2022 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition

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2022 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition
Tournament details
ProvinceConnacht
Year2022
Sponsor FBD
Date3–14 January 2022
Teams5
Defending champions Galway
Winners
Champions Galway (10th win)
Manager Pádraic Joyce
Captain Seán Kelly
Runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Manager Anthony Cunningham
Other
Matches played4
  2020
2023  

The 2022 FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated, but no college or university teams. All games took place at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence under the new air-supported dome, the first inter-county games to take place under a roof. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Galway were the winners. [5] [6]

Competition format

The competition is a straight knockout. Drawn games go to a golden score extra-time period. [7]

Fixtures

3 January 2022 (2022-01-03)Quarter-final Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg 1-21 (24)(20) 1-17 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Bekan  
18:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 1-10 – 1-10)Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
Report Referee: Thomas Murphy (Galway)
7 January 2022 (2022-01-07)Semi-final Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 0-13 (13)(17) 0-17 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Bekan  
18:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 0-07 – 0-10)Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
Report Referee: John Gilmartin (Sligo)
8 January 2022 (2022-01-08)Semi-final Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 3-23 (32)(21) 0-21 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Bekan  
18:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 1-13 – 0-09)Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
Report Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
14 January 2022 (2022-01-14)Final Galway Colours of Galway.svg 1-18 (21)(19) 1-16 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Bekan  
17:45 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 1-06 – 0-10)Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
Report Referee: John Gilmartin (Sligo)

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