The 2000 Bank of Ireland
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...
was the 114th edition of the
GAA's premier
Gaelic football
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competition. The championship began on 7 May 2000 and ended on 7 October 2000.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by
Offaly
County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...
in the Leinster quarter-final.
On 24 September 2000, the All-Ireland final between
Kerry
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* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in Count ...
and
Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...
ended in a draw, 0-14 apiece. Kerry won the replay two weeks later by 0–17 to 1-10, thus claiming their 32nd All-Ireland title.
This was the final year that the provincial knockout format was used, before the qualifier system was introduced in 2001.
Format
The Ulster, Munster and Connacht championships were conducted as straight knock-out competitions. In the Leinster championship, seven teams received byes to the quarter-finals, while the other four —
Wicklow
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,
Wexford
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,
Longford
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and
Carlow
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The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...
— played a round-robin to determine the 8th team to play in the Leinster quarter-finals. The winners of each provincial competition went on to play in the All Ireland semi-finals.
Provincial championships
Connacht Senior Football Championship
The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning ...
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It i ...
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usu ...
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ...
Group stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...
Bracket
Semi-finals
Finals
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall
;Single game
Miscellaneous
* On 14 May 2000,
Brewster Park,
Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...
played host to its first championship game for 55 years between Fermanagh vs Monaghan.
* Antrim's Ulster quarter-final defeat of Down is their first championship victory in 18 years.
* Sligo record their first win over Mayo since 1975.
* The Leinster final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1950.
* The All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Armagh ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1987 game between Cork & Galway.
* The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1996.
References
External links
Do you remember the last Ulster SFC final before the back door arrived?
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