2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Header1:Championship details
Label2:Dates
Label3:Teams
Header4:All-Ireland Champions
Label5:Winning team
Data5:Tyrone (7th win)
Label6:Captain
Label7:Manager
Header8:All-Ireland Finalists
Label9:Losing team
Data9:Mayo
Label10:Captain
Label11:Manager
Header12:Provincial Champions
Label13:Munster
Data13:Kerry
Label14:Leinster
Data14:Meath
Label15:Ulster
Data15:Tyrone
Label16:Connacht
Data16:Mayo

The 2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Roscommon in the Connacht semi-final.

On 27 September 2008, Tyrone won the championship following a 1-20 to 1-15 defeat of Mayo in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their first title in four championship seasons.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Rod-Robin

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Minor Football Championship

Rob-Robin

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Rob-Robin

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Notes and References

  1. News: All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour. RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2011. 19 November 2012.