Cork Junior C Football Championship

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Cork Junior C Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 Cork Junior C Football Championship
Irish Craobh Peile Shóisearach C Chorcaí
Code Gaelic football
Founded2016;9 years ago (2016)
Region Colours of Cork.svg Cork (GAA)
No. of teams10
Title holders Colours of Kilkenny.svg Lismire (1st title)
Most titles Colours of Cork.svg Lough Rovers (2 titles)
Sponsors Bon Secours
Official website Cork GAA

The Cork Junior C Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior C Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JCFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior clubs in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the eight tier overall in the entire Cork football championship system.

Contents

The Cork Junior C Championship was introduced in 2016. In its current format, the championship is completed over the course of ten weeks. Unlike the Cork Junior A Football Championship, it is a countywide competition not limited to divisional champions. The championship includes a round robin followed by a knockout stage, which culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn.

The competition has been won by 7 teams, 1 of which have won it more than once. Lough Rovers are the most successful team in the competition's history, having won it 2 times. Lismire are the title holders, defeating Ballinacurra by 2–09 to 0–13 in the 2023 final.

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into one group of four and two groups of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: The eight qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The four winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Teams

2024 Teams

TeamLocationDivisionColoursIn championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Kerry.svg Abbey Rovers Castletownroche Avondhu Green and gold202312018
Colours of Limerick.svg Ballinacurra Ballinacurra Imokilly Green and white20210—
Colours of Galway.svg Freemount Freemount Duhallow Maroon and white20170—
Colours of Antrim.svg Grange Grange Avondhu Yellow and white20230—
Colours of Clare.svg Gleann Na Laoi Kerry Pike Muskerry Yellow and blue20160—
Colours of Cork.svg Lough Rovers Carrigrohane Seandun Red and white202322020
Colours of Laois.svg RathpeaconRathpeacon Seandun Blue and white20190—
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Rochestown Rochestown Seandun Black and amber20220—
Flag of Naples.svg St John's Kilcorney Duhallow Red and amber202112019

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up#
ClubScoreClubScore
2025 Castlelyons 3-09 Rochestown 1-10
2024 Ballinacurra 3-11 Grange 1-12
2023 Lismire 2-09 Ballinacurra 0-13 [1]
2022Ballyphehane4-09 Freemount 0-06 [2]
2021 Araglen 4-09 Lismire 0-09 [3]
2020 Lough Rovers 2–13 Freemount 1-06 [4]
2019 St John's 2-09Ballyphehane1-05
2018 Abbey Rovers 0–13 Freemount 0–11
2017 Lough Rovers 2-07 St John's 0-09
2016 Goleen 1–13 Abbey Rovers 3-05

Roll of Honour

By club

#TeamTitlesRunners-upChampionships wonChampionships runner-up
1 Colours of Cork.svg Lough Rovers 202017, 2020—
2 Colours of Kerry.svg Abbey Rovers 1120182016
Flag of Naples.svg St John's 1120192017
Colours of Laois.svg Ballyphehane1120222019
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Lismire 1120232021
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Goleen 102016—
Colours of Limerick.svg Araglen 102021—
8 Colours of Galway.svg Freemount 03—2018, 2020, 2022
Colours of Laois.svg Ballinacurra 01—2023

By Division

DivisionTitlesRunners-UpTotal
Colours of Cork.svg Seandun 314
Duhallow.png Duhallow 257
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Avondhu 213
Colours of Wexford.svg Carbery 101
Colours of Cork.svg Imokilly 011
Colours of Cork.svg Beara 000
Colours of Cork.svg Carrigdhoun 000
Colours of Limerick.svg Muskerry 000

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lismire capture Junior C title after tight tussle with Ballinacurra". The Echo . 14 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "2022".
  3. ↑ "2021".
  4. ↑ "2020".
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