GAA Master Fixtures Schedule 2020 An Lár Choiste Cheannais na gComórtaisí Approved by Ard Chomhairle on the 23ú Samhain 2019 Version: 08.11.2019 Version: 26.11.2019 Table of Contents Competition Page Master Fixture Plan 2020 2 Master Fixture Grid 2020 3-9 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship 10-12 Joe McDonagh Cup 13-14 Christy Ring Cup 15-16 Nickey Rackard Cup 17-18 Lory Meagher Cup 19 Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championships 20-21 (A & B) Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championships 22 AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Club Championships 23 (Senior, Intermediate & Junior) GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship 24-30 (Tier 1 & Tier 2) GAA Football All-Ireland Junior Championship 31 Eirgrid GAA Football All-Ireland U20 Championship 32 Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship 33 AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Club Championships 34 (Senior, Intermediate & Junior) Allianz League Regulations & Format 35-43 Allianz League Fixtures (Football & Hurling) 44-56 Extra Time 57 Winner on the Day 58-61 Match Regulations 2020 62-68 Registration/Lists for Inter-County Senior Championship Games 69 1 | P a g e GAA MASTER FIXTURE PLAN 2020 2 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Eanair 2020 Feabhra 2020 4/5 (Sat/Sun) 1 (Sat) AIB Senior Club Football Semi-Finals Craobh na hÉireann, Scór na nÓg AIB Senior Club Hurling Semi-Finals AIB Intermediate Club Hurling Semi-Finals 2 (Sun) Week Week 5 Week Week 1 AIB Junior Club Hurling Semi-Finals Allianz Football League Round 2 Allianz Hurling League Round 2 11/12 (Sat/Sun) 7/9 (Fri/Sun) AIB Intermediate Club Football Semi-Finals Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Féile, AIB Junior Club Football Semi-Finals DCU 9 (Sun) Allianz Football League Round 3 Week Week 6 Week Week 2 12 (Wed) Fitzgibbon Cup Final 18 (Sat) 16 (Sun) AIB Intermediate Club Hurling Final Allianz Hurling League Round 3 AIB Junior Club Hurling Final 19 (Sun) Week Week 7 Week Week 3 AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Football Final AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Final 25 (Sat) 23 (Sun) AIB Intermediate Club Football Final Allianz Football League Round 4 AIB Junior Club Football Final Allianz Hurling League Round 4 26 (Sun) 28/29 Feb (Fri/Sat) Allianz Football League Round 1 An Chomhdháil Bhliantúil | Páirc an Chrócaigh Week Week 8 Week Week 4 Allianz Hurling League Round 1 29 (Sun) Sigerson Final 3 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Márta 2020 Aibreán 2020 1 (Sun) 4 (Sat) Allianz Football League Round 5 Masita GAA All Ireland Football Post Allianz Hurling League Round 5 Primary Schools Finals (Páirc an Chrócaigh) Week Week 9 Week 14 7/8 (Sun) 11/12 (Sat/Sun) Allianz Hurling League 1 Quarter-Finals Allianz Hurling League 2A, 2B, 3A & 3B Finals Allianz Hurling League 1 & 2B Relegation Week Week 15 Week Week 10 Play-off 15 (Sun) 18/19 (Sat/Sun) Allianz Football League Round 6 Allianz Hurling League Roinn 1 Semi-Finals 17 (Tues) Week Week 16 Week Week 11 Eirgrid All-Ireland U20 Football Semi-Finals 22 (Sun) 25 Sat) Allianz Football League Round 7 Craobh na hÉireann, Scór Sinsir Allianz Hurling League Final 26 (Sun) Week Week 17 Week Week 12 28 (Sat) Allianz Football League Finals (3&4) Masita GAA All Ireland Hurling Post Primary Schools Finals (Semple Stadium, Thurles) 28/29 (Sat/Sun) Eirgrid All-Ireland U20 Football Final Week Week 13 29 (Sun) Allianz Football League Finals (1&2) 4 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Bealtaine 2020 Meitheamh 2020 2/3 (Sat/Sun) 5/7 (Fri/Sun) Féile na nGael (Áth Cliath, Kildare & An Mhí) 6/7 (Sat/Sun) Joe McDonagh Cup Round 4 Lory Meagher Round 3 Week Week 23 Week Week 18 [Last weekend of Provincial Football Championship Semi-Finals (Apart from Replays)] 9/10 (Sat/Sun) 13 (Sat) Joe McDonagh, Christy Ring, Nickey Joe McDonagh Cup Round 5 Rackard Round 1 Christy Ring & Nickey Rackard Semi-Finals & Relegation Play-offs [Start of Provincial Football Championship] Week Week 24 Week Week 19 14 (Sun) Connacht Football Final 16/17 (Sat/Sun) 20 (Sat) Joe McDonagh, Christy Ring, Nickey Leinster Football Final Rackard Round 2 All-Ireland Senior Football Preliminary Lory Meagher Round 1 Round (Tier 1) All-Ireland Senior Football R1 (Tier 2) 21 (Sun) Week Week 20 Week 25 Munster Football Final Ulster Football Final 23/24 (Sat/Sun) 26/28 (Fri/Sun) Joe McDonagh Cup Round 3A Féile na nÓg (Doire, Dún na nGall & Tír Lory Meagher Round 2 Eoghain) 27 (Sat) All-Ireland Senior Football R1 (Tier 1) All-Ireland Senior Football Quarter-Finals (Tier 2) Christy Ring, Nickey Rackard & Lory Week Week 21 Week 26 Meagher Finals 28 (Sun) Munster Hurling Final Leinster Hurling Final Joe McDonagh Cup Final 28-01 (Thurs/Mon) Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta 30/31 (Sat/Sun) Joe McDonagh Cup Round 3B Week Week 22 Christy Ring & Nickey Rackard Round 3 5 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Iúil 2020 4/5 (Sat/Sun) All-Ireland Senior Football R2 (Tier 1) All-Ireland Junior Football SF’s Hurling Championship Preliminary QF’s All-Ireland U20 B Hurling R1 All-Ireland Minor Hurling QF Group R1 Week Week 27 05 (Sun) All-Ireland Senior Football Semi-Finals (Tier 2) 11/12 (Sat/Sun) All-Ireland Senior Football Quarter Finals Phase 1 (Group 1 & 2) (Tier 1) All-Ireland Senior Hurling Quarter-Finals Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U20 B Hurling QF’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling QF Group R2 Week Week 28 18/19 (Sat/Sun) All-Ireland Senior Football Quarter Finals Phase 2 (Group 1 & 2) (Tier 1) All-Ireland Senior Football Final (Tier 2) All-Ireland Junior Football Final Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U20 B Hurling SF’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling QF Group R3 Week Week 29 25 (Sat) All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-Final (Leinster Winner v Quarter-Final Winner) Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Semi-Final 25/26 (Sat/Sun) Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football QF’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Relegation Play-off (If Required) Week Week 30 26 (Sun) All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-Final (Munster Winner v Quarter-Final Winner) Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Semi-Final 6 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Lúnasa 2020 1/2 (Sat/Sun) All-Ireland Senior Football Quarter Finals Phase 3 (Group 1 & 2) (Tier 1) Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U20 Hurling Semi-Finals Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U20 B Hurling Final Week Week 31 8 (Sat) All-Ireland Senior Football Semi-Final (Tier 1) (Quarter-Final Group Winner v Quarter-Final Group Runner Up) Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Semi-Final 9 (Sun) Week Week 32 All-Ireland Senior Football Semi-Final (Tier 1) (Quarter-Final Group Winner v Quarter-Final Group Runner Up) Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Semi-Final 16 (Sun) All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final Week Week 33 22/23 (Sat/Sun) Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U20 Hurling Final Week Week 34 30 (Sun) All-Ireland Senior Football Final (Tier 1) Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Final Week Week 35 7 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Meán Fomhair 2020 Deireadh Fomhair 2020 6 (Sun) 3/4 (Sat/Sun) All-Ireland Camogie Finals Week Week 36 Week 40 13 (Sun) 10/11 (Sat/Sun) All Ireland Ladies Football Finals Week Week 41 Week Week 37 19/20 (Sat/Sun) 17/18 (Sat/Sun) Week Week 38 Week 42 26/27 (Sat/Sun) 24/25 (Sat/Sun) Week Week 39 Week 43 8 | P a g e MASTER FIXTURE GRID 2020 Samhain 2020 Nollaig 2020 31/1 (Sat/Sun) 5/6 (Sat/Sun) AIB Intermediate Club Football Semi-Finals AIB Junior Club Football Semi-Finals AIB Intermediate Club Hurling Semi-Finals AIB Junior Club Hurling Semi-Finals Week Week 49 Week Week 44 7/8 (Sat/Sun) 12/13 (Sat/Sun) AIB Senior Club Football Semi-Finals AIB Senior Club Hurling Semi-Finals Week Week 50 Week Week 45 15 (Sun) 19/20 (Sat/Sun) International Rules Test 1 Week Week 46 Week 51 21 (Sat) 26/27 (Sat/Sun) Bloody Sunday Commemoration International Rules Test 2 Week Week 52 Week Week 47 28/29 (Sat) Week Week 48 9 | P a g e GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Counties Participating The following counties shall be eligible to participate in the Championship in 2020. Leinster Munster Áth Cliath An Clár Cill Chainnigh Corcaigh Gaillimh Luimneach Laois Port Láirge Loch Garman Tiobraid Árann Provincial Championships The two Provincial championships shall be played on a ‘round-robin’ basis. Each county shall have two home games and two away games. The counties finishing in the top two places in each Provincial group shall qualify for their respective Provincial final. Relegation The bottom placed team in the Leinster Championship ‘round-robin’ shall be relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup. Exception: If Ciarraí (or another Munster County) wins the Joe McDonagh Cup, it shall play off against the bottom team in the Munster Championship ‘round-robin’ at a neutral Munster venue determined by the CCCC. The winners of the play-off game shall play in the Munster Championship and the loser shall be relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup. In that circumstance, the bottom team in the Leinster Championship ‘round- robin’ shall not be relegated. 10 | P a g e GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Leinster Senior Championship Munster Senior Championship Leinster Senior Hurling Draw Round 1 Round 1 Corcaigh v Luimneach Áth Cliath v Cill Chainnigh Port Láirge v Tiobraid Árann Laois v Gaillimh Round 2 Round 2 Luimneach v Port Láirge Cill Chainnigh v Laois Tiobraid Árann v An Clár Loch Garman v Áth Cliath Round 3 Round 3A An Clár v Luimneach Loch Garman v Gaillimh Port Láirge v Corcaigh Round 3B Round 4 Áth Cliath v Laois Corcaigh v An Clár Luimneach v Tiobraid Árann Round 4 Laois v Loch Garman Round 5 Gaillimh v Cill Chainnigh Tiobraid Árann v Corcaigh An Clár v Port Láirge Round 5 Cill Chainnigh v Loch Garman Final Gaillimh v Áth Cliath 1st Placed Team v 2nd Placed Team Final 1st Placed Team v 2nd Placed Team Points/Tie-Breakers Each team will play the other teams once.