Europe GAA

Europe GAA
Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael na hEorpa
Province: Overseas County
Dominant sport: Gaelic football

The European Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael na hEorpa) or Europe GAA is one of the boards of the GAA outside Ireland, and is responsible for organising Gaelic games in continental Europe. The board is responsible for the European Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football teams.

At its foundation it had four clubs; today it has nearly 70 clubs in 20 countries.[1]

Competitions format

With Europe County comprising all of continental Europe with great distances between each team, the County Board adopted a system of rounds in the form of tournaments so that every team has the same chance to win the championship. Every year six to eight rounds are played to determine the new champion. A tournament is competed in a single day with pool stages or in a round-robin format leading to a final. Semi-finals and ranking matches can be played if needed to determine a ranking of every team present on the day. Each team gains a number of points depending on its ranking at each tournament (25 points for the winner, 20 points for the runner-up, etc.). After each tournament points gained are added to determine the championship winner at the end of the season.

Gaelic football

European Gaelic Football Championship
Founded 2001
Title holders Guernsey (1st title)
First winner Paris Gaels
Most titles Den Haag (4 titles)
European Gaelic Football Shield
Founded 2006
Title holders Amsterdam (1st title)
First winner Maastricht Gaels
Most titles Copenhagen (2 titles)

Since 2006, the Men's competition has been played on a regional basis. County Europe is divided into 5 regions: Benelux, East and Central, Iberia, North West and Scandinavia. From February to August, each team plays in its regional competition with the top two teams qualifying for the European Championship. All other teams go on to play the European Shield. Championship and Shield are competed from September to November.

GSC Luxembourg team v Amsterdam GAC, Berbourg, April 2011

Past winners

Championship

Year Winner Runner-up
2011 Guernsey Den Haag
2010 Den Haag Paris Gaels
2009 Den Haag Paris Gaels
2008 Brussels Belgium Paris Gaels
2007 GSC Luxembourg
2006 Den Haag
2005 Paris Gaels
2004 Munich Colmcilles
2003 Paris Gaels
2002 Den Haag
2001 Paris Gaels

Shield

Year Winner Runner-up
2011 Amsterdam Copenhagen
2010 Copenhagen Frankfurt Sarsfields
2009 Copenhagen Frankfurt Sarsfields
2008 Copenhagen
2007 Ar Gwazi Gouez (Rennes)
2006 Maastricht Gaels

Ladies' Football

European Ladies' Gaelic Football Championship
Founded 2001
Title holders Brussels Belgium (5th title)
First winner Brussels Belgium
Most titles Brussels Belgium (5 titles)

Past winners

Year Winner Runner-up
2011 Brussels Belgium Munich
2010 Brussels Belgium
2009 Brussels Belgium Paris Gaels
2008 Brussels Belgium
2007 Paris Gaels
2006 GSC Luxembourg
2005 Holland
2004 GSC Luxembourg
2003 GSC Luxembourg
2002 GSC Luxembourg
2001 Brussels Belgium

Hurling

Past winners

Year Winner Runner-up
2011 Inneoin Zurich Den Haag
2010 Belgium GAA GSC Luxembourg
2009 Belgium GAA GSC Luxembourg
2008 GSC Luxembourg Brussels GAA
2007 Den Haag GSC Luxembourg
2006 Inneoin Zurich Brussels GAA
2005 Inneoin Zurich Munich Colmcilles
2004 Inneoin Zurich Munich Colmcilles
2003 Den Haag Inneoin Zurich
2002 Den Haag Inneoin Zurich

Camogie

Past winners

Year Winner Runner-up
2011 Belgium GAA Zurich Inneoin
2010 Belgium GAA GSC Luxembourg
2009 GSC Luxembourg
2008 GSC Luxembourg

List of Clubs

As of 2007:

References

  1. ↑ "Maastricht set for European Gaelic Football Championship". 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

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