The Professional Footballers' Association (GAA) have confirmed the group stage teams for the Sam Maguire Cup and Tailtine Cup.
How is seeding going for Sam Maguire?
The Sam Maguire draw will see the 16 counties divided into four separate groups. Teams will be seeded according to their league and championship results, with each group containing four teams (each group will consist of the first, second, third and fourth seeded teams).
The provincial champions will be seeded first, and the provincial finalists will be seeded second.
The third seeds will be the four highest-placed teams in their leagues (who failed to advance to their provincial finals). The fourth seeds will be the next four highest-placed teams in this year's leagues.
Teams scheduled to meet in the provincial final (seeds 1 and 2) cannot be in the same group. However, teams that have previously met each other in this year's championships may be placed in the same groups.
What are the crops like this year?
The first seeds
- Galway or Mayo
- Claire or Kerry
- Dublin or Louth
- Armagh or Donegal
Second seeds
- Galway or Mayo
- Claire or Kerry
- Dublin or Louth
- Armagh or Donegal
Third seeds
- Derry
- Tyrone
- Roscommon
- Monaghan
Fourth seeds
- Kavan
- Cork
- Mit
- Westmeath
What are the dates of the games this year?
Round 1
May 17/18, May 24/25, first home team – seed 1 vs. seed 3, seed 2 vs. seed 4
Round 2
June 1/2 – Sowing 4 vs. Sowing 1, Sowing 3 vs. Sowing 2
Round 3
June 14/15, Neutral Venues – Seed 1 vs. Seed 2, Seed 3 vs. Seed 4
All Ireland Preliminary Quarter Finals
June 21/22 and June 28/29
All Ireland Semi-Finals
July 12/13
Ireland national team final
July 27
What about the Tailtin Cup?
The Tailtin Cup will also have 16 districts divided into four separate groups. Teams will be seeded based on their final league positions, with each group consisting of four teams (each group will consist of the first, second, third, and fourth seeded teams). New York will begin the Tailtin Cup in the preliminary quarterfinals.
Teams that have already met each other in this year's championships may be combined into the same groups.
The first seeds
- Offaly
- Kildare
- Westmeath
- Fermana
Second seeds
- Sligo
- Liish
- Limerick
- Wexford
Third place, finish in the league
- Antrim
- Leitrim
- Wicklow
- Carlow
Fourth seeds, league finishes
- Tipperary
- Longford
- London
- Waterford
- New York will begin the competition in the preliminary stage of the quarterfinals
When will the drawings take place?
The draws are scheduled for 3pm on Wednesday 30 April and will be streamed live on GAA.ie and will also be available on the official GAA social media pages.
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