2022 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 19 March - 8 July 2022 |
| Teams: | 31 |
| Connacht: | Mayo |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Leinster: | Dublin |
| Ulster: | Tyrone |
| Poty: | Tomás Farthing |
| Team1: | Galway |
| Titles: | 7th |
| Captain: | Jack Lonergan
Éanna Monaghan |
| Manager: | Alan Glynn |
| Team2: | Mayo |
| Captain2: | Diarmuid Duffy
Ronan Clarke |
| Manager2: | Seán Deane |
| Matches: | 66 |
| Topscorer: | Ronan Clarke (3-43) |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929. The championship began on 19 March 2022 and ended on 8 July 2022.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten in all three of their group stage games in the Leinster Championship.[1] [2]
The All-Ireland final was played on 8 July 2022 at Dr. Hyde Park in Roscommon, between Galway and Mayo, in what was their first ever meeting in an All-Ireland final but their third meeting in that year's championship. Galway won the match by 0-15 to 0-09 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in 15 years.[3]
Mayo's Ronan Clarke was the championship's top scorer with 3-43.
Key to colours| | Advance to Connacht final |
| | Advance to Connacht semi-final |
| | Advance to Connacht shield final | |
Connacht group table
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| 1 | Mayo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 43 | 40 | 8 |
| 2 | Galway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 58 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | Sligo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 87 | -11 | 4 |
| 4 | Leitrim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 80 | -20 | 3 |
| 5 | Roscommon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 79 | -19 | 1 | |
Connacht final
Key to colours| | Advance to Leinster semi-finals |
| | Advance to Leinster quarter-finals |
| | Advance to Leinster preliminary quarter-finals | |
Leinster group 1 table
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| 1 | Dublin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 19 | 52 | 6 |
| 2 | Laois | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 4 |
| 3 | Westmeath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 47 | -11 | 2 |
| 4 | Louth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 75 | -48 | 0 | |
Leinster group 2 table
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| 1 | Kildare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 29 | 28 | 6 |
| 2 | Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 2 |
| 4 | Meath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 51 | -11 | 0 | |
Leinster group 3 table
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| 1 | Wicklow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 4 |
| 2 | Carlow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 0 | |
Leinster final
Munster phase 1 group table
Key to colours| | Advance to phase 1 final | |
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| 1 | Tipperary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 31 | 37 | 6 |
| 2 | Limerick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Clare | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 39 | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | Waterford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 78 | -56 | 0 | |
Munster final
Ulster final
All-Ireland final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
- Overall
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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| 1 | Ronan Clarke | Mayo | 3-43 | 52 | 8 | 6.5- |
| 2 | Éanna Monaghan | Galway | 3-32 | 41 | 8 | 5.12 |
| 3 | Colm Costello | Galway | 2-33 | 39 | 9 | 4.33 |
| 4 | Joe Quigley | Dublin | 3-28 | 37 | 6 | 6.16 |
| 5 | Max McGinnity | Monaghan | 4-18 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| Conall Grogan | Tipperary | 1-27 | 30 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Niall Hurley | Mayo | 3-20 | 29 | 8 | 3.625 |
| 8 | Alex Kavanagh | Wicklow | 1-24 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 9 | Killian Browne | Kildare | 2-20 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| Eoin Higgins | Derry | 2-20 | 26 | 6 | 4.33 | |
- In a single game
Notes and References
- Web site: Meath shock Tyrone to claim All-Ireland Minor football title. 28 August 2021. Irish Independent. 28 August 2021. Seán. McGoldrick.
- Web site: Meath land first All-Ireland minor football title in 29 years after dramatic win over Tyrone. 28 August 2021. The 42. 15 September 2021.
- Web site: Rampant Galway shock Mayo to land All-Ireland minor title. Connaught Telegraph. 8 July 2022. 8 July 2022.
