), Patrick D’Arcy (3), Darragh Rahilly (2), Paul O’Shea (2), Dylan Geaney (2, 1f), Ruaidhrí Ó’Beaglaoích, Michael Lenihan		 Gls: Fearghus Lennon, Charlie Carthy
Pts: James Fitzpatrick (3), Adam McDermott (2), Richard Walsh, Fearghus Lennon
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)
28 July 2018 (2018-07-28)
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final
Monaghan 2-11 (17) – (08) 0-08 Kildare
(HT: 1-05 – 0-05)
Gls: Aaron Mulligan, Donnacha Swinburne
Pts: Sean Jones (4, 4f), Aaron Mulligan (3, 2f), Donnacha Swinburne, Loughlinn Power, Shane Hanratty, Karl Gallagher
Pts: Padraig Behan (5, 3f), Eoghan O’Haire (2, 2f), Sam Reilly
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)
13:30 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final
Galway 0-18 (18) – (11) 0-11 Clare
(HT: 0-03 – 0-08)

Pts: Ryan Monaghan (6, 6f), Oisín Gormley (3), Conor Raftery (2) Eoghan Tinney (2), Aidan Halloran, Tony Gill, Daniel Cox, Tomo Culhane, Niall Cunningham
Pts: Shane Meehan (4, 4f), Thomas Guyler (2), Keelan Guyler (2), Joey Droney, Emmet McMahon (f), Tadhg Lillis
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Semi-Finals

There was 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 take their place in the semi-final.

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11)
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-Final 1
Galway 3-13 (22) – (15) 2-09 Meath
(HT: 0-06 – 2-04)
Gls: Tony Gill, Oisin McCormack, Eoghan Tinney
Pts: Aidan Halloran (4), Cathal Sweeney (3), Ryan Monahan (2, 2f), Tomo Culhane, Conor Raftery, Daniel Cox, Paul Kelly		 Gls: Luke Mitchell, Luke Kelly
Pts: Luke Mitchell (4, 2f), David Bell (2, 2f), Matthew Costello, Bryan McCormack, Sean Coffey
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
13:30 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-Final 2
Kerry 1-16 (19) – (17) 2-11 Monaghan
(HT: 0-10 – 0-06)
Gls: David Mangan
Pts: Dylan Geaney (5, 2f), Darragh Rahilly (3), Paul Walsh (3, 2f), Dan McCarthy (2), Killian Falvey, Darragh Lyne, Jack Kennelly		 Gls: Jason Irwin, Mark Mooney
Pts: Aaron Mulligan (4, 1f), Sean Jones (4, 4f), Loughlin Power, Donnacha Swinburne, Jason Irwin
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Final
2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)
13:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Galway 1-14 (17) – (21) 0-21 Kerry
(HT: 1-09 – 0-08)
Gls: Tony Gill
Pts: Matthew Cooley (5, 4f), Tomo Culhane (2), Conor Raftery (2), Ryan Monaghan, Liam Judge, Eoghan Tinney, Oisin Gormley, Paul Kelly
Pts: Paul Walsh (4, 1f), Killian Falvey (4), Darragh Rahilly (3), Ruaidhrí Ó Beaglaoích (3), Dylan Geaney (2), Paul O’Shea (2, 1f, 1 ’45), Michael Lenihan, Dan McCarthy, Jack O’Connor (f)
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

Minor Team Of The Year

1. John Ball (Kildare)
2. Ronan Grimes (Monaghan)
3. Owen Fitzgerald (Kerry)
4. Tiarnan Woods (Derry)
5. Colm Moriarty (Kerry)
6. Tony Gill (Galway)
7. Mark Lavin (Dublin)
8. Darragh Rahilly (Kerry)
9. Conor Raftery (Galway)
10. Paul Walsh (Kerry)
11. Matthew Costello (Meath)
12. Aaron Mulligan (Monaghan)
13. Luke Mitchell (Meath)
14. Eoin Darcy (Wicklow)
15. Matthew Cooley (Galway)

See also

References
  1. "Connacht GAA Results".
  2. "Leinster GAA Results".
  3. "Munster GAA Results".
  4. "Ulster GAA Results".
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