2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Dates14 July - 16 July 2023
Teams4
Champions New York (1st title)
Danny Corcoran (captain)
Johnny McGeeney (manager)
Runners-up Kilkenny
Jim Culleton & Mick Kenny (captain)
Christy Walsh (manager)
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The 2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is scheduled to be the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. The championship is scheduled to run from 14 July to 16 July 2023.

Kilkenny will be the defending champions.[1][2]

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.[3]

Teams

General Information

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

County Last Provincial Title Last Championship Title Position in 2022 Championship
Gloucestershire 2008 — Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Hertfordshire — — Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Kilkenny 2018 2022 Champions
Lancashire 2016 — Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)
London 2022 1995 Semi-finals
New York — — Runners-up
Scotland 2019 — Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)
Warwickshire 2021 — Semi-finals
Yorkshire — — Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor
Gloucestershire
Hertfordshire
Kilkenny
Lancashire
London
New York
Scotland
Warwickshire Charlie O’Donnell Industria
Yorkshire

Provincial Championships

All-Britain Junior Football Championship

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Qualification
1 Warwickshire 3 3 0 0 6-41 4-12 +35 6 Advance to semi-finals
2 London 3 2 0 1 6-30 4-27 +9 4
3 Lancashire 3 1 0 2 4-29 4-35 -6 2
4 Scotland 3 0 0 3 3-14 7-40 -38 0
Round 1 Warwickshire 2–12 — 0–07 Lancashire
Round 1 London 2–12 — 1–04 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

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Qualification
1 Hertfordshire 2 2 0 0 6-14 0-05 +27 2 Advance to semi-finals
2 Yorkshire 1 0 0 1 0-05 6-14 -27 0
3 Gloucestershire 1 0 0 1 0-00 0-00 +0 0
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
      
Warwickshire 2-10
Hertfordshire 0-09
Warwickshire 1-18
London 1-15
London 2-18
Lancashire 1-15

Semi-finals

28 May Semi-finals Warwickshire 2–10 — 0–09 Hertfordshire
28 May Semi-finals London 2–18 — 1–15 Lancashire

Final

Final Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
      
Kilkenny 1-13
London 0-15
Kilkenny 1-09
New York 0-13
New York 1-07
Warwickshire 0-07

All-Ireland semi-finals

14 July 2023 Semi-final Kilkenny 1-13 - 0-15 London Sports Campus Ireland
14 July 2023 Semi-final New York 1-07 - 0-07 Warwickshire Sports Campus Ireland

All-Ireland final

16 July 2023 Final Kilkenny 1-09 – 0-13 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 Location Province Stadium Capacity
Neutral Dublin Leinster Croke Park 82,300
Blanchardstown Leinster Sports Campus Ireland
Gloucestershire Gloucester Britain St Peter's Rugby Football Club
Hertfordshire Watford Britain Glen Rovers Football Club
Kilkenny Kilkenny Leinster Nowlan Park 27,000
Lancashire East Didsbury Britain Old Bedians
London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
Scotland Glasgow Britain Tir Conaill Harps
Warwickshire Solihull Britain Páirc na hÉireann
Yorkshire Leeds Britain John Charles Centre for Sport

Championship statistics

Scoring events

  • Widest winning margin: 27 points
    • Yorkshire - 0-5 - 6-14 - Hertfordshire
  • Most goals in a match: 6
    • Yorkshire - 0-5 - 6-14 - Hertfordshire
  • Most points in a match: 33
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 6
    • Yorkshire - 0-5 - 6-14 - Hertfordshire
  • Most points by one team in a match: 18
  • Highest aggregate score: 42 points
  • Lowest aggregate score: 17 points
    • New York 1-07 - 0-07 Warwickshire (Semi-finals)

Miscellaneous

  • New York win their first ever championship in football and this was their first piece of silverware since winning the 1966–67 National Football League.
  • The British final was contested between London and Warwickshire for the 3rd year in a row.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kilkenny crowned All-Ireland JFC champions". RTÉ Sport. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "History Makers: Kilkenny crowned All-Ireland Junior Football champions following emphatic victory against New York". Scoreline website. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "The GAA Football All-Ireland Junior Championship takes place this weekend between Warwickshire, New York, London, and Kilkenny". The Irish Post. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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