2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
5th staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 59th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 25 March and ended on 14 May 2022.
Quick Facts Championship details, Dates ...
Championship details | |
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Dates | 25 March – 14 May 2022 |
Teams | 31 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Tyrone (6th win) |
Captain | Niall Devlin |
Manager | Paul Devlin |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Kildare |
Captain | Aaron Browne |
Manager | Brian Flanagan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Kildare |
Ulster | Tyrone |
Connacht | Sligo |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 30 |
Goals total | 71 (2.37 per game) |
Points total | 656 (21.87 per game) |
Top Scorer | Ruairí Canavan (1–34) |
Player of the Year | Ruairí Canavan |
← 2021 2023 → |
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Offaly were the defending champions,[1] however they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster semi-final.[2]
The final took place on 14 May 2022, between Kildare and Tyrone. Tyrone won the match by 1–20 to 1–14 to win their sixth title and their first since 2015.[3]
Tyrone's Ruairí Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1–34. Canavan was also named U20 Footballer of the Year.[4]