Details of the upcoming 2024 EirGrid Ulster Under-20 Football Championship have been confirmed.
The Championship will be played during the months of March and April.
The competition will be organised in a ’round-robin’ format with a group of 5 and a group of 4, with teams playing the other teams in their group once.
Section A: Antrim, Derry, Down, Monaghan, Tyrone
Section B: Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh
The top team in each group progress to the Ulster U20FC Semi Finals. The second and third place teams would criss-cross and play each other in two Quarter Finals.
There will be Provincial and National Tier 2 knockout competitions for counties who do not qualify for the Ulster U20FC Quarter Finals.
The winners of the two Quarter Finals progress to the Semi Finals, while the two Quarter Final losers are eliminated. The two teams that lose in the Semi Finals will also be eliminated.
Finally, the three teams that finished in fourth and fifth positions in the groups would be eliminated from the Ulster Championship and enter the Tier 2 competition.
The provincial winners will progress to the All-Ireland Semi Finals.
2024 EirGrid Ulster GAA Under 20 Football Championship:
Round 1 – Sat March 9th
Section A
Antrim v Tyrone at Corrigan Park
Down v Derry at Páirc Esler
(Monaghan Bye)
Section B
Cavan v Donegal at Kingspan Breffni
Fermanagh v Armagh at Brewster Park
Round 2 – Wed March 20th
Section A
Tyrone v Down at O’Neills Healy Park
Monaghan v Antrim at Castleblayney
(Derry Bye)
Round 3 – Wed March 27th
Section A
Down v Monaghan at Páirc Esler
Derry v Tyrone at Owenbeg
(Antrim Bye)
Section B
Armagh v Cavan at Box-It Athletic Grounds
Donegal v Fermanagh at Páirc Mac Cumhaill
Round 4 – Wed April 3rd
Section A
Antrim v Down at Dunsilly
Monaghan v Derry at Castleblayney
(Tyrone Bye)
Round 5 – Wed April 10th
Section A
Tyrone V Monaghan at O’Neills Healy Park
Derry v Antrim at Owenbeg
(Down Bye)
Section B
Donegal v Armagh at Páirc Mac Cumhaill
Fermanagh v Cavan at Brewster Park
U20FC Quarter Finals – Wed April 17th
(First named team has home advantage)
Group A Runner-Up V Third in Group B
Group B Runner-Up V Third in Group A
U20FC Semi Finals – Wed April 24th
(First named team has home advantage)
(1) Winner Section A V QF Winner
(2) Winner Section B V QF Winner
U20FC Final – Wed May 1st / Fri May 3rd
Semi Final Winner 1 V Semi Final Winner 2
Tier 2 (Draw to take place between three teams after group stages)
Semi Final – Mon April 22nd
Team that did not qualify V One of QF Losers
Final – Mon April 29th
SF Winner V 3rd Team
Tier 1 & Tier 2
All-Ireland Semi Finals on May 11/12th.
