The 2010

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was the 124th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county

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tournament, played between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland plus

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. The draw for the championship took place on 22 October 2009. The championship began on 2 May 2010 and concluded with the

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on 19 September 2010.

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defeated Down by 0-16 to 0-15 to win their seventh All-Ireland senior title, and their first since 1990. The 2010 championship was unusual in that all four provincial champions (

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, Meath,

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and Tyrone) were knocked out in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, and all four provincial runners-up (

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and

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) were eliminated in the fourth and final round of the All-Ireland qualifiers. Kerry and Sligo were defeated by Down, Meath and Monaghan by

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, Roscommon and Limerick by

, and Tyrone and Louth by

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. Cork then defeated Dublin in the first All-Ireland semi-final, before Down defeated Kildare in the second.

Format

Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played.

and

competed in Connacht. The four provincial champions advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. *The 16 teams eliminated before reaching a provincial semi-final competed in Round One of the Qualifiers (New York did not compete). The eight winners of Round One advanced to Round Two. **Qualifiers, Round Two: The eight teams eliminated in provincial semi-finals each played one of the eight winners of Round One. **Qualifiers, Round Three: The eight winners of Round Two played off to reduce the number to four. **Qualifiers, Round Four: The four teams eliminated in provincial finals each played one of the four winners of Round Three. *All-Ireland Quarter-Finals: The four provincial champions each played one of the four winners of Round Four. *The winners of the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals then advanced to the Semi-Finals, and the winners of the Semi-Finals went on to the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Provincial Championships

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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All-Ireland Qualifiers

Round 1

The 16 teams which failed to reach a provincial semi-final took part in Round 1 of the qualifiers (

do not compete). A draw was held on 13 June 2010 to decide which of these teams would face each other.

Round 2

The draw for Round 2 was held on 28 June 2010. The eight Round 1 winners were each drawn against one of the losing provincial semi-finalists.

Round 3

The draw for Round 3 was held on 11 July 2010. The eight Round 2 winners play-off to reduce the number of teams to four.

Round 4

The draw for Round 4 was held on 18 July 2010. The four Round 3 winners were each drawn against one of the losing provincial finalists.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

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Semi-Finals

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Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

reach their first Leinster final since 1960. * For the first time since

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contested the Connacht final. *

lost their first All-Ireland Quarter-final against Down. * All of the provincial champions were defeated in the quarter-finals, and thus all the semi-finalists were from the qualifiers. This is the only time this has happened since the qualifier system was introduced in

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. * Down reach their first All-Ireland final since 1994.

Scoring

*First goal of the championship:

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against

(Connacht Quarter Final) *Last goal of the championship: Eamon Callaghan for

against Down (All Ireland Semi Final) *Widest winning margin: 25 points **

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4-22 – 0-9

(Qualifiers Round 1) *Most goals in a match: 5 **

0-13 – 5-9 Meath (Leinster Semi Final) *Most points in a match: 38 **

1-22 – 1-16

(Leinster Quarter Final) *Most goals by one team in a match: 5 **

0-13 – 5-9 Meath (Leinster Semi Final) *Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 **

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2-7 – 1-20 Meath (Leinster Preliminary Round) **

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2-6 – 2-18

(Munster Quarter Final) **

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2-10 – 1-15 Down (Ulster Quarter Final) **

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2-9 – 1-18

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(Qualifiers Round 1) **

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0-15 – 2-8

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(Qualifiers Round 1) **

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2-8 - 0-21

(Ulster Semi Final) *Most points scored by a losing team: 18 **

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1-18 – 2-18

(Qualifiers Round 1)

Top scorers

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Awards

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References

External links

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