Dates | 9 August 2016 – 12 August 2016 |
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Sponsor | Etihad Airways |
The 2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games was a global competition of Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie run by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), featuring teams from six continents. This was the 2nd GAA World Games and the first to be played in Ireland, with the first ever tournament played in Abu Dhabi the previous summer. The opening ceremony and throw in was held on August 6 at Croke Park, while the majority of the games were held at University College Dublin from 9 August to 11 August 2016, with the finals being played on Friday, 12 August 2016 at Croke Park.
The GAA's four main sports (men's Gaelic football), ladies' Gaelic football, hurling and camogie (women's version of hurling) were featured at the event. Each sport consisted of two separate tournaments: one for native players (born and raised in the country they are competing for) and one for Irish born players (born in Ireland before emigrating to whatever team they are playing for), creating a total of 8 separate competitions.
Each game has 9 players a side with 9 minutes a half. As the tournament progresses the game time increases to 12 minutes a half in the knockout and then 15 minutes a half in the shield, plate and final games. This is different to the usual game which has 15 players a side with 30 minutes a half. During the four days 254 games were played with the 8 finals being played in Croke Park. With the games at UCD having free entry
The games were not broadcast live but Irish language public broadcaster TG4 later broadcast highlights, features and interviews of the tournament in December that year. The program was also made available on TG4 Player, the broadcasters on demand streaming network. [1] The opening and closing ceremonies were televised around the world.
Over 1,100 competitors from 56 teams within 20 countries, stretching 6 continents took part in the event. Most of these competitors are Irish people living abroad, but up to a third of them are foreign born players. China and South Africa competed with completely non-Irish teams. [2]
Teams were put into groups of 3 or 4 for the preliminary stage and played off in a double or single round-robin format respectively. The top team from each group of three and the top two from each group of four would go into the Cup Play-offs on Wednesday while any team that did not qualify for the Cup Play-offs would go into the Shield Play-offs on Wednesday. The hurling competitions were the only exceptions, where there was only one group of three in both the native and Irish divisions, therefore there was no shield competition, and the top two from each of those groups went into the finals on Friday.
In both ladies' football divisions, camogie and the men's football Irish division, there was only one Cup Play-off group. The teams in it competed in a round-robin format with the top two going into the finals on Friday. Any team that did not finish in the top 2 went into the Plate Play-offs on Thursday. Due to the large number of teams in the men's native football, there were two Cup Play-off groups with the top team from each going into the final on Friday, all other teams to not qualify for the final went into the Plate Play-offs on Thursday.
Similar to the Cup Playoffs, the Shield Play-offs were contested in a round-robin format with the top team in each group going into the Shield final on Thursday, any team that did not qualify for the Shield final went into the Plate Playoffs on Friday.
The Cup Finals were played on Friday, August 12 at Croke Park. Eight finals were played in total from going from 11AM to 5PM.
The results show are all the results for the camogie and men's native hurling games. Then also all the results of the finals.
9 August 2016First round | Australasia | 5-12 - 0-00 | Thomas McCurtains | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | New York | 4-05 - 0-05 | Thomas McCurtains | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Australasia | 7-11 - 0-02 | New York | UCD |
9 August 2016Second round | Australasia | 3-10 - 0-01 | Thomas McCurtains | UCD |
9 August 2016Second round | New York | 0-12 - 2-01 | Thomas McCurtains | UCD |
9 August 2016Second round | Australasia | 2-08 - 0-02 | New York | UCD |
Advance to Cup Play-offs | |
Advance to Shield Play-offs |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Australasia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
New York | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Thomas McCurtains | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
9 August 2016First round | Croydon | 2-00 - 2-05 | Tara | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Europe | 4-11 - 0-00 | North America Native | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Tara | 5-13 - 0-00 | North America Native | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Croydon | 6-02 - 0-01 | North America Native | UCD |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Europe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Tara | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Croydon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
North America Native | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
9 August 2016First round | Canada Toronto | 4-06 - 0-01 | Father Murphy's | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Middle East | 6-08 - 0-00 | Britain Native | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Middle East | 0-09 - 1-00 | Father Murphy's | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Canada Toronto | 6-04 - 0-00 | Britain Native | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Father Murphy's | 4-00 - 0-01 | Britain Native | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | Middle East | 2-04 - 0-00 | Canada Toronto | UCD |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Middle East | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Canada Toronto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Father Murphy's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Britain Native | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Australasia | 3-09 - 1-00 | Europe | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Middle East | 1-05 - 0-01 | Canada Toronto | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Middle East | 1-03 - 2-04 | Tara | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Canada Toronto | 0-02 - 2-03 | Europe | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Australasia | 4-08 - 0-00 | Canada Toronto | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Australasia | 6-05 - 0-02 | Middle East | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Tara | 2-08 - 0-01 | Canada Toronto | UCD |
10 August 2016Cup Play-off | Australasia | 5-04 - 0-01 | Tara | UCD |
Advance to Cup Final | |
Advance to Shield Final | |
Advance to Plate Play-offs |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Australasia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Tara | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Middle East | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Europe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Canada Toronto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
12 August 2016Native Cup Final | North America | 1-04 - 0-04 | Britain Native | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Cup Final | Australasia | 5-17 - 1-08 | Tara | Croke Park |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | New York | 4-06 - 0-03 | Thomas McCurtains | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Croydon | 4-04 - 0-00 | Britain Native | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | North America Native | 1-02 - 0-01 | Father Murphy's | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Croydon | 2-05 - 0-00 | North America Native | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Thomas McCurtains | 4-06 - 0-00 | Father Murphy's | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Britain Native | 3-01 - 1-02 | North America Native | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Thomas McCurtains | 1-02 - 3-03 | Croydon | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | New York | 3-07 - 0-02 | North America Native | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Father Murphy's | 0-02 - 1-09 | Croydon | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Thomas McCurtain's | 1-06 - 0-00 | Britain Native | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | Father Murphy's | 2-05 - 0-00 | Britain Native | UCD |
10 August 2016Shield Play-off | North America Native | 0-04 - 1-02 | Thomas McCurtains | UCD |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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New York | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Croydon | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Thomas McCurtains | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
North America Native | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Father Murphy's | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Britain Native | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
11 August 2016Plate Quarter-final | Middle East | 4-14 - 0-01 | Britain Native | UCD |
11 August 2016Plate Quarter-final | Canada Toronto | 2-11 - 0-01 | North America Native | UCD |
11 August 2016Plate Semi-final | Canada Toronto | 2-07 - 0-04 | Thomas McCurtain | UCD |
11 August 2016Plate Final | Middle East | 1-07 - 2-03 | Canada Toronto | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | New York | 3-04 - 1-05 | NACB Chicago | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | NACB Chicago | 6-08 - 0-04 | Germany | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | New York | 1-04 - 2-02 | NACB Chicago | UCD |
9 August 2016First round | NACB Chicago | 3-06 - 0-01 | Germany | UCD |
10 August 2016First round | New York | 0-05 - 1-04 | NACB Chicago | UCD |
10 August 2016First round | NACB Chicago | 4-09 - 1-02 | Germany | UCD |
Advance to Cup Final | |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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NACB Chicago | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
New York | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Germany | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
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12 August 2016Cup Final | New York | 1-06 - 2-06 | NACB Chicago | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Native Cup Final | North America | 1-04 - 0-04 | Britain Native | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Cup Final | Australasia | 5-17 - 1-08 | Tara | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Native Cup Final | New York | 2-04 - 0-05 | Eastern Canada | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Cup Final | Parnells | 3-07 - 0-08 | Australasia | Croke Park |
12 August 2016NativeCup Final | Middle East | 2-12 - 2-10 | Australasia | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Cup Final | New York | 1-06 - 2-06 | NACB Chicago | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Native Cup Final | New York | 4-05 - 1-09 | France | Croke Park |
12 August 2016Cup Final | Middle East | 1-12 - 1-11 | Abu Dhabi | Croke Park |
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