2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3 Explained

2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3
Dates:18 May - June 2024
Teams:13
Sponsor:Electric Ireland
Champions: Down
Count:1
Champions Captain:Barra McEvoy
Runners-Up: Westmeath
Runners-Up Captain:Cian Whitney
Matches:12
Goals:51
Points:293
Next Year:2025
Next Tournament:2025 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2

The 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3 was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3 since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association.[1] [2] The championship ran from 18 May to 8 June 2024.[3]

The All-Ireland final was played on 8 June 2024 at Kingspan Breffni in Cavan, between Down and Westmeath, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Down won the match by 4-13 to 2-17 to claim their first ever All-Ireland MFC Tier 3 title.[4]

Participating teams

ProvinceChampionshipTeams progressing
Britainn/aLondon
ConnachtConnacht Minor Football ChampionshipLeitrim
LeinsterLeinster Minor Football ChampionshipCarlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath
MunsterMunster Minor Football ChampionshipLimerick, Tipperary, Waterford
UlsterUlster Minor Football ChampionshipAntrim, Down, Fermanagh

Results

All-Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Congress: Structural changes made to All-Ireland minor championships. Hogan Stand. 30 September 2023. 25 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Revealed: how next year's three-tier All-Ireland minor football championship will look. Irish Examiner. 13 November 2023. 25 May 2024.
  3. Web site: EXPLAINED: How the new All-Ireland Minor football championship Tier 1, 2 and 3 competitions will work. Laois Today. 15 May 2024. 25 May 2024.
  4. Web site: All-Ireland MFC down to last four while Down claim Tier 3 crown. 8 June 2024. Hogan Stand. 9 June 2024.