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Its underway after a low coveraged but decent round of games by "so called smaller counties" last weekend. Just two quick questions if anyone can assist 1.Where is it highlighted which provincial games fall under 1A and which games will be on 1B for the Qualifiers as previous years? I notice round 1A of the Qualifier's are penciled in for Saturday June 18th,same day as Ireland's Euro 2016 game with Belguim,2pm kick off,hope there is sense when G.A.A finalise those fixtures. 2. Can anyone confirm if teams who have already met in provincial system can be drawn again each other in early rounds of qualifiers?(This rule changes so much I forget) Thanks macca999 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 1098 - 18/05/2016 09:53:13 1855862 Link
macca999 (Fermanagh) Hi macca999, Below is the B qualifying group which includes Fermanagh. Tipperary, Waterford, Cork, Mayo, London, Galway,Fermanagh, Antrim, Donegal,Monaghan, Down, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Kildare. lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 2989 - 20/05/2016 14:26:32 1856742 Link
1.Where is it highlighted which provincial games fall under 1A and which games will be on 1B for the Qualifiers as previous years? I notice round 1A of the Qualifier's are penciled in for Saturday June 18th,same day as Ireland's Euro 2016 game with Belguim,2pm kick off,hope there is sense when G.A.A finalise those fixtures. Essentially if you are in the top half of your provincial draw you are in the A and in the bottom half the B - if you go in to Wiki you can see which teams fall in to which easily enough. 2. Can anyone confirm if teams who have already met in provincial system can be drawn again each other in early rounds of qualifiers?(This rule changes so much I forget) As far as I am aware we can't meet yourselves in the first round of the Qualifiers - both in the B as lilywhite points out. From the teams in the B side I reckon the 8 who will be in the Qualifiers Rd 1 will be; London Longford Westmeath Wexford Waterford Down Fermanagh Antrim And if I am wrong re not being able to meet the same team then I have no doubt we will draw Fermanagh. If I am right then it will be Down we draw. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 20/05/2016 15:26:06 1856768 Link
very cynical offside! :) bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 20/05/2016 16:39:07 1856805 Link
Offside, would you rather meet Donegal? neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 20/05/2016 17:37:43 1856832 Link
Cynical bumper? No no no - that was being wishful ;-) Neverright - if Donegal lose then just replace Fermanagh in above with them. Either is good. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 20/05/2016 18:03:58 1856844 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "Cynical bumper? No no no - that was being wishful ;-) Neverright - if Donegal lose then just replace Fermanagh in above with them. Either is good." I believe that team who have already met in the championship can meet again. The only criteria which follows is if a team was away in Round 1 last year, they are at home this year. However if the two teams drawn were away from home in 2015, the first team out has home venue. Jack L (None) - Posts: 3099 - 24/05/2016 16:04:53 1858180 Link
Read in paper yesterday that first Qualifier draw is taking place next Tuesday morning,anyone else heard this? Still be some fixtures to be played with Louth V Meath, Donegal v Fermanagh and Offaly v Westmeath,or is it just round 1a Draw(matches on June 18th) that will be done,with 1B the week after(matches to be played June 25th) macca999 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 1098 - 31/05/2016 16:56:48 1860338 Link
Replying To macca999: "Read in paper yesterday that first Qualifier draw is taking place next Tuesday morning,anyone else heard this? Still be some fixtures to be played with Louth V Meath, Donegal v Fermanagh and Offaly v Westmeath,or is it just round 1a Draw(matches on June 18th) that will be done,with 1B the week after(matches to be played June 25th)" The first of this year's GAA Championship Qualifier Draws will take place next Tuesday, June 7 live on RTÉ's Morning Ireland following the 8.30am news headlines. The draw will produce pairings for round one of the GAA Football Championship Qualifiers. Round 1a Four games take place on w/e June 18th/19th Draw involves the eight counties on the "A" side of the Provincial Championship that do not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals, i.e. the losers of the following games: Leinster: Carlow, Meath/Louth, Wicklow, Laois/Dublin Ulster: Derry, Armagh Munster: Waterford Connacht: Leitrim Procedure: All eight slips placed in one bowl; 1st team drawn plays 2nd, 3rd drawn plays 4th and so on. London were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht SFC last Sunday. Round 1b Four games take place on w/e June 25th/26th Draw involves the eight counties on the "B" side of the Provincial Championship that do not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals, i.e. the losers of the following games: Leinster: Longford, Offaly/Westmeath, Wexford Ulster: Monaghan/Down, Antrim, Fermanagh/Donegal Munster: Limerick Connacht: London Procedure: All eight slips placed in one bowl; 1st team drawn plays 2nd, 3rd drawn plays 4th and so on. In both draws, first team drawn shall have home advantage; Exceptions: i. Where two teams who have already met in the provincial championship are drawn to meet, the winner of the provincial championship game shall have home advantage. ii. Except as provided for in Exception (i) above, if a County did not have home advantage in the 1stRound of the 2015 Qualifier Series, it shall have Home Advantage in the 1st Round in 2016. In the event of both teams having played away in 2015, the first team drawn shall have home advantage. Counties drawn away in Round 1 in 2015: Antrim, Carlow, Wicklow, Leitrim, Limerick and Down Confirmation of home venues, times and all dates for the fixtures will follow a meeting of CCCC later in the day. macca999 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 1098 - 03/06/2016 12:04:38 1861159 Link
Hope we avoid another Ulster team. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4217 - 03/06/2016 13:14:27 1861203 Link
Looking forward to the upcoming Derry Armagh game. Should be a close one. tyroneed (Tyrone) - Posts: 753 - 03/06/2016 14:41:56 1861243 Link
Losers of Meath/Louth must play 6 days later.Pathetic. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 03/06/2016 14:54:35 1861247 Link