2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Dates14 July - 16 July 2023
Teams4
Champions Colors of New York.svg New York (1st title)
Danny Corcoran (captain)
Johnny McGeeney (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
Jim Culleton & Mick Kenny (captain)
Christy Walsh (manager)
2022 (Previous)(Next) 2024

The 2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.[ citation needed ] The championship ran from 14 July to 16 July 2023.[ citation needed ]

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Kilkenny were the defending champions. [1] [2]

New York won the 2023 title. [3] It was their first ever championship in football and their first piece of silverware since winning the 1966–67 National Football League.[ citation needed ]

Format

Since 2022, the All-Ireland Junior Championship has been 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

General Information

Nine counties will compete in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

County Last Provincial TitleLast Championship TitlePosition in 2022 Championship
Colours of Donegal.svg Gloucestershire 2008Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 2018 2022 Champions
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire 2016Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Colours of London.svg London 20221995Semi-finals
Colors of New York.svg New York Runners-up
Colours of Fingal.svg Scotland 2019Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 2021Semi-finals
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)

Personnel and kits

County ManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor
Colours of Donegal.svg Gloucestershire
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire
Colours of London.svg London
Colors of New York.svg New York
Colours of Fingal.svg Scotland
Colours of Warwickshire.svg WarwickshireCharlie O’DonnellIndustria
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire

Provincial Championships

All-Britain Junior Football Championship

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire33006-414-12+356Advance to semi-finals
2 Colours of Limerick.svg London 32016-304-27+94
3 Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire 31024-294-35-62
4 Colours of Fingal.svg Scotland 30033-147-40-380
Round 1 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 2–12 — 0–07 Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire
Round 1 Colours of Limerick.svg London 2–12 — 1–04 Colours of Fingal.svg Scotland
Round 2 Scotland 1-08 - 3-11 Lancashire
Round 2 London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
Round 3 Scotland 1-02 - 2-17 Warwickshire
Round 3 London 1-15 - 1-11 Lancashire

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire 22006-140-05+272Advance to semi-finals
2 Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire 10010-056-14-270
3 Colours of Kerry.svg Gloucestershire 10010-000-00+00
Round 1 Hertfordshire w/o - scr Gloucestershire
Round 2 Yorkshire 0-05 - 6-14 Hertfordshire
Round 3 Gloucestershire v Yorkshire

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals Final
      
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 2-10
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire 0-09
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 1-18
Colours of London.svg London 1-15
Colours of London.svg London 2-18
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire 1-15

Semi-finals

28 MaySemi-finals Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 2–10 — 0–09 Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire
28 MaySemi-finals Colours of London.svg London 2–18 — 1–15 Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire

Final

Final Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 Colours of London.svg London

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
      
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1-13
Colours of London.svg London 0-15
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1-09
Colors of New York.svg New York 0-13
Colors of New York.svg New York 1-07
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 0-07

All-Ireland semi-finals

14 July 2023Semi-final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1-13 - 0-15 Colours of London.svg London Sports Campus Ireland
14 July 2023Semi-final Colors of New York.svg New York 1-07 - 0-07 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Sports Campus Ireland

All-Ireland final

16 July 2023Final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1-09 – 0-13 Colors of New York.svg New York Croke Park
Mick Kenny 1-2 (0-2f), James Carroll 0-3 (0-1f), Mick Malone 0-1, Conor Hennessy 0-1, Ciaran Quilty 0-1, Rory Monks 0-1. Report Shay McElligot 0-6 (0-4f), Conor Mathers 0-3, Thomas Shalvey 0-1, CJ Molloy 0-1 (0-1f), Emmet Loughran 0-1, Brian Coughlan 0-1.Referee: David Murnane (Cork)

Stadia and locations

County LocationProvinceStadiumCapacity
Neutral Dublin Leinster Croke Park 82,300
Blanchardstown Leinster Sports Campus Ireland
Colours of Donegal.svg Gloucestershire Gloucester Britain St Peter's Rugby Football Club
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire Watford Britain Glen Rovers Football Club
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny Kilkenny Leinster Nowlan Park 27,000
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire East Didsbury Britain Old Bedians
Colours of London.svg London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
Colors of New York.svg New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
Colours of Fingal.svg Scotland Glasgow Britain Tir Conaill Harps
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Solihull Britain Páirc na hÉireann
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire Leeds Britain John Charles Centre for Sport

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