2022 Meath Intermediate Football Championship

96th Meath Intermediate Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Meath
Province	Leinster
Year	2022
Trophy	Mattie McDonnell Cup
Sponsor	Meade Potato
Date	7 July 2022 - 15 October 2022
Teams	18
Defending champions	Trim
Winners
Champions	Dunshaughlin (3rd win)
Manager	Richie Kealy
Runners-up
Runners-up	Duleek/Bellewstown
Manager	Joe Sheridan
Other
Matches played	42
Website	Meath GAA
←  2021 2023  →

The 2022 Meath Intermediate Football Championship was the 96th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for Intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 18 teams and started with a group stage before progressing to a knock out stage. The winner will^{[ needs update ]} represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.

Trim were the 2021 Meath Intermediate Football Champions after they defeated Oldcastle in the final. ^[1] As a result, after competing at Intermediate level since 2012, they will^{[ needs update ]} compete in the 2022 Meath Senior Football Championship.

Dunshaughlin were relegated from the Senior Football Championship in 2021 after competing in the Senior Football Championship since 1998 and winning three Meath Senior Football Championships and one Leinster Senior Club Football Championship in that time. St. Vincent's were promoted to the I.F.C. after beating Dunsany in the 2021 Meath Junior Football Championship final. ^[2] Syddan, Ballinlough and Moylagh were relegated to the 2022 Meath Junior Football Championship.

The draw for the group stages of the championship took place on 9 May 2022 with the games commencing on 7 July 2022.

On 15 October 2022, Dunshaughlin beat Duleek/Bellewstown by 0-17 to 0-7 to win the Mattie McDonnell Cup for the third time in their history and return to the senior ranks having only been relegated the previous season. ^[3]

Championship structure

The championship consisted of four groups, two containing four teams and two containing five teams. The top two teams in each group progressed to the knockout stages while the bottom team in each group contested the relegation playoffs.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2021 championship season:^{[ citation needed ]}

From I.F.C. Promoted to 2022 S.F.C. Trim - (Intermediate Champions) Relegated to 2022 Meath Junior Football Championship Syddan Ballinlough Moylagh

To I.F.C. Relegated from 2021 S.F.C. Dunshaughlin Promoted from 2021 J.F.C. St. Vincent's - (Junior 'A' Champions)

Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2022 Meath Intermediate Football Championship were:

Club	Location	Management	2021 Championship Position	2022 Championship Position
Ballivor	Ballivor	Sean Corrigan	Preliminary Quarter-Finalist	Non-Qualifier
Bective	Navan	Kevin Dowd	Non Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
Blackhall Gaels	Batterstown and Kilcloon	Ronan Loftus	Quarter-Finalist	Non-Qualifier
Clann na nGael	Athboy and Rath Cairn		Preliminary Quarter-Finalist	Relegated to 2023 JFC
Dunshaughlin	Dunshaughlin	Richie Kealy	Relegated from 2021 SFC	Champions
Drumbaragh Emmets	Drumbaragh, Kells	David Wright	Non Qualifier	Relegation Playoff
Duleek/Bellewstown	Duleek & Bellewstown	Joe Sheridan	Quarter-Finalist	Runners-up
Dunderry	Dunderry		Quarter-Finalist	Semi-Finalist
Kilmainham	Kilmainham, Kells	John Tiernan	Relegation Playoff	Relegated to 2023 JFC
Longwood	Longwood		Non-Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
Meath Hill	Meath Hill	Martin McGovern	Non-Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
Nobber	Nobber	Patrick Bates	Quarter-Finalist	Semi-Finalist
Oldcastle	Oldcastle	Jude McNabb	Finalists	Quarter-Finalist
Rathkenny	Rathkenny & Stackallan	Paul McManus	Semi-Finalist	Quarter-Finalist
St. Michael's	Carlanstown & Kilbeg		Non Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
St. Patrick's	Stamullen	Ronan Kearns & Daithí White	Relegation Playoff	Quarter-Finalist
St. Vincent's	Ardcath	Hugh Durrigan	2021 JFC Champions	Relegated to 2023 JFC
Walterstown	Johnstown	Neil Reynolds	Semi-Finalist	Quarter-Finalist

Group stage

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There are four groups, with Groups A & B containing 4 teams each and Groups C & D containing 5 teams each. The top two teams in each group automatically qualify for the quarter-finals.

As in 2021, three teams will^{[ needs update ]} be relegated from IFC to JFC in 2022 in order to bring the IFC from 20 teams to 16 teams in 2023. In 2022, the last placed teams in each group (four teams in total) will^{[ needs update ]} be randomly drawn into the relegation semi-finals. The relegation final winner stays in IFC - and the other 3 teams are relegated to the JFC.

Tiebreakers: If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria would be applied:

All Football Championships and Leagues shall be run on a combination of a league and knockout basis under Rule 6.21 T.O. Where teams finish equal with points for qualification or relegation process for concluding stages, the positioning shall be decided as follows;

• (i) Where three teams are involved - the outcome of the meetings of the three teams in their previous games in the competition. If three teams finish level on points for three places and one team has beaten the other two teams that team qualifies in first place and other places are determined by the specified order. If there are two positions and one team has beaten the other two teams that team qualifies and the second place is determined by the specified order. If there is one position and one team has beaten the other two team that team qualifies;
• (ii) Where two teams are involved - the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the previous game in the competition;
• (iii) Scoring Difference;
• (iv) Highest total scores for;
• (v) A play-off.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Oldcastle 3 2 1 0 56 38 +18 4 Walterstown 3 2 1 0 53 40 +13 4 St. Michael's 3 2 1 0 44 38 +6 4 St. Vincent's 3 0 3 0 24 61 -37 0

Round 1 Oldcastle 3-6, 0-17 Walterstown, Kells, 6/8/2022 [6] [7] St. Michael's 1-10, 0-9 St. Vincent's, Seneschalstown, 7/8/2022 [8] Round 2 St. Vincent's 1-5, 3-15 Oldcastle, Trim, 21/8/2022 Walterstown 0-12, 2-12 St. Michael's, Kells, 21/8/2022 [9] [10] Round 3 Walterstown 4-12, 0-7 St. Vincent's, Ratoath, 4/9/2022 [11] St. Michael's v Oldcastle, Kells, 4/9/2022 [12] [13]

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Nobber 3 2 1 0 51 58 -7 4 Dunderry 3 2 1 0 46 34 +12 4 Longwood 3 1 2 0 48 49 -1 2 Drumbaragh Emmets 3 1 2 0 53 57 -4 2

Round 1 Drumbaragh 1-14, 5-11 Longwood, Kildalkey, 6/8/2022 [14] Nobber 2-12, 1-13 Dunderry, Bohermeen, 7/8/2022 [15] Round 2 Longwood 0-14, 3-9 Nobber, Bective, 20/8/2022 [16] Dunderry 1-13, 0-8 Drumbaragh, Carnaross, 21/8/2022 Round 3 Dunderry 0-14, 0-8 Longwood, Rathmolyon, 3/9/2022 [17] Drumbaragh 4-16, 2-9 Nobber, Carlanstown, 3/9/2022

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Dunshaughlin 4 4 0 0 87 31 +56 8 St. Patrick's 4 3 1 0 65 56 +9 6 Bective 4 2 2 0 51 66 -15 4 Blackhall Gaels 4 1 3 0 47 66 -19 2 Kilmainham 4 0 4 0 48 79 -31 0

Round 1 St. Patrick's 0-11, 0-8 Blackhall Gaels, Dunsany, 8/7/2022 Kilmainham 0-7, 1-11 Bective, Páirc Tailteann, 10/7/2022 [18] Round 2 Bective 0-8, 3-10 St. Patrick's, Slane, 22/7/2022 Dunshaughlin 1-17, 1-7 Kilmainham, Walterstown, 23/7/2022 [19] Round 3 St. Patrick's 1-9, 2-18 Dunshaughlin, Ashbourne, 5/7/2022 [20] Blackhall Gaels 2-10, 4-9 Bective, Dunsany, 7/8/2022 [21] [22] Round 4 Dunshaughlin 1-16, 0-1 Blackhall Gaels, Moynalvey, 20/8/2022 [23] Kilmainham 0-16, 3-14 St. Patrick's, Walterstown, 21/8/2022 Round 5 Blackhall Gaels 4-10, 1-12 Kilmainham, Walterstown, 3/9/2022 Bective 1-5, 4-12 Dunshaughlin, Dunsany, 3/9/2022 [24]

Group D

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Duleek/Bellewstown 4 3 1 0 88 66 +22 6 Rathkenny 4 3 1 0 77 53 +24 6 Meath Hill 4 2 2 0 58 65 -7 4 Ballivor 4 1 3 0 65 72 -7 2 Clann na nGael 4 1 3 0 58 90 -32 2

Round 1 Rathkenny 2-14, 1-7 Ballivor, Dunderry, 7/7/2022 [25] Clann na nGael 1-10, 2-23 Duleek/Bellewstown, Seneschalstown, 7/7/2022 [26] Round 2 Ballivor 3-14, 1-9 Clann na nGael, Boardsmill, 22/7/2022 [27] Meath Hill 2-4, 1-12 Rathkenny, Páirc Tailteann, 23/7/2022 Round 3 Duleek/Bellewstown 3-15, 2-11 Ballivor, Walterstown, 5/8/2022 [28] Clann na nGael 4-9, 0-15 Meath Hill, Kilmainham, 7/8/2022 Round 4 Meath Hill 2-11, 1-11 Duleek/Bellewstown, Páirc Tailteann, 21/8/2022 [29] Rathkenny 2-17, 2-6 Clann na nGael, Páirc Tailteann, 21/8/2022 Round 5 Duleek/Bellewstown 4-9, 2-13 Rathkenny, Slane, 4/9/2022 Ballivor 1-12, 2-10 Meath Hill, Páirc Tailteann, 4/9/2022

Knock-out stage

The top two teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals. Quarter-final pairings were drawn with one group winner and one 2nd placed team in each pair with no repeat pairings from group stages. Semi-final pairings were determined by an open draw. The draw for the quarter-finals and Semi-finals took place on 5 September 2022. ^[30]

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Nobber		3-8
	Walterstown		0-16
						Nobber		0-10
						Dunshaughlin		2-19
	Dunshaughlin		1-12
	Rathkenny		1-9
											Dunshaughlin		0-17
											Duleek/Bellewstown		0-7
	Duleek/Bellewstown		1-11 (Pens)
	St. Patrick's		2-8
						Duleek/Bellewstown		4-17
						Dunderry		0-7
	Oldcastle		1-9
	Dunderry		2-8

Quarter-finals

Nobber v Walterstown

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17)Quarter-final 1	Nobber	3-8 (17)–(16) 0-16	Walterstown	Kells
17:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0-2 - 0-11)
		Report

Oldcastle v Dunderry

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18)Quarter-final 2	Oldcastle	1-9 (12)–(14) 2-8	Dunderry	Kilmainham
13:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1-2 - 1-4)

Duleek/Bellewstown v St. Patrick's

16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)Quarter-final 3	Duleek/Bellewstown	1-11 (14)–(14) 2-8 (a.e.t.) (6-5 pen)	St. Patrick's	Ashbourne
20:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1-4 - 0-3)
		Report
		Penalty shootout

Dunshaughlin v Rathkenny

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17)Quarter-final 4	Dunshaughlin	1-12 (15)–(12) 1-9	Rathkenny	Navan
17:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0-5 - 1-3)		Venue: Páirc Tailteann

Semi-finals

Dunshaughlin v Nobber

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)Semi-final 1	Dunshaughlin	2-19 (25)–(10) 0-10	Nobber	Navan
14:30 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1-8 - 0-6)		Venue: Páirc Tailteann
		Report

Duleek/Bellewstown v Dunderry

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)Semi-final 2	Duleek/Bellewstown	4-17 (29)–(7) 0-7	Dunderry	Navan
16:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Tailteann
		Report

Final

Dunshaughlin v Duleek/Bellewstown

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)Final	Dunshaughlin	0-17 (17)–(7) 0-7	Duleek/Bellewstown	Navan
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0-10 - 0-3)		Venue: Páirc Tailteann
		Report

Relegation play-off

Three teams will^{[ needs update ]} be relegated from the 2022 IFC. The last placed team in each group will^{[ needs update ]} contest the relegation playoffs. Each team was randomly drawn into relegation semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will^{[ needs update ]} contest the relegation final. The winner of the relegation final will^{[ needs update ]} preserve their intermediate status while the losers of the semi-finals and final will^{[ needs update ]} be relegated to the 2023 JFC. ^[5] The draw for the Relegation Semi-finals took place on 5 September 2022. ^[30]

Relegation semi-finals

Clann na nGael v Kilmainham

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17)Relegation Semi-final 1	Clann na nGael	1-24 (27)–(23) 4-11	Kilmainham	Bohermeen
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Seán Newman Park

Drumbaragh v St. Vincent's

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18)Relegation Semi-final 2	Drumbaragh	4-10 (22)–(13) 0-13	St. Vincent's	Bective
12:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0-7 - 0-5)

Relegation final

Clann na nGael v Drumbaragh

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)Relegation Final	Clann na nGael	0-15 (15)–(16) 1-13	Drumbaragh
12:00 IST (UTC+1)

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