The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The COVID-19 pandemic brought forward the beginning and end dates for the championship but the format was not changed, although there was no relegation this year.[citation needed]
Castlerahan were the defending champions after they defeated Ramor United in the previous years final to claim their second title in a row.[1] However they were defeated by Crosserlough at the semi-final stage.
Crosserlough and Kingscourt Stars contested the final on 26 September but it ended as a draw.[2][3][4] Crosserlough won the replay to win their first title in 48 years.[5]
The drawn final was the first Cavan final to be shown live on RTÉ television.[6]
Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.
All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the quarter-finals.
Patrick Lynch 0-6 (0-3f, 0-3m), Adrian Smith 1-1, Cian Boylan 1-0, James Smith 0-1, Brandon Boylan 0-1 (0-1m), Stephen Smith 0-1, David Shalvey 0-1, Mark Stuart 0-1
Barry Reilly 0-7 (0-5f), Kevin Curtis 1-1 (0-1m), Padraig Faulkner 1-0, Peter Corrigan 0-1, Barry Tully 0-1, Philip Tinnelly 0-1, Cian Shekleton 0-1 (0-1f)
