The 2024 Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Football Championship was launched on Tuesday evening at the Box-It Athletic Grounds in Armagh.
The Championship will be played during the months of April and May, and will be organised in a ’round-robin’ format with a group of five and a group of four, with teams playing the other teams in their group once.
Section A: Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tyrone
Section B: Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry
There will be a National Tier 2 and Tier 3 knockout competitions for counties who do not progress to the latter stages of Provincial Championships.The top team in each group would progress to the Electric Ireland Ulster MFC Semi Finals. The second and third place teams would criss-cross and play each other in two Quarter Finals. The winners of these two Quarter-Finals would go into the Semi-Finals.
The two Quarter-Final losers would be eliminated from the Ulster Championship and enter the National Tier 2 competition at the Preliminary Quarter Final stage. The two teams that lose in Ulster Semi-Finals will go to National Tier 2 Quarter Finals.
Finally, the three teams that finished in fourth and fifth positions would be eliminated from the Ulster Championship and enter the National Tier 3 competition. The two provincial finalists will progress to the All-Ireland Tier 1 Quarter Finals.
2024 Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Minor Football Championship:
All Group Games at 12.00pm
Round 1 – Sat 6th April
Group A
Fear Manach V Dún na nGall at Brewster Park
Tír Eoghain V An Dún at Tyrone Venue
Group B
Ard Mhacha V Aontroim at Box-It Athletic Grounds
Doire V An Cabhán at Owenbeg
Round 2 – Sat 13th April
Group A
Dún na nGall V Tír Eoghain at Donegal Venue
Muineachán V Fear Manach at Clones
Round 3 – Sat 20th April
Group A
Muineachán V An Dún at Clones
Fear Manach V Tír Eoghain at Brewster Park
Group B
An Cabhán V Ard Mhacha at Kingspan Breffni
Aontroim V Doire at Dunsilly
Round 4 – Sat 27th April
Group A
Tír Eoghain V Muineachán at Tyrone Venue
An Dún V Dún na nGall at Páirc Esler
Round 5 – Sat 4th May
Group A
Dún na nGall V Muineachán at Donegal Venue
An Dún V Fear Manach at Páirc Esler
Group B
An Cabhán V Aontroim at Kingspan Breffni
Doire V Ard Mhacha at Owenbeg
Quarter Finals – Sat 11th May
(First named team has home advantage)
(1)Group A Runner Up V Third in Group B
(2)Group B Runner Up V Third in Group A
Semi Finals – Sat 18th May
(Repeat pairings to be avoided if possible. First named team has home advantage)
(1) Winner Section A V QF Winner
(2) Winner Section B V QF Winner
Final –
26th May
(1) Winner 1 V Winner 2
All-Ireland Quarter Finals on 8th/9th June
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