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 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

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in the Leinster quarter-final. On 24 September 2000, the All-Ireland final between

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and

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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 —

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, Longford and Carlow — 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 ...

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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 (GA ...

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,

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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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