2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Explained

Year:	2019
Dates:	11 May – 16 September 2018
Teams:	12
Connacht:	Galway
Munster:	Cork
Leinster:	Dublin
Ulster:	Donegal
Matches:	29
Team:	Dublin
Titles:	4th
Captain:	Sinéad Aherne
Manager:	Mick Bohan
Team2:	Galway
Captain2:	Tracey Leonard
Manager2:	Tim Rabbitt
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 46th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.^{[1] [2]}

It was won by Dublin, who defeated Galway in the final.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Competition format

Provincial championships

Connacht, Leinster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. All matches are knockout.

In Munster there are three teams in the provincial championship. They play each other in a round-robin phase, with two teams progressing to the final.

All-Ireland

Group stageThe 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams.

Knockout stageThe winners of each group and the runners-up compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow.

Provincial championships

Connacht Championship

Connacht Final Replay

Leinster Championship

Leinster Final

Munster Championship

Group stage

Games take place on 11 May, 25 May, and 1 June 2019.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
	2	2	0	0	6	+40
	2	1	0	1	3	–19
	2	0	0	2	0	–21

Munster Final

Ulster Championship

Ulster Final

All-Ireland Group Stage

Key to colours

	Advance to All-Ireland quarter-finals
	Relegation playoffs
	Exempt from relegation (provincial champions)

All-Ireland Group Stage

The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams, with each group containing one provincial champion, one provincial finalist, and one other team.

Three group points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The winners and runners-up in each group compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Group games take place 13–28 July 2019.

Group 4

All-Ireland Knockout

All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

Each of the four winners from the group stage play one of the four runners-up.^[7]

All-Ireland final

See main article: 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final.

Relegation play-offs

The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoffs. Note that the provincial champions are exempt from relegation.

The losers of the relegation play-offs play in the 2020 intermediate championship.

are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Master Fixture Plan.
2. Web site: The Southern Star - Cork youth is taking its chance. The Southern Star.
3. Web site: Dublin grind down Galway to seal three-in-a-row. www.rte.ie. 15 September 2019. 19 September 2019.
4. Web site: Dublin secure the three-in-a-row in front of a record crowd. www.irishtimes.com. 15 September 2019. 22 September 2019.
5. Web site: Dublin v Galway - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 20 September 2019. 15 September 2019.
6. Web site: History made as Dublin seal third All-Ireland title in-a-row after dogged battle. www.the42.ie. 15 September 2019. 15 September 2019.
7. 1155202198239924224. LadiesFootball. Here's the quarter-final line-up for the @SportTG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship: @CorkLGFA v @TyroneLGFA (TBC… . 27 July 2019.