2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Derry (4th win) |
| Captain | Gerard O'Kane |
| Manager | Chris Brown |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Meath |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Longford |
| Ulster | Derry |
| Connacht | Galway |
The 2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 71st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Derry in the Ulster final.
On 22 September 2002, Derry won the championship following a 1-12 to 0-8 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first in 13 championship seasons.[1]
New format
Since its inception in 1929, the championship had always been played on a straight knock-out basis. If any team was defeated at any stage of the provincial or All-Ireland championships it meant automatic elimination. This system was deemed the fairest as the All-Ireland champions would always be the team who won all of their games.
After introducing a "back door" system in the All-Ireland Hurling Championship in 1997, a similar second chance system was now introduced for the football championship. Defeated provincial finalists would be allowed to re-enter the All-Ireland Championship at the quarter-final stage where they would be paired with a provincial champion and the chance to advance to the semi-final stage. While the format was criticised for giving a team no incentive for winning their respective provincial championship, the new format did provide an extra layer of games for developing young talent.
Results
Connacht Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Final
Semi-Finals
Final
Leinster Minor Football Championship
Rob Robin
Longford v Carlow
| 2002 Rob Robin | Longford | 3-13 - 0-3 | Carlow | Pearse Park, Longford |
Quarter-Finals
Longford v Offaly
| 2002 Quarter-Final | Longford | 2-8 - 0-9 | Offaly | Pearse Park, Longford |
Semi-Finals
Meath v Laois
| 2002 Semi-Final | Meath | 2-7 - 1-8 | Laois | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
Longford v Dublin
| 2002 Semi-Final | Longford | 1-8 - 0-7 | Dublin | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
Final
Munster Minor Football Championship
Rob Robin
Tipperary v Kerry
| 2002 Rob Robin | Tipperary | 2-11 - 2-9 | Kerry | FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock |
Waterford v Cork
| 2002 Rob Robin | Waterford | 3-3 - 0-12 | Cork | Carrigtwohill |
Tipperary v Cork
| 2002 Rob Robin | Tipperary | 0-13 - 0-13 | Cork | FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock |
Cork v Limerick
| 2002 Rob Robin | Cork | 1-10 - 0-9 | Limerick | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
Kerry v Clare
| 2002 Rob Robin | Kerry | 2-9 - 1-8 | Clare | Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay |
Semi-Finals
Final
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Rob Robin
Quarter-Final
Semi-Finals
Tyrone v Monaghan
| 2002 Semi-Final | Tyrone | 3-11 - 1-5 | Monaghan | Brewster Park, Enniskillen |
Derry v Cavan
| 2002 Semi-Final | Derry | 0-14 - 0-10 | Cavan | Brewster Park, Enniskillen |
Final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
Kerry v Tyrone
| August 2002 Quarter-Final | Kerry | 3-14 - 1-8 | Tyrone | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Semi-Finals
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Meath become the first beaten team to reach the All-Ireland final.
References
- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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- Connacht Championship
- Leinster Championship
- Munster Championship
- Ulster Championship
