2022 Tailteann Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Level | Tier 2 |
| Trophy | Tailteann Cup |
| Teams | 17 |
| Winners | |
| Champions | TBC |
| Manager | TBC |
| Captain | TBC |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | TBC |
| Manager | TBC |
| Captain | TBC |
The 2022 Tailteann Cup is the inaugural edition of the second-tier Gaelic football competition for senior county teams (the Sam Maguire Cup is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by up to sixteen teams plus New York after completion of the 2022 National Football League and Provincial Championships. If a Division 3 or 4 league team reaches their provincial final, they continue in the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, possibly including the All-Ireland Quaifiers, and do not participate in the Tailteann Cup.[1]
Format
The inaugural Tailteann Cup is being contested by seventeen teams: the sixteen that will play in Divisions 3 and 4 of the 2023 National Football League, plus New York. These teams could only have qualified for the Tier 1 All-Ireland Championship, the Sam Maguire Cup, if they had reached their provincial final.[1][2] The Sam Maguire Cup is being contested by the sixteen teams that will play in Divisions 1 and 2 of the 2023 National Football League.
Louth and Limerick qualified for the Sam Maguire Cup as a result of winning promotion from Division 3 to Division 2 for 2023, while Down and Offaly are competing in the Tailteann Cup as a result of being relegated from Division 2 to Division 3 for 2023.
The 2022 Tailteann Cup is a straight knockout format, with two preliminary-round games and seven first-round games followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.[1] New York received a bye to the quarter-finals. The seventeen teams were organised on a geographical basis, with eight assigned to a northern section and nine to a southern section (including New York). The eight northern teams were drawn against each other in four of the seven first-round games. Four of the southern teams were drawn in two preliminary-round games, with the two winners then joining the remaining four teams in three first-round games.[3] All seven first-round winners joined New York (who were assigned to the southern section) in the quarter-finals, with pairings decided via an open draw within each geographic section. The semi-final pairings are then decided via an open draw.
From 2023, the Tailteann Cup will be played on a round-robin basis, with the first round consisting of four groups of four teams with no geographical structure.
Team Allocation
| Entry Round | Counties | |||
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| Quarter-Finals | New York | |||
| First Round | Antrim | Down | Leitrim | Sligo |
| Carlow | Fermanagh | London | Tipperary | |
| Cavan | Laois | Longford | Westmeath | |
| Preliminary Round | Offaly | Waterford | Wexford | Wicklow |
Teams
None of the seventeen teams qualified for their provincial final. Doing so would have resulted in them avoiding this tournament and competing in the Tier 1 Sam Maguire Cup instead.
| Team | 2022 League result | 2022 Championship result | Appearance | Best result | Date of qualification |
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 Fermanagh |
5th in Division 3 | Lost 2-10 – 2-17 to Tyrone (Ulster preliminary round) |
1st | n/a | 16 April 2022 |
 New York |
Did not compete | Lost 0-15 – 1-16 to Sligo (Connacht quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 17 April 2022 |
| London |
5th in Division 4 | Lost 2-11 – 3-12 to Leitrim (Connacht quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 17 April 2022 |
 Antrim |
4th in Division 3 | Lost 1-20 – 0-10 to Cavan (Ulster quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 23 April 2022 |
 Carlow |
7th in Division 4 | Lost 5-10 – 0-10 to Louth (Leinster first round) |
1st | n/a | 24 April 2022 |
 Laois |
7th in Division 3 | Lost 5-15 – 4-12 to Wicklow (Leinster first round) |
1st | n/a | 24 April 2022 |
 Offaly |
7th in Division 2 | Lost 1-15 – 1-12 to Wexford (Leinster first round) |
1st | n/a | 24 April 2022 |
 Sligo |
3rd in Division 4 | Lost 0-11 – 0-23 to Roscommon (Connacht semi-finals) |
1st | n/a | 30 April 2022 |
 Longford |
6th in Division 3 | Lost 3-13 – 0-14 to Westmeath (Leinster quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 30 April 2022 |
 Waterford |
8th in Division 4 | Lost 2-13 – 1-8 to Tipperary (Munster quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 30 April 2022 |
 Wexford |
6th in Division 4 | Lost 1-24 – 0-4 to Dublin (Leinster quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 30 April 2022 |
 Down |
8th in Division 2 | Lost 0-23 – 2-7 to Monaghan (Ulster quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 30 April 2022 |
| Wicklow |
8th in Division 3 | Lost 4-13 – 1-12 to Meath (Leinster quarter-finals) |
1st | n/a | 1 May 2022 |
 Leitrim |
4th in Division 4 | Lost 4-20 – 0-09 to Galway (Connacht semi-finals) |
1st | n/a | 8 May 2022 |
| Cavan |
1st in Division 4 | Lost 2-16 – 0-16 to Donegal (Ulster semi-finals) |
1st | n/a | 8 May 2022 |
| Tipperary |
2nd in Division 4 | Lost 2-10 – 0-10 to Limerick (Munster semi-finals) |
1st | n/a | 14 May 2022 |
 Westmeath |
3rd in Division 3 | Lost 1-21 – 2-15 to Kildare (Leinster semi-finals) |
1st | n/a | 15 May 2022 |
Bracket
| Preliminary Round 21/22 May | Round 1 28/29 May | Quarter-Finals 4/5 June | Semi-Finals 18/19 June | Final 9 July | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fermanagh
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| Leitrim
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| Antrim
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| Sligo
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| London
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| Cavan
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| Down
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| Wexford
| 2-13 | SF Winner 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offaly
| 3-11 | Offaly
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| Wicklow
| 3-16 | Wicklow
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| Waterford
| 1-10 | R1(S) Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York
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| QF Winner 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Carlow
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| Tipperary
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| Laois
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| Westmeath
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Preliminary Round
New York were granted a bye to the quarter finals. Fourteen teams competed in round one to complete the quarter final line-up. A preliminary round was held to reduce the number of eligible teams to fourteen.
| 21 May 2022 Prelim Round (S) | Wicklow | 3-16 - 1-10 | Waterford | County Grounds, Aughrim |
| 22 May 2022 Prelim Round (S) | Wexford | 2-13 : 3-11 | Offaly | Bellefield, Enniscorthy |
Round 1
Quarter Finals
New York join the seven Round 1 winners.
| 4/5 June 2022 Quarter Final (N) | v |
| 4/5 June 2022 Quarter Final (N) | v |
| 4/5 June 2022 Quarter Final (S) | v | New York |
| 4/5 June 2022 Quarter Final (S) | v |
Semi Finals
| 19 June 2022 Semi Finals | v | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 19 June 2022 Semi Finals | v | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 9 July 2022 Final | v | Croke Park, Dublin |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship structure: The formats for Sam Maguire Cup and Tailteann Cup explained". skysports.com/gaa. 15 April 2022.
- ^ Culhane, Darragh (15 April 2022). "GAA All-Ireland Football Championship 2022 format: How will it work?". Irish Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "How to watch Tailteann Cup draw on Monday morning". RTÉ. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.