2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	25 May – 5 August 2018
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kildare (2nd win)
Captain	Aaron Masterson
Manager	Davy Burke
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Captain	Ryan O'Donoghue
Manager	Mike Solan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Jimmy Hyland
← 2017 (Under-21) 2019 →

The 2018 Inter-County Under 20 Football Championship was the 55th edition of the competition, and the first since the competition was re-graded from Under 21 to Under 20. It was sponsored by Eirgrid, and known as the EirGrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship for sponsorship purposes. 31 counties played in the tournament (Kilkenny did not participate). The competition began with a preliminary round game in Ulster on 25 May 2018, and ended with the final on 5 August 2018.

Competition format

Player eligibility

Players under 20 years of age cannot play for a county's senior and under-20 championship teams. This rule was introduced to prevent player burnout and to allow the senior and under-20 championships to be scheduled in the same summer months with separate panels of players. If an under-20 player plays for a county's senior championship team, he is ineligible to play for their under-20 team.

This rule results in some county under-20 county teams playing without their best under-20 footballers. For example, Sean O'Shea and David Clifford played for the Kerry senior championship team in 2018 and therefore were not allowed to play for the Kerry under-20 team which meant that the under-20 team was weakened.

Provincial Championships format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Each province decides the format for their championship – the format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.

All-Ireland format

The four provincial winners meet in two semi-finals, with the winners of those matches playing in the All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship Final.

Provincial championships

Connacht Championship

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Final					Semi-Final					Final
											Galway		0-11
											Roscommon		1-11
						Roscommon		3-10
						Sligo		3-05
																Roscommon		1-06
																Mayo		3-16
											Mayo		1-24
											Leitrim		1-03

Connacht Quarter-Finals

2 June 2018 17:00 Quarter-Final	Roscommon	3-10 - 3-5	Sligo	Dr. Hyde Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
	Cian McKeon 2-2, Aidan Dowd 1-0, David McManus 0-3f, Brian Derwin 0-2, Aaron Brady (0-1f), Conor Shanagher, Paul Carey 0-1 each	Report	Red Óg Murphy 2-3 (0-1f), Barry Gorman 1-0, Joe McHugh (0-1f) and Ciaran O'Dowd 0-1 each

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Connacht Semi-Finals

9 June 2018 16:00 Semi-Final 1	Roscommon	1-11 - 0-11	Galway	Tuam Stadium, Tuam Referee: Eamon O'Grady
		Report

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9 June 2018 13:30 Semi-Final 2	Mayo	1-24 - 1-3	Leitrim	McHale Park Referee: Martin Flaherty
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Connacht Final

17 June 2018 12:00 Final	Roscommon	1-6 - 3-16	Mayo	Dr. Hyde Park

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Leinster Championship

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	3	3	0	0	67	38	+29	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Westmeath	3	2	0	1	53	50	+3	4	Advance to quarter-final
3	Wexford	3	1	0	2	48	51	−3	2
4	Longford	3	0	0	3	39	68	−29	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2018. Source: Leinster GAA
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.

Round 1

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Westmeath	2-12 - 1-12	Wexford	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)
	Sean Pettit 1-7 (0-4f), James Maxwell 1-0, John Tumulty 0-3f, Daniel Reid and Ben Cox 0-1 each		Darragh Lyons 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Jamie Meyler (0-2f) and Sean Nolan (0-1f) 0-4 each, Ivan Meegan 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Gavin Sheehan 0-1

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28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Dublin	2-21 - 0-11	Longford	Pearse Park Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)
	Dan O'Brien 1-9, Tom Keane 1-1, Cormac Howley, Sean Bugler, Ciaran Archer (0-1f, 1 '45) 0-3 each, James Madden and James Doran 0-1 each	Report	Tomas McGann 0-5f, Shane Farrell, Iarla O'Sullivan, Peter Lynn, Alan McKeon (0-1f), Rory Hawkins, Ruairi Harkin 0-1 each

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Round 2

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Dublin	2-16 - 1-13	Westmeath	Parnell Park Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Sean Bugler 1-4, James Doran 0-4 (0-1f), James Madden 1-0, Cormac Howley, Tom Keane (0-1f), Dan O'Brien 0-2 each, Sean Farrelly and Ciaran Archer (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Sean Pettit 1-6 (0-1f, 3 '45), John Tumulty (0-2f) and Tom Molloy 0-2 each, Gareth Carr, Adam Loughlin, Daniel Reid 0-1 each

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4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Wexford	3-13 - 2-9	Longford	Wexford Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Ivan Meegan 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Kyle Firman 0-4, Barry O'Connor 1-1, Robbie Brooks 1-0, Sean Nolan (0-2f) and Jamie Meyler 0-2 each, Mikey Dwyer and Cathal Devereux 0-1 each	Report	Joe Kelly 2-1, Alan McKeon (0-1f, 1 '45) and Thomas McGann (0-1f) 0-2 each, Ciaran McKeon, Iarla O'Sullivan, Rory Hawkins, Cian McElligott 0-1 each

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Round 3

16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Dublin	1-15 - 0-11	Wexford	Wexford Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Ross McGarry 1-2, Tom Keane 0-4, James Doran 0-3 (0-1f), Cormac Howley and Dan O'Brien (0-1 pen) 0-2 each, Sean Farrelly and Sean Bugler 0-1 each	Report	Ivan Meegan 0-4 (0-3f), Richie Waters, Kyle Firman, Cathal Devereux 0-2 each, Sean Nolan 0-1

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16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Westmeath	1-16 - 1-10	Longford	Pearse Park Referee: Patrick Coyle (Meath)
	Sean Pettit 0-6 (0-4f), Tom Molloy 1-2, Daniel Reid, Nigel Harte, James Maxwell 0-2 each, Adam Loughlin and Brian Kavanagh 0-1 each	Report	Ruairi Harkin 1-0, Rory Hawkins 0-3, Thomas McGann 0-2 (0-1f), Mark McCormack, Shane Farrell, Daire Duggan, Peter Lynn, Kyle Kenny 0-1 each

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Meath	3	3	0	0	70	41	+29	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Kildare	3	2	0	1	60	39	+21	4	Advance to quarter-final
3	Laois	3	1	0	2	48	55	−7	2
4	Wicklow	3	0	0	3	32	75	−43	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2018. Source: Leinster GAA
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.

Round 1

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Meath	6-16 - 1-9	Wicklow	Joule Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Sean Reilly 2-3, Darragh Campion and Conor Moriarty (0-1f) 1-2 each, Frank O'Reilly 1-1 (1-0 pen), Sean Ryan 1-0, Jordan Morris 0-4 (0-2f), Shane McDonnell 0-2, Adam Murphy and Conor O'Byrne (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Dan Kelly (f) 1-2, Gearoid Murphy 0-3f, Rory Stokes (0-1f), Matthew Kelly, Conor Byrne, Jack Bellamy 0-1 each

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28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Kildare	1-17 - 4-6	Laois	Newbridge Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
	Jimmy Hyland 1-6 (0-3f), Brian McLoughlin 0-6 (0-5f), Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (0-1f), Sam Doran, Niall Murphy, Darragh Ryan 0-1 each	Report	Diarmuid Whelan 2-3 (0-2f), Evan Lowry 2-1, James Kelly and Alan Kinsella 0-1 each

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Round 2

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Meath	2-11 - 1-13	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)
	Darragh Campion and Jordan Morris 1-1 each, James Conlon 0-4, Frank O'Reilly 0-3 (0-2f), Sean Reilly and Conor Moriarty 0-1 each	Report	Jimmy Hyland 1-3 (0-2f), Brian McLoughlin 0-4 (0-3f), Paddy Woodgate 0-2, Ruadhan Ó Giolláin, David Marnell, Sam Doran, Tony Archibold 0-1 each

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4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Laois	1-14 - 1-13	Wicklow	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)
	Diarmuid Whelan 1-7 (0-4f), Evan Lowry 0-3, Peter Kealy 0-2, James Kelly (0-1f) and Alan Kinsella 0-1 each	Report	Gearoid Murphy 0-5 (0-3f), Conor Byrne 1-0, Thomas Kearns and Adam McHugh 0-2 each, Fintan O'Shea, Robert Kelly, Dan Kelly, Matthew Kelly 0-1 each

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Round 3

16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Kildare	3-17 - 0-4	Wicklow	Newbridge Referee: Chris Dwyer (Offaly)
	Jimmy Hyland 0-12 (0-3f), Padraig Nash 2-0, Brian McLoughlin 1-1, Stephen Comerford, Jack Bambrick, Tony Archbold, Paddy Woodgate (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Dan Kelly 0-3 (0-2f), Conor Byrne 0-1f

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16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Meath	2-13 - 0-13	Laois	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)
	Ethan Devine 2-1, Darragh Campion and Conor Moriarty (0-3f) 0-3 each, Jason Scully, Frank O'Reilly (0-1f), James Conlon 0-2 each	Report	Diarmuid Whelan 0-7 (0-5f), Evan Lowry 0-2, Peter Kealy, Eoin Dunne, Alan Kinsella, Ronan Coffey 0-1 each

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Offaly	2	2	0	0	47	23	+24	4	Advance to quarter-final
2	Carlow	2	1	0	1	39	49	−10	2
3	Louth	2	0	0	2	34	48	−14	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2018. Source: Leinster GAA
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.

Round 1

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Offaly	2-19 - 1-10	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)
	Cian Johnson 1-7, Cian Farrell 0-6 (0-4f), Shane O'Brien 1-1, Jack Darcy 0-2, Sean Ibbotson, Kevin McDermott, Conor Dunne 0-1 each	Report	Conor Crowley 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Andrew Kehoe and Conor Doyle (0-1f) 0-2 each, Niall Roche and Cormac Lomax 0-1 each

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Round 2

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Carlow	5-11 - 3-15	Louth	Drogheda Park Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

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Round 3

June 2018		v

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Knockout stage

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Final					Semi-Final					Final
											Dublin		4-16
											Meath		2-10
																Dublin		0-10
																Kildare		1-15
						Kildare		4-19
						Carlow		0-08
											Kildare		3-14
											Offaly		2-05
						Offaly		1-17
						Westmeath		1-10

Leinster Quarter-Finals

22 June 2018 7:30 pm Quarter-Final	Kildare	4-19 - 0-8	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)
	Aaron Masterson 1-2, Jimmy Hyland 0-5 (0-2f), Paddy Woodgate (0-1f), Shane O'Sullivan, Niall Murphy 1-1 each, Padraig Nash 0-3 (0-1f), DJ Early (0-1f, 1 '45) and Sam Doran 0-2 each, Darragh Ryan and Jack Barrett (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Conor Crowley 0-3 (0-1f), Niall Roche, Cian Doyle, Conor Doyle (0-1f), Robbie Kane 0-1 each

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23 June 2018 3:00 pm Quarter-Final	Offaly	1-17 - 1-10	Westmeath	O'Connor Park Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)
	Cian Farrell 0-8 (0-7f, 1 '45), Cian Johnson 0-4, Jack Darcy 1-0, Shane O’Brien 0-2 (1f), Pa Robilliard, Dan Wyer, Conor Dunne 0-1 each	Report	Brian Kavanagh 1-4, Conor Dillon 0-2, Adam Loughlin, John Tumulty, Daniel Reid, Sean Pettit (0-1f)

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Leinster Semi-Finals

29 June 2018 7:30 pm Semi-Final 1	Kildare	3-14 - 2-5	Offaly	O'Connor Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Brian McLoughlin 2-2, Padraig Nash and Jimmy Hyland (0-1f) 0-3 each, Paddy Woodgate 1-0, Stephen Comerford, Ruadhán Ó’Giolláin, Aaron Masterson, Tony Archbold, Cian Costigan, Niall Murphy 0-1 each	Report	Conor Dunne 1-1, Kevin McDermott 1-0, Cian Johnson, Cian Farrell (0-1f), Jack Darcy, Robin Galbraith 0-1 each

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30 June 2018 7:30 pm Semi-Final 2	Dublin	4-16 - 2-10	Meath	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Tom Keane 0-7 (0-2f), Ross McGarry 1-4 (0-1f), James Doran 2-1, Karl Lynch Bissett 1-0, Sean Bugler 0-2, Cormac Howley and Dan O'Brien 0-1 each	Report	Jordan Morris 1-4 (0-3f), Frank O'Reilly 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Ethan Devine, James Conlon, Shane Walsh, Adam Kealy 0-1 each

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Leinster Final

6 July 2018 19:30 Final	Kildare	1-15 - 0-10	Dublin	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Jimmy Hyland (Ballyteague)
	Jimmy Hyland 0-8 (0-6f), Tony Archbold 1-1 (1-0 pen), Padraig Nash 0-3, Brian McLoughlin, Paddy Woodgate, Shane O’Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	Tom Keane 0-4 (0-1f), Sean Bugler 0-3, Cormac Howley, Ross McGarry, James Doran 0-1 each

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Munster Championship

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Final					Semi-Final					Final
											Clare		0-15
											Cork		1-16
						Cork		1-20
						Tipperary		0-08
																Cork		0-14
																Kerry		3-11
											Waterford		0-01
											Kerry		3-22
						Limerick		0-05
						Kerry		1-30

Munster Quarter-Finals

15 June 2018 19:30 Quarter-Final	Kerry	1-30 - 0-5	Limerick	Newcastle West Referee: James Bermingham (Cork)
	Fiachra Clifford 0-7 (0-3f), David Shaw 1-4 (0-1f), Donal O'Sullivan 0-6 (0-2f), Bryan Sweeney 0-4, Cormac Linnane and Brian Friel 0-3 each, Daniel O’Brien, Diarmuid O'Connor, Patrick Warren 0-1 each	Report	Rob Childs 0-2f, Lee Woulfe, Liam Kennedy, Adam Lacey 0-1 each

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16 June 2018 19:30 Quarter-Final	Cork	1-20 - 0-8	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry)
	Chris Og Jones 0-6 (0-1f, 2 '45), Matthew Bradley 0-4 (0-2f), Cillian Myers-Murray 1-1, Sean Walsh 0-3, Tadhg Corkery and Damien Gore 0-2 each, Aidan Browne and Cathal Maguire 0-1 each	Report	Jack Delahunty 0-3 each, Conal Kennedy 0-2, Ríain Quigley (0-1f), Ryan Lambe, Brian Fitzpatrick 0-1 each

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Munster Semi-Finals

22 June 2018 19:30 Semi-Final 1	Clare	v	Cork

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22 June 2018 19:30 Semi-Final 2	Waterford	v	Kerry

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Munster Final

Cork v Kerry

29 June 2018 (2018-06-29) 19:30 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Cork	0-14 (14)–(20) 3-11	Kerry
(HT: 0-09 – 1-06)
Pts: Chris Og Jones (7, 3f), Colm O'Callaghan (2), Mark Keane (2), Tadhg Corkery, Colm Barrett, Damien Gore		Gls: Mark Ryan (pen), David Shaw, Eddie Horan Pts: Donal O'Sullivan (4, 2f), Fiachra Clifford (2, 1f), Cormac Linnane (2), Sean O'Leary (2), Graham O'Sullivan

Austin Stack Park , Tralee Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)

Ulster Championship

The Ulster championship is organised on a random draw. All matches are straight knockout. The winners receive the Danny Murphy Cup which was commissioned in 2018 in honour of the former Ulster Chief Executive Officer and Secretary. ^[1]

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Final					Semi-Final					Final
						Fermanagh		0-10
						Armagh		2-14
											Armagh		2-22
											Tyrone		0-24
						Tyrone		0-17
						Monaghan		2-08
																Armagh		0-14
																Derry		2-15
						Down		4-15
						Antrim		3-13
											Down		2-15
											Derry		2-17
						Derry		0-16
	Donegal		2-21			Donegal		2-09
	Cavan		0-10

Ulster Preliminary Round

Donegal v Cavan

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)Preliminary round	Donegal	2-21 (27)–(10) 0-10	Cavan	Derry
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Celtic Park
				Referee: Paul McKeever (Antrim)

Ulster Quarter-Finals

Fermanagh v Armagh

25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)Quarter-Final A	Fermanagh	0-10 (10)–(20) 2-14	Armagh	Enniskillen
20:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Brewster Park
				Referee: Enda McFeely (Donegal)

Tyrone v Monaghan

25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)Quarter-Final B	Tyrone	0-17 (17)–(14) 2-08	Monaghan	Omagh
20:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Healy Park
				Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

Down v Antrim

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)Quarter-Final C	Down	4-15 (27)–(22) 3-13	Antrim	Newry
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly (Cavan)

Derry v Donegal

3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)Quarter-Final D	Derry	0-16 (16)–(15) 2-09	Donegal	Omagh
11:45 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Healy Park
				Referee: Anthony Marron (Monaghan)

Ulster Semi-Finals

Armagh v Tyrone

8 June 2018 (2018-06-08) 20:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 1

Armagh	2-22 (28)–(24) 0-24 (a.e.t.)	Tyrone
Note:A brawl occurred in the first period of extra time (two ten minutes played each way). The Central Competitions Control Committee imposed a suspension on ten Armagh players and seven Tyrone players. Armagh appealed the suspensions and eight of their ten players were cleared on the Friday before the final.

Athletic Grounds , Armagh Referee: Niall McKenna (Monaghan)

Down v Derry

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 2

Down	2-15 (21)–(23) 2-17	Derry

St Tiernach's Park , Clones Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)

Ulster Final

Derry v Armagh

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) 11:45 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Derry	2-15 (21)–(14) 0-14	Armagh
(HT: 0-08 – 0-06)
Gls: Brian Cassidy (2) Pts: Declan Cassidy (5), Lorcan McWilliams (5, 4f), Brian Cassidy (2), Ben McCarron (2), Oisin McWilliams		Pts: Ross McQuillan (6), Rian O’Neill (4, 3f), Conor O’Neill (2, 1f), Jason Duffy (2)

St. Tiernach's Park , Clones Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim)

All-Ireland

Semi-finals

Derry v Mayo

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14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 1

Report

Derry	2-11 (17)–(20) 2-14	Mayo
(HT: 2-03 – 1-07)
Gls: Oisin McWilliams, Callum Browne Pts: Lorcan McWilliams (5, 3f), Ben McCarron (2, 1f), Declan Cassidy, Conor Doherty ('45), Shea Downey, Brian Cassidy		Gls: Paul Lambert, Ryan O’Donoghue Pts: Ross Egan (5, 5f), Tommy Conroy (2), Oisin McLaughlin (2), John Gallagher (2), Paul Lambert, Evan O’Brien, Conor Diskin.

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada , Carrick-on-Shannon Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

Kildare v Kerry

TG4

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-Final 2

Report

Kildare	1-14 (17)–(16) 1-13	Kerry

Gaelic Grounds , Limerick Referee: James Molloy (Galway)

Final

Kildare v Mayo

TG4

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 13:15 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Kildare	1-18 (21)–(19) 1-16	Mayo

Croke Park , Dublin Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

References

1. "New 'Danny Murphy Cup' for Ulster Under 20 Football Winners". Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.