2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Dates8 July - 10 July 2022
Teams4
Champions Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny (1st title)
Mick Malone (captain)
Christy Walsh (manager)
Runners-up Colors of New York.svg New York
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored10 (3.33 per match)
Points scored55 (18.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Kilkenny.svg Mick Kenny(2-08)
2019 (Previous)(Next) 2023

The 2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is the 90th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. The championship is scheduled to run between 8 July 2022 and 10 July 2022.

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Kerry were the defending champions, however, they did not field a team because of a change in championship format. [1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 10 July 2022 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kilkenny and New York, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kilkenny won the match by 3-12 to 1-09 to claim their first ever championship title. [2] [3]

Kilkenny's Mick Kenny was the championship's top scorer with 2-08.

Format

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the All-Ireland Junior Championship returned with a new format confined to just four teams; New York, Kilkenny and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Football Championship. Prior to the change, the championship previously featured a provincial structure for all junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. [4]

Teams

TeamProvinceChampionship TitlesLast Championship TitleMethod of Qualification
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny Leinster 12022Automatic
Colours of London.svg London Britain 61986 All-Britain Junior Football Champions
Colours of New York.svg New York North America 0-Automatic
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Britain 0- All-Britain Junior Football Runners-Up

Results

Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
      
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 3-11
Colours of London.svg London 2-09
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 3-12
Colours of New York.svg New York 1-09
Colors of New York.svg New York 1-08
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 0-06

All-Ireland semi-finals

8 July 2022Semi-final Kilkenny 3-11 - 2-09 London Abbottstown COE
M Malone 2-3, M Kenny 1-4 (0-2f), J Holohan 0-1, R Monks 0-1, C Hennessy 0-1, S Stapleton 0-1. Report S Rafter 2-3 (0-2f), C Spinks 0-5 (0-3f), T Waters 0-1.Referee: K Faloon (Armagh)
8 July 2022Semi-final New York 1-08 - 0-06 Warwickshire Abbottstown COE
S McElligot 1-3 (0-1f), T Mathers 0-1, B Coughlan 0-1, P Cronin 0-1, B Cole 0-1 (45), K Loane 0-1. Report M McGettrick 0-3 (0-1f), N Gilbride 0-1, C Dowling 0-1 (0-1m), J Connolly 0-1 (0-1f).Referee: C Dourneen (Cavan)

All-Ireland final

10 July 2022Final Kilkenny 3-12 - 1-09 New York Croke Park
M Kenny 1-4 (4f), J Holohan 1-2, J Walsh 1-0, J Culleton 0-2, C Hennessy, K Blanchfield, S Kelly, E Phelan 0-1 each. Report B Coughlan 1-1 (0-1f), S McElligot 0-4 (4f), M Brosnan, Conor Mathers 0-2 each.Referee: B Tiernan (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Mick Kenny Kilkenny 2-081427.00
2Shay McElligott New York 1-071025.00
3Shay Rafter London 2-03919.00
Mick Malone Kilkenny 2-03924.50
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Mick Malone Kilkenny 2-039 London
Shay Rafter London 2-039 Kilkenny
3Mick Kenny Kilkenny 1-047 London
Mick Kenny Kilkenny 1-047 New York
5Shay McElligott New York 1-036Warwickshire
6Jamie Holohan Kilkenny 1-025 New York
Conor Spinks London 0-055 Kilkenny

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