The 2017–2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is the 15th annual

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club championship since its establishment in the 2003-04 season. The winners of the intermediate club championship in each county enter the competition. Moy won the title. The 2016-17 champions were Westport from Mayo who defeated St. Colmcille's of

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on 19 February 2017 to win their 1st title.

Format

County Championships Ireland's 32

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play their

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championships between their intermediate

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. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be straight knockout,

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, a league or a combination. Provincial Championships

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and

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each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time. All-Ireland Two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in late January. The All-Ireland intermediate final is normally played in

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in early February.

County Finals

Connacht

Galway IFC Leitrim IFC Mayo IFC Roscommon IFC Sligo IFC

Leinster

Carlow IFC Dublin IFC Ballyboughal, Garda, Naomh Fionnbarra and Trinity Gaels first teams all lost out to reserve sides at the Quarter-Final stages. Rules state that no reserve side can participate in a provincial competition so a play-off between these four sides took place. Ballyboughal defeated Naomh Fionnbarra in the final and hence qualified to represent Dublin in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. Kildare IFC Kilkenny SFC The Kilkenny senior champions compete in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship. Laois IFC Longford IFC Louth IFC Meath IFC Offaly Senior B Westmeath IFC Wexford IFC Wicklow IFC

Munster

Clare IFC Cork PIFC Kerry IFC Limerick IFC Tipperary IFC Waterford IFC

Ulster

Antrim IFC Armagh IFC Cavan IFC Derry IFC Donegal IFC Down IFC Fermanagh IFC Monaghan IFC Tyrone IFC

Provincial championships

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Connacht Quarter-Final

Connacht Semi-Finals

Connacht Final

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Kilkenny senior football champions compete in the

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA. It is played between the Intermediate championship winners from each of the thirty-two counties of ...

Leinster Preliminary Round

Leinster Quarter-Finals

Leinster Semi-Finals

Leinster Final

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Munster Quarter-Finals

Munster Semi-Finals

Munster Final

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