2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Explained

Year:2024
Dates:20 April – 4 August, 2024
Teams:12
Connacht:Galway
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Dublin
Ulster:Armagh
Matches:38
Team:Kerry
Titles:12th
Captain:Niamh Carmody
Team2:Galway
Captain2:Ailbhe Davoren
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 51st edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament, that took place in spring-summer 2024 in Ireland.[1] [2] [3]

Format

Provincial championships

The 12 teams first play in their provincial championships. Connacht and Ulster each contain two teams, so their championships are played as a single match.

In Leinster and Munster, there are four teams in the provincial championships. They play each other in a round-robin phase, with two teams progressing to the final.[4]

Group stage

The 12 teams are drawn into four 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.[5]

Tiebreakers for group ranking

If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:

If three teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.

Relegation

The last-placed teams in the groups play off to decide which team is relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship. Provincial champions are exempt from relegation.[3]

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.[6] If the All-Ireland final is a draw, the game is replayed.

Provincial Championships

Leinster Championship

Group stage

Final

Munster Championship

Group stage

Final

Ulster Championship

Group stage

Group games took place 8–23 June 2024.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Relegation playoffs

are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2025.

All-Ireland knockout stage

All-Ireland final

See main article: 2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Master Fixture Plan.
  2. Web site: LGFA confirms Master Fixtures Plan for 2024. Jackie. Cahill. 16 October 2023.
  3. Web site: News Detail – Dublin Ladies Gaelic.
  4. Web site: Senior Championship. Munster Ladies Gaelic Football LGFA.
  5. Web site: Draws made for group stages of 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Championships. Jackie. Cahill. 10 February 2024.
  6. Web site: Croke Park to host Dublin v Mayo TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final. August 4, 2021.