Year: | 2015 |
Dates: | April — 20 September 2015 |
Teams: | 31 |
Connacht: | Galway |
Munster: | Kerry |
Leinster: | Kildare |
Ulster: | Derry |
Team1: | Kerry |
Titles: | 13th |
Team2: | Tipperary |
Previous: | 2014 |
Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 teams take part.
The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Donegal in the 2014 final.
Kerry retained their title with a comprehensive 4-14 to 0-06 win over Munster rivals Tipperary.[1] [2] [3] [4]
A total of 31 teams will contest the championship. Kilkenny, New York and London do not participate in the competition.
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter-finals.
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LOSERS ROUND - The five losers from the preliminary round play-off and two teams advance to the Leinster Quarter-final
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Playoff Round
Clare were the winners of a playoff round between the quarter-final losers*
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The four provincial champions play the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.
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There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them takes their place in the semi-final. ----