2022 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Explained

Year:2022
Dates:11 June – 31 July 2022
Teams:13
Connacht:Galway
Munster:Cork
Leinster:Dublin
Ulster:Armagh
Matches:22
Team:Meath
Titles:2nd
Manager:Eamonn Murray
Team2:Kerry
Previous:2021
Next:2023

The 2022 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 49th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It took place in summer 2022 in Ireland.[1] retained the title they won in 2021.

Format

Provincial championships

The 13 teams first play in their provincial championships; Connacht (2 teams), Munster (4 teams) and Ulster (4 teams) each organise their provincial championship as a straight knockout.

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

Group stage

The 13 teams are drawn into one group of four teams and three groups of three teams; seeding is based on performance in the provincial championships. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.

Relegation

The last-placed teams in the groups played off to decide which two teams were relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship.

Knockout stage

The top two in each group progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Quarter-finals and semi-finals are "results on the day," with 20 minutes' extra time being played in the event of a draw, and a free-kick shootout being taken from a distance in the event of a draw after extra time.[2] If the All-Ireland final is a draw, the game is replayed.[1]

Fixtures and results

Leinster Championship

Round robin

Final

Group stage

Group games take place 11–25 June 2022.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Results[3]

Relegation Playoffs

and are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2023.

Finals

See main article: 2022 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ladies' Gaelic Football Association - 2022 - Master Fixture Plan.
  2. Web site: Croke Park to host Dublin v Mayo TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final. August 4, 2021.
  3. Web site: All-Ireland champions Meath face Galway next as quarter-final line-up confirmed . . 27 June 2022.