GAA Football All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Peile Fé-20 B na hÉireann |
Code | Gaelic football |
Founded | 2024 |
Region | Ireland (GAA) |
Trophy | Liam Connor Cup |
No. of teams | 4 |
Title holders | ![]() |
Sponsors | EirGrid |
Official website | http://www.gaa.ie/ |
The GAA Football All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the second tier inter-county Gaelic football competition for male players between the ages of 17 and 20 in Ireland.
Teams that are eliminated from the early provincial stages of the GAA Football All-Ireland Under-20 Championship qualify for this championship. Four teams currently participate.
The final serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the spring months, and the results determine which team receives the cup. The All-Ireland Championship is played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.
The All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was created in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board. [1] Various formats were used in the provincial competitions, however, the All-Ireland series was confined to the four provincial champions. A restructuring of the various provincial championships in 2024 resulted in the creation of Tier 2 competitions for teams who failed to make the latter stages of their provincial series. [2] [3] [4] [5] The four respective provincial Tier 2 champions qualify for the Tier 2 All-Ireland series of games.
Province | Championship | Team progressing |
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Connacht | Connacht Under-20 B Football Championship | Champions |
Leinster | Leinster Under-20 B Football Championship | Champions |
Munster | Munster Under-20 B Football Championship | Champions |
Ulster | Ulster Under-20 B Football Championship | Champions |
There are four teams in the All-Ireland Championship. During the course of a championship season three games are played comprising two semi-finals and a final. The championship is played as a single-elimination tournament. Each game is played as a single leg.
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Venue | Captain | |||
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County | Score | County | Score | ||||
2024 | Down | 1-10 | Westmeath | 0-10 | Páirc Tailteann | Finn Murdock |
County | Title(s) | Runners-up | Winning years | Losing years |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 2024 | — |
![]() | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 |
Province | Winners | Runners-up | Total |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |