2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All teams who lose a match in their provincial championship enter either the All-Ireland qualifiers or the Tailteann Cup. All provincial matches are knock-out.

All counties in the competition play in their provincial championships. However, only the counties in National Football League Division 1 and Division 2 play in the All-Ireland Championship qualifiers after losing a game in their provincial championships.[1] The counties in National Football League Division 3 and Division 4 (as they stand when the 2022 league concludes after the resulting promotion and relegation changes have been applied [2]) do not progress into the All-Ireland series and instead enter the second-tier Tailteann Cup once they are knocked out of their provincial championship.[3] The only exception to this is that all eight provincial finalists progress, regardless of their league division; the four provincial champions progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals, while the four beaten provincial finalists will play off against the best four teams from the Qualifiers for a place in the quarter-finals.

Division 1 and 2 teams who are knocked out of their province without reaching the provincial final play off in the Qualifiers, on a straight knock-out basis. The four survivors play off with the four beaten provincial championship finalists, in a final qualifier round to complete the double-elimination format. The four winners of this final qualifier round join the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

The four provincial champions play the four winners of the final round of the qualifiers in the quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out.

London and New York were withdrawn from the 2020 and 2021 Connacht championships due to international travel restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but both are back in the 2022 season.

Roscommon v Semi Final Winner

29 May 2022 Final

Roscommon

v

Semi Final Winner

The winners advance to the All-Ireland and the losers advance to the All-Ireland Qualifiers.

The draw took place after the Quarter Finals.

Kildare v Westmeath

15 May 2022 Semi Final

Kildare

v

Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

Dublin v Meath

15 May 2022 Semi Final

Dublin

v

Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

The 4 non-finalists of the 2021 championship entered this round.

Waterford v Tipperary

30 April 2022 Quarter Final

Waterford

1-08 - 2-13

Tipperary

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Clare v Limerick

30 April 2022 Quarter Final	Clare	1-19 - 2-16 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Limerick	Cusack Park, Ennis
	Jamie Malone (0-1), Darren O’Neill (0-2), Pearse Lillis (0-1), Eoin Cleary (capt, 0-6, 0-2F), Emmet McMahon (0-1); Gavin Cooney (0-1), David Tubridy (1-1, 1-0 penalty), Aaron Griffin (0-4), Brendan Rouine (0-2)	Report	Brian Fanning (1-0), Darragh Treacy (0-1), Cillian Fahy (0-2), Adrian Enright (0-1), Brian Donovan (0-1), Peter Nash (0-2), Josh Ryan (0-6, 0-4F, 0-1 mark), Hugh Bourke (0-1), Robbie Bourke (1-2, 0-1F)	Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
	Penalties
	N Darren O'Neill N Conor Jordan Y Joe McGann		Y Iain Corbett Y Robbie Bourke Y Brian Donovan Y James Naughton
Note: This was the senior football championship's first ever penalty shootout.

The 2 finalists of the 2021 championship entered this round along with the 2 quarter-final winners.

Cork v Kerry

7 May 2022 Semi Final

Cork

v

Kerry

Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork

Tipperary v Limerick

15 May 2022 Semi Final

Tipperary

v

Limerick

Semple Stadium, Thurles

The winners advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals while the runners-up advance to the qualifiers.

Two counties were randomly drawn to face each other in the preliminary round.

Fermanagh v Tyrone

16 April 2022 Preliminary Round	Fermanagh	2-10 - 2-17	Tyrone	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
		Report

Seven counties were given a bye to this stage and are joined by the preliminary round winner.

Antrim v Cavan

23 April 2022 Quarter Final	Antrim	0-10 - 1-20	Cavan	Corrigan Park, Belfast
		Report

Donegal v Armagh

24 April 2022 Quarter Final	Donegal	1-16 - 0-12	Armagh	MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
		Report		Attendance: 13,689

Monaghan v Down

30 April 2022 Quarter Final	Monaghan	0-23 - 2-07	Down	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
				Attendance: 5,418

Tyrone v Derry

1 May 2022 Quarter-final	Tyrone	0-10 - 1-18	Derry	Healy Park, Omagh
				Attendance: 10,155[6]

If more than eight teams from Divisions 1 and 2 fail to reach their provincial final, a qualifier preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight. Team to enter this stage:

• Mayo
• Armagh
• Clare
• Louth
• Tyrone

The following counties did not qualify for the Qualifiers due to the new rules introduced in 2022: Offaly, Laois, New York, London, Wicklow, Antrim, Fermanagh, Sligo, Longford, Wexford, Down.

Fixtures 21/22 May 2022

The remaining qualifier team's playoff to reduce the number of teams to four.

The four beaten provincial finalists play the remaining four qualifier teams. The four winners progress to the All-Ireland Quarter Finals where they play the four provincial champions.

The four provincial champions play the four winners of the qualifiers round 2.

(* indicates the provincial champions or the team that beats them in the quarter-final)

All records exclude extra time.

• Widest winning margin: 23 points
  • Dublin 1-24 - 0-04 Wexford (Leinster Quarter-Final)
• Most goals in a match: 9
  • Wicklow 5-15 - 4-12 Laois (Leinster Preliminary Round)
• Most points in a match: 35
  • Clare 1-19 - 2-16 Limerick (Munster Quarter-Final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Louth 5-10 - 0-10 Carlow (Leinster Preliminary Round)
  • Wicklow 5-15 - 4-12 Laois (Leinster Preliminary Round)
• Most points by one team in a match: 24
  • Dublin 1-24 - 0-04 Wexford (Leinster Quarter-Final)
• Highest aggregate score: 54 points
  • Wicklow 5-15 - 4-12 Laois (Leinster Preliminary Round)
• Lowest aggregate score: 30 points
  • Waterford 1-08 - 2-13 Tipperary (Munster Quarter-Final)

• As London and New York were both back in the Connacht championship after a 2 year break due to Covid-19. They ran Leitrim and Sligo close with a 4 point losing margin in both cases.