2021 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2021
Championship details
Dates9 July – 5 September 2021
Teams13
All-Ireland champions
Winners Meath (1st win)
CaptainShauna Ennis
Manager Eamonn Murray
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Dublin
Captain Sinéad Aherne
ManagerMick Bohan
Provincial champions
Championship Statistics
Top Scorer Colours of Armagh.svg Aimee Mackin (4-28) (40 points)
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The 2021 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 48th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Dublin were the holders and were aiming to complete a five-in-a-row. [3] They met Meath, last year's intermediate champions, in the final. Meath won the final to record their first ever senior football title. [4]

Format

Group stage

The 13 teams are drawn into one group of four teams and three groups of three teams. Each team play each other team in its group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.

Relegation

The last-placed team in each group play off to decide relegation.

Knockout stage

The top two in each group progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Fixtures and results

Group games take place 9–24 July 2021.

Key to colours
    Advance to All-Ireland quarter-finals
    Relegation playoffs

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGroup
Points		Score
Difference
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 33009+33
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 32016–4
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 31023–13
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 30030–16

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGroup
Points		Score
Difference
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 22006+21
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 21013+12
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 20020–33

Group 3

TeamPldWDLGroup
Points		Score
Difference
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 22006+27
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 21013–4
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 20020–23

Group 4

TeamPldWDLGroup
Points		Score
Difference
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 22006+6
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 21013–1
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 20020–5

Relegation playoffs

14 August 2021
14:00 IST (UTC+1)
Relegation Semi-Final
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 0-07 – 2-16 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry
(HT: 0-04 - 2-07)
Mallow GAA Sports Complex , Mallow
Referee: Kevin Phelan (Laois)
21 August 2021
14:00 IST (UTC+1)
Relegation Semi-Final
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 2-11 – 0-14 (aet) Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone
(HT: 2-05 - 0-05)
St. Tiernach's Park , Clones
Referee: Siobhan Coyle (Donegal)
28 August 2021
14:00 IST (UTC+1)
Relegation Final
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 7-10 – 3-16 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone
(HT: 5-3 - 0-10)
Kinnegad
Referee: Garryowen McMahon

Tyrone are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2022.

Finals

TG4
1 August 2021
14:00 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final 1
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 1-14 – 3-15 Colours of Meath.svg Meath
(HT: 0-06 - 2-07)
St Tiernach’s Park, Clones
Referee: Brendan Rice
TG4
1 August 2021
15:30 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final 2
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 0-14 – 0-08 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford
(HT: 0-10 - 0-05)
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill
TG4
2 August 2021
13:45 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final 3
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-11 – 1-15 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
(HT: 0-05 - 1-10)
MacHale Park
Referee: Maggie Farrelly
TG4
2 August 2021
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final 4
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 2-12 – 2-07 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal
(HT: 1-06 - 2-02)
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Referee: Shane Curley
TG4
14 August 2021
15:45 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-Final
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 1-17 – 2-09 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
(HT: 1-10 - 2-01)
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill
TG4
15 August 2021
15:30 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-Final
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2-10 – 2-12 (a.e.t) Colours of Meath.svg Meath
(HT: 0-04 - 0-04)
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: Jonathan Murphy
TG4
5 September 2021
16:15 IST (UTC+1)
All-Ireland Final
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1-11 – 0-12 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
(HT: 1-08 - 0-06)
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: Brendan Rice (Down)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2021 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship Fixtures announced". 3 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Ladies SFC: All you need to know". 9 July 2021 – via www.rte.ie.
  3. ↑ Watters, Andy (21 May 2021). "Tyrone to face five in-a-row chasing Dublin in Ladies' All-Ireland Championships group stage". The Irish News.
  4. ↑ Branigan, Peter (5 September 2021). "Meath the champions after stunning Dublin at Croke Park" – via www.rte.ie.
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