2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Dates8 July - 10 July 2022
Teams4
Champions Kilkenny (1st title)
Mick Malone (captain)
Christy Walsh (manager)
Runners-up New York
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored10 (3.33 per match)
Points scored55 (18.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mick Kenny(2-08)
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The 2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is the 90th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. The championship is scheduled to run between 8 July 2022 and 10 July 2022.

Kerry were the defending champions, however, they did not field a team because of a change in championship format.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 10 July 2022 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kilkenny and New York, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kilkenny won the match by 3-12 to 1-09 to claim their first ever championship title.[2][3]

Kilkenny's Mick Kenny was the championship's top scorer with 2-08.

Format

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the All-Ireland Junior Championship returned with a new format confined to just four teams; New York, Kilkenny and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Football Championship. Prior to the change, the championship previously featured a provincial structure for all junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland.[4]

Teams

Team Province Championship Titles Last Championship Title Method of Qualification
Kilkenny Leinster 1 2022 Automatic
London Britain 6 1986 All-Britain Junior Football Champions
New York North America 0 - Automatic
Warwickshire Britain 0 - All-Britain Junior Football Runners-Up

Results

Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
      
Kilkenny 3-11
London 2-09
Kilkenny 3-12
New York 1-09
New York 1-08
Warwickshire 0-06

All-Ireland semi-finals

8 July 2022 Semi-final Kilkenny 3-11 - 2-09 London Abbottstown COE
M Malone 2-3, M Kenny 1-4 (0-2f), J Holohan 0-1, R Monks 0-1, C Hennessy 0-1, S Stapleton 0-1. Report S Rafter 2-3 (0-2f), C Spinks 0-5 (0-3f), T Waters 0-1. Referee: K Faloon (Armagh)
8 July 2022 Semi-final New York 1-08 - 0-06 Warwickshire Abbottstown COE
S McElligot 1-3 (0-1f), T Mathers 0-1, B Coughlan 0-1, P Cronin 0-1, B Cole 0-1 (45), K Loane 0-1. Report M McGettrick 0-3 (0-1f), N Gilbride 0-1, C Dowling 0-1 (0-1m), J Connolly 0-1 (0-1f). Referee: C Dourneen (Cavan)

All-Ireland final

10 July 2022 Final Kilkenny 3-12 - 1-09 New York Croke Park
M Kenny 1-4 (4f), J Holohan 1-2, J Walsh 1-0, J Culleton 0-2, C Hennessy, K Blanchfield, S Kelly, E Phelan 0-1 each. Report B Coughlan 1-1 (0-1f), S McElligot 0-4 (4f), M Brosnan, Conor Mathers 0-2 each. Referee: B Tiernan (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Mick Kenny Kilkenny 2-08 14 2 7.00
2 Shay McElligott New York 1-07 10 2 5.00
3 Shay Rafter London 2-03 9 1 9.00
Mick Malone Kilkenny 2-03 9 2 4.50
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Mick Malone Kilkenny 2-03 9 London
Shay Rafter London 2-03 9 Kilkenny
3 Mick Kenny Kilkenny 1-04 7 London
Mick Kenny Kilkenny 1-04 7 New York
5 Shay McElligott New York 1-03 6 Warwickshire
6 Jamie Holohan Kilkenny 1-02 5 New York
Conor Spinks London 0-05 5 Kilkenny

References

  1. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: Kerry make it five in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Kilkenny crowned All-Ireland JFC champions". RTÉ Sport. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ "History Makers: Kilkenny crowned All-Ireland Junior Football champions following emphatic victory against New York". Scoreline website. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ "The GAA Football All-Ireland Junior Championship takes place this weekend between Warwickshire, New York, London, and Kilkenny". The Irish Post. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.