2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDerry (4th win)
CaptainGerard O'Kane
ManagerChris Brown
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMeath
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLongford
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway

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

2002 Quarter-Final Galway 2-14 - 1-7 Roscommon

Semi-Finals

June 2002 Semi-Final Leitrim 0-17 - 0-7 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo
June 2002 Semi-Final Galway 2-11 - 2-8 Mayo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Final

30 June 2002 Final Galway 1-12 - 0-6 Leitrim McHale Park, Castlebar

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Rob Robin

2002 Rob Robin Carlow 2-9 - 1-12 Kilkenny
2002 Rob Robin Wicklow 1-5 - 0-13 Longford
2002 Rob Robin Wicklow 2-15 - 0-6 Kilkenny
2002 Rob Robin Longford 4-12 - 2-3 Louth
2002 Rob Robin Wicklow 1-15 - 0-4 Carlow Aughrim Park, Aughrim
2002 Rob Robin Louth 2-9 - 0-4 Kilkenny Drogheda Park, Drogheda
2002 Rob Robin Louth 1-10 - 2-6 Wicklow Drogheda Park, Drogheda

Quarter-Finals

2002 Quarter-Final Meath 1-9 - 1-7 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan
2002 Quarter-Final Laois 2-13 - 1-6 Wexford Wexford Park, Wexford
2002 Quarter-Final Dublin 1-16 - 3-4 Westmeath Swords
2002 Quarter-Final Longford 2-8 - 0-9 Offaly Pearse Park, Longford

Semi-Finals

2002 Semi-Final Meath 2-7 - 1-8 Laois Cusack Park, Mullingar

Final

14 July 2002 Final Longford 3-8 - 3-5 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Rob Robin

2002 Rob Robin Limerick 1-11 - 1-4 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
2002 Rob Robin Waterford 3-3 - 0-12 Cork Carrigtwohill
2002 Rob Robin Waterford 1-6 - 0-9 Clare Fraher Field, Dungarvan
2002 Rob Robin Tipperary 0-13 - 0-13 Cork FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
2002 Rob Robin Kerry 2-13 - 1-4 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
2002 Rob Robin Cork 2-9- 1-2 Clare
2002 Rob Robin Tipperary 0-10 - 0-7 Limerick
2002 Rob Robin Kerry 2-14- 0-7 Waterford
2002 Rob Robin Kerry 0-12- 0-9 Cork Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2002 Rob Robin Waterford 2-6- 1-11 Limerick Dungannon
2002 Rob Robin Clare 3-9- 1-12 Tipperary Bruff
2002 Rob Robin Cork 1-10 - 0-9 Limerick Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Semi-Finals

2002 Semi-Final Kerry 1-15 - 1-14 Cork Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Final

14 July 2002 Final Kerry 3-15 - 2-6 Tipperary Semple Stadium, Thurles

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Rob Robin

2002 Rob Robin Cavan 0-12 - 0-8 Donegal Breffni Park, Cavan
2002 Rob Robin Tyrone 0-12 - 0-12 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
2002 Rob Robin Replay Tyrone 2-12 - 1-8 Armagh Naas
2002 Rob Robin Derry 1-15 - 0-4 Antrim Casement Park, Belfast

Quarter-Final

2002 Quarter-Final Cavan 2-13 - 0-12 Down Pearse Park, Ballybay

Semi-Finals

2002 Semi-Final Tyrone 3-11 - 1-5 Monaghan Brewster Park, Enniskillen
2002 Semi-Final Derry 0-14 - 0-10 Cavan Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Final

7 July 2002 Final Derry 0-12 - 0-11 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

August 2002 Quarter-Final Galway 1-7 - 1-8 Meath Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
August 2002 Quarter-Final Longford 4-6 - 1-6 Leitrim Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
August 2002 Quarter-Final Kerry 3-14 - 1-8 Tyrone O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
August 2002 Quarter-Final Derry 5-13 - 1-3 Tipperary Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Semi-Finals

25 August 2002 Semi-Final Kerry 1-11 - 2-13 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
1 September 2002 Semi-Final Derry 3-13 - 1-03 Longford Croke Park, Dublin

Final

22 September 2002 Final Derry 1-12 - 0-08 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Meath become the first beaten team to reach the All-Ireland final.

References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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