Ireland football

2022 - 9 - 24

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Allianz League football finals to go ahead next year, All Ireland final ... (Irish Examiner)

Today's Central Council meeting voted to retain the four football league deciders after the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) put forward an ...

The Leinster and Munster hurling finals are arranged for Sunday, June 11. That extends the inter-county window by a week from this year’s timeframe. However, today’s decision means some lower division counties who reach their respective league final could be out in provincial championship action a week later.

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2023 All-Ireland football final set for 30 July as league finals to be ... (The42)

That the U20 Development Leagues be retained; That the Joe McDonagh Cup Final be played with the All-Ireland U20 Hurling Final as a double-header; That the All- ...

[new proposal](https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0922/1324786-scrapping-of-league-finals-part-of-new-gaa-proposal/), along with the scrapping of league finals, but that was overthrown. - That the All-Ireland Football Final be played on 30 July, 2023 Ard Chomhairle favoured the following:

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Football League finals set to go ahead in 2023 while All-Ireland final ... (Independent.ie)

A proposal to abolish all four Football League division finals in 2023 was rejected at a Central Council meeting in Croke Park today, with strong opposition ...

Each county in the round robin will play three matches, one at home, one away and one at a neutral venue. To qualify for the Sam Maguire race, a county team needed to either reach their provincial final or finish in Division 1 or 2. The latest model is a hybrid solution trying to appease reformists and the provincial councils who don’t want to concede traditional privileges. Next year’s football championship will feature a notable restructure with a direct connection to the leagues for the first time. The top four league teams will be ranked third seeds, while the Tailteann Cup winner and remaining league qualifiers will be categorised as fourth seeds. But counties from the lower leagues argued that removing the football league finals would deny them a rare opportunity of playing a final in Croke Park.

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League finals retained as 2023 calendar takes shape (RTE.ie)

The Allianz League finals are to be retained as the GAA Ard Comhairle outlined the shape of the calendar for the 2023 inter-county season.

The hurling final is expected to take place on 23 July. [had been speculated during the week](https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0922/1324786-scrapping-of-league-finals-part-of-new-gaa-proposal/) that the league finals were to be scrapped across all four divisions in football, thereby allowing the inter-county championship to commence a week earlier. The Allianz League finals are to be retained after the GAA Ard Comhairle outlined the shape of the calendar for the 2023 inter-county season.

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