2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2017
Championship details
Dates 13 May – 24 September, 2017
Teams Connacht 2
Leinster 4
Munster 3
Ulster 4
All-Ireland champions
Provincial champions
Connacht Galway
Leinster Dublin
Munster Kerry
Ulster Donegal
Championship Statistics
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 44th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.

As well as live games on TG4, this season was the first to see live-streaming of championship games via YouTube.[1]

Cork were the defending champions, having beaten Dublin by 1-7 to 1-6 in the final on 25 September 2016.

Format

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and it may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.

Qualifiers

All teams except the provincial champions enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. The final four qualifier winners re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarter-final stage. All matches are knock-out.

All-Ireland

The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarter-finals with the winners progressing to the semi-finals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.

Provincial Championships

Connacht Championship

Connacht Format

As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played.[2]

Connacht Final

2 July 2017
4:30 pm
Final 		Mayo 1-8 – 3-12 Galway MacHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: G Chapman (Sligo)
Report

Leinster Championship

Leinster Format

Three of the fiour Leinster teams (Kildare, Laois and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds.

The group winner advances to the final. The group runner-up plays Dublin in the semi-final.[3]

Leinster Group Stage

Team Pld W D L Pts Diff
Westmeath 22 0 0 4 +8
Laois 21 0 1 2 +2
Kildare 20 0 2 0 –10

Leinster Semi-Final

25 June 2017
12:00 pm
Semi-Final 		Laois 2-3 - 8-13 Dublin Páirc Mochua, Timahoe
Aileen O'Loughlin and Ciara Burke 1-0 each, Mo Nerney, Rachel Williams, Clare Conlon (0-1f) 0-1 each Report Sinead Aherne 3-4 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Sarah McCaffrey 2-2, Nicole Owens 2-1, Noelle Healy 1-4, Amy Connolly and Lyndsey Davey 0-1 each

Leinster Final

9 July 2017
4:00 pm
Final 		Dublin 3-18 - 0-8 Westmeath Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Man of the Match: Noelle Healy
Noelle Healy 2-3, Lauren Magee 1-1, Sinaed Aherne 0-4 (0-2f), Carla Rowe 0-3, Nicole Owens and Denise McKenna (0-1f) 0-2 each Rachel Ruddy, Niamh Collins, Niamh McEvoy 0-1 each Fiona Claffey, Laura Lee Walsh 0-2, Leona Archibald (0-1f) 0-2 each, Maud Annie Foley and Lucy McCartan 0-1 each

Munster Championship

Munster Format

The three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final.[4]

Munster Group Stage

Team Pld W D L Pts Diff
Waterford 22 0 0 4 +9
Kerry 21 0 1 2 –1
Cork 20 0 2 0 –8

Munster Final

8 July 2017
3:15 pm
Final 		Waterford 3-6 – 1-14 Kerry Carrigoon GAA Complex, Mallow
Man of the Match: Aislinn Desmond
Maria Delahunty 1-3 (0-3f), Katie Hannon (1-0 pen) and Grainne Kennealy 1-0 each, Michelle Ryan 0-2, Aoife Murray 0-1 Report Sarah Houlihan 1-4 (0-1f), Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh 0-6 (0-2f), Lorraine Scanlon 0-2, Amanda Brosnan and Laura Rogers 0-1 each

Ulster Championship

Ulster Format

Four teams compete in two semi-finals and a final. All matches are knockout.[5]

Ulster Semi-Finals

10 June 2017
7 p.m.
Semi-Final
Armagh 1-10 - 1-14 Donegal

17 June 2017
7 p.m.
Semi-Final
Cavan 2-10 – 1-19 Monaghan

Ulster Final

2 July 2017
3:45 PM
Final 		Donegal 4-11 - 0-15 Monaghan St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: C Dourneen (Cavan)
Report

Qualifiers

Qualifiers Format


All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. All matches are knock-out.

A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Qualifiers Preliminary Round

22 July 2017
12 noon
Preliminary round
Laois 1-10 – 2-17 Cavan
Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA, Ashbourne
Referee: Gavin Corrigan

Qualifiers Last Eight

29 July 2017
2 p.m.
Qualifier
Waterford 1-15 – 1-13 Cavan
Report
Conneff Park, Clane
Referee: Jonathan Murphy

29 July 2017
2:00 pm
Qualifier
Westmeath 4-11 – 3-16 Armagh
Report
Páirc Uí Mhuirí, Dunleer

5 August 2017
Qualifier
Mayo 3-20 – 0-8 Kildare

7 August 2017
3 p.m.
Qualifier
Monaghan 1-10 - 0-14 Cork

Referee: Gerry Carmody

All-Ireland

All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions play the four remaining teams from the qualifiers.

12 August 2017
4:45 p.m.
Quarter-final
Dublin v Waterford

12 August 2017
6:30 p.m.
Quarter-final
Kerry v Armagh

19 August 2017
12:30 p.m.
Quarter-final
Galway v Cork

19 August 2017
2:15 p.m.
Quarter-final
Donegal v Mayo

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

26 August 2017
Semi-final
v

2 September 2017
Semi-final
v

All-Ireland Final

24 September 2017
Final
v

References

  1. ↑ http://ladiesgaelic.ie/clubs/tg4-lgfa-stream-provincial-finals/
  2. ↑ "Connacht Ladies Gaelic".
  3. ↑ http://www.leinsterladiesgaelic.ie/upcomingFixtures/20-02-2017/20-06-2017
  4. ↑ http://www.newstalk.com/Waterford-Ladies-surprise-Kerry-in-Munster-championship
  5. ↑ "Ulster Ladies".
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