The 2020 Cork Junior A Football Championship was the 122nd staging of the

Cork Junior A Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board o ...

since its establishment by the Cork County Board in

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. The championship was suspended indefinitely due to the

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, but began on 19 June 2021 and ended on 7 August 2021. On 7 August 2021, Iveleary win the championship after a 3–11 to 1–06 win over

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in the final at Mallow GAA Complex. It was their first championship title. Iveleary's Chris Óg Jones was the championship's top scorer with 6–17.

Format change

The championship had featured 16 teams, comprising the divisional champions and runners-up, since

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. Because of time constraints as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was decided to revert to the old system of allowing only the divisional champions take part.

Format change

Qualification

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

References

External links