| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Galway (5th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Galway |
The 1986 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 55th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Mayo entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the Connacht final.
On 21 September 1986, Galway won the championship following a 3–8 to 2–7 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons. [1]
Quarter-Final
| 1986Quarter-Final | Galway | 1-12 - 1-00 | Sligo | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
Semi-Finals
| 1986Semi-Final | Mayo | 1-08 - 0-04 | Roscommon | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
| 1986Semi-Final | Galway | 4-14 - 1-04 | Leitrim | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
Final
| 13 July 1986Final | Galway | 1-09 - 2-01 | Mayo | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
Preliminary Round
| 1986Preliminary Round | Kilkenny | 1-06 - 3-10 | Carlow | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
| 1986Preliminary Round | Kildare | 2-06 - 1-07 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford |
| 1986Preliminary Round | Longford | 1-08 - 0-05 | Louth | Drogheda Park, Drogheda |
| 1986Preliminary Round | Wicklow | 1-11 - 1-10 | Westmeath | Aughrim Park, Aughrim |
Quarter-Finals
| 1986Quarter-Final | Meath | 2-13 - 0-07 | Carlow | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| 1986Quarter-Final | Wicklow | 1-10 - 3-05 | Laois | Aughrim Park, Aughrim |
| 1986Quarter-Final | Dublin | 0-15- 0-06 | Kildare | Parnell Park, Dublin |
| 1986Quarter-Final | Offaly | 0-03 - 0-05 | Longford | Ballymahon |
Semi-Finals
| 1986Semi-Final | Dublin | 2-10 - 0-05 | Longford | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| 1986Semi-Final | Laois | 0-06 - 0-08 | Meath | St Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
Final
| 27 July 1986Final | Dublin | 2-16 - 0-06 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
| 1986Semi-Final | Cork | 1-11 - 0-01 | Clare | Mitchelstown |
Final
| 6 July 1986Final | Cork | 2-12 - 0-04 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
Quarter-Finals
| 1986Quarter-Final | Down | 2-07 - 1-02 | Donegal | St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle |
| 1986Quarter-Final | Cavan | 2-08 - 1-05 | Antrim | Casement Park, Belfast |
| 1986Quarter-Final | Fermanagh | 1-04 - 1-05 | Armagh | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
Semi-Finals
| 1986Semi-Final | Derry | 3-10 - 1-02 | Cavan | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
| 1986Semi-Final | Down | 1-09 - 0-12 | Monaghan | St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney |
| 1986Semi-Final Replay | Down | 3-04 - 0-06 | Monaghan | St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney |
Final
| 20 July 1986Final | Down | 1-12- 0-10 | Derry | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Semi-Finals
| 17 August 1986Semi-Final | Galway | 3-10 - 0-06 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 24 August 1986Semi-Final | Dublin | 0-08 - 2-07 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 21 September 1986Final | Galway | 3-08 - 2-07 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
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