The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 45th edition of the

Ladies' Gaelic Football Association The Ladies' Gaelic Football Association ( ga, Cumann Peil Gael na mBan) is the main governing body for ladies' Gaelic football. It organises competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Foot ...

's premier inter-county

Ladies' Gaelic Football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

tournament. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the

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All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It was won by

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Competition format

Provincial championships

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

and

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

each organise their provincial championship. All matches are knockout.

All-Ireland

; Group stage In 2018, a new round-robin format was introduced in the All-Ireland championship. The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. ;Knockout stage The winners of each group and the runners-up compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow.

Provincial championships

Connacht Championship

Connacht Final

Leinster Championship

Leinster Final

Munster Championship

Munster Semi-Finals

Munster Final

Ulster Championship

Ulster Semi-Finals

Ulster Final

All-Ireland Group Stage

In 2018, a new round-robin format was introduced in the All-Ireland championship. The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams, with each group containing one provincial champion, one provincial beaten finalist, and one beaten provincial semi-finalist (two each from Munster and Ulster). Each team plays the other teams in its group once. There are three rounds in each group with the provincial champions playing in rounds two and three. Three group points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The winners and runners-up in each group compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

All-Ireland Knockout

All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

Each of the four winners from the group stage play one of the four runners-up.

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

All-Ireland final

Relegation play-offs

Relegation Format

The provincial championship winners are exempt from relegation even if they finish bottom of their group. The number of relegation play-off games is therefore dependent on the number of non provincial winners who finish bottom of their group. The losers of the relegation play-offs play in next year's intermediate championship.

Relegation qualifiers

Relegation play-off Match

''Tipperary are relegated to the

All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship The All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship is a knock-out competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (Irish :''Cumann ...

for 2019.''

Records

Scoring Events

*Widest winning margin: 33 points **

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8-18 – 1-6

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(All-Ireland Quarter-Final) *Most goals in a match: 13 **

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9-21 – 4-8

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(Ulster final) *Most points in a match: 36 **

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3-23 – 4-13

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(group stage) *Most goals by one team in a match: 9 **

9-21 – 4-8

(Ulster final) *Most goals by a losing team: 4 **

9-21 – 4-8

(Ulster final) **

3-23 – 4-13

(group stage) * Highest aggregate score: 68 points **

9-21 – 4-8

(Ulster final) *Lowest aggregate score: 28 points **

2-11 – 0-11

(All-Ireland Semi-Final)

References

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Competition format

Provincial championships

All-Ireland

Provincial championships

Connacht Championship

Connacht Final

Leinster Championship

Leinster Final

Munster Championship

Munster Semi-Finals

Munster Final

Ulster Championship

Ulster Semi-Finals

Ulster Final

All-Ireland Group Stage

All-Ireland Group Stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

All-Ireland Knockout

All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

All-Ireland final

Relegation play-offs

Relegation Format

Relegation qualifiers

Relegation play-off Match

Records

Scoring Events

See also

References