2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates	24 February – 30 April 2016
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Mayo (5th win)
Captain	Stephen Coen
Manager	Mike Solan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Stephen Cronin
Manager	Seán Hayes
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Diarmuid O'Connor
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The 2016 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an inter county football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

The competition was sponsored for the second time by EirGrid.

2016 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-final

Roscommon 1-16 Galway 2-10 Kiltoom

Semi-finals

Roscommon 1-18 Sligo 0-8 Markievicz Park
Mayo 4-12 Leitrim 0-15 Carrick-on-Shannon

Final

2 April 2016 19:30 Final	Mayo	1-11 - 1-10	Rocommon	Markievicz Park Referee: James Molloy (Galway) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Murtagh
	Liam Irwin 1-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Conor Loftus 0-3f, Fionan Duffy 0-2, Fergal Boland, Brian Reape, Michael Plunkett 0-1 each	Report	Diarmuid Murtagh 1-4 (0-2f), Ronan Daly 0-3, Brian Stack, Henry Walsh, Ultan Harney 0-1 each

2016 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Wicklow 5-12 Carlow 3-13 IT Carlow
Laois 3-15 Louth 1-14 Haggardstown
Wexford 0-14 Longford 2-5 Enniscorthy

Quarter-finals

Dublin 1-12 Meath 0-9 Parnell Park
Kildare 2-14 Offaly 1-6 Hawkfield
Wexford 0-7 Westmeath 1-5 Enniscorthy
Laois 0-20 Wicklow 3-9 O'Moore Park

Semi-finals

16 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final	Kildare	1-16 - 1-3	Westmeath	O'Moore Park Referee: Stephen Murphy (Louth)
	Neil Flynn 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Con Kavanagh and Chris Healy 0-3 each, Cian McMonagle 0-1	Report	Jack Quinn 1-0, Robert Hickey (0-1f), Paddy Fagan, Darren Giles 0-1 each	O'Moore Park Referee: Stephen Murphy (Louth)

19 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final	Dublin	2-17 - 2-5	Laois	Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)
	Colm Basquel 1-3, Con O'Callaghan 0-5 (0-2f), Chris Sallier 1-1, Glenn O’Reilly 0-3, Martin Cahilan 0-2, Lorcan Molloy (1 '45), Sean McMahon, Michael Deegan 0-1 each	Report	Evan O’Carroll 1-2 (0-1f), Tom Shiel 1-1, Nigel Murphy and Michael Keogh 0-1 each.	Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)

Final

2 April 2016 19:30 Final	Dublin	2-14 - 0-17 AET	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
	Con O’Callaghan 1-7 (0-4f), Cillian O’Shea 1-0, Glenn O’Reilly 0-2, Martin Cahilan, Andrew Foley (0-1f), Brian Howard, Chris Sallier, Colm Basquel 0-1 each	Report	Neil Flynn 0-10 (0-5f, 0-1 ’45), Ben McCormack 0-5, Paschal Connell, Chris Healy 0-1 each

2016 Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Cork 0-23 Clare 0-8 Cooraclare
Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 1-7 Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Semi-finals

16 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final	Cork	3-18 - 0-2	Waterford	Fraher Field Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
	Brian Coakley 1-4 (0-2f), Michael Hurley 1-3, Don O’Driscoll 1-2, Stephen Sherlock 0-3 (0-1f), Sean O’Donoghue 0-2, Mick Dineen, Cian Dorgan, Peter Kelleher, Ryan Harkin 0-1 each	Report	Jason Curry 0-2 (0-1f)	Fraher Field Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)

19 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final	Kerry	1-14 - 2-8	Limerick	Austin Stack Park Referee: Alan Kissane (Waterford)
	Jack Savage (0-3f) and Killian Spillane 0-5 each, Tony Brosnan 1-1, Jordan Kiely 0-2, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1	Report	Hugh Bourke 0-6 (0-5f), Brian Fanning 1-1, Killian Ryan 1-0, Brian Donovan 0-1	Austin Stack Park Referee: Alan Kissane (Waterford)

Final

7 April 2016 19:30 Final	Cork	3-9 - 1-14	Kerry	Austin Stack Park Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Sean White
	Brian Coakley 1-2 (0-1f), Sean White and Sean Powter 1-0 each, Ryan Harkin 0-2, Michael Hurley, Sean O’Donoghue (0-1f), Peter Kelleher, Stephen Sherlock (0-1f), Cian Dorgan 0-1 each	Report	Jack Savage 0-7 (0-4f), Mark O’Connor 1-0 ,Dara Roche and Killian Spillane 0-2, Brian O Seanachain, Micheal Burns, Eanna O Conchuir, Tony Brosnan 0-1 each

2016 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Derry 0-16 Antrim 0-11 Celtic Park

Quarter-finals

Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 0-3 Iniskeen
Down 0-9 Armagh 5-16 Pairc Esler
Cavan 0-10 Tyrone 2-10 Breffni Park
Donegal 0-14 Derry 2-7 Ballybofey

Semi-finals

Monaghan 2-16 Armagh 0-9 Pairc Esler
Tyrone 1-15 Donegal 2-8 Celtic Park

Final

6 April 2016 19:30 Final	Monaghan	0-13 - 0-11	Tyrone	Athletic Grounds Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Barry McGinn
	Barry McGinn 0-6 (0-5f), Conor McCarthy 0-3 (0-1f), Fearghal McMahon, Aaron Lynch, Barry Kerr, Adam Treanor 0-1 each	Report	Lee Brennan 0-5 (0-2f, 1 sl), Cathal McShane 0-2 (0-1f), Shea Hamill, Cillian McCann, Mark Kavanagh, David Mulgrew 0-1 each.

All-Ireland

Semi-finals

15 April 2016 2:30 pm Semi-final	Mayo	1-15 - 1-14	Dublin	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Diarmuid O’Connor
	Diarmuid O’Connor 1-1, Liam Irwin (0-3f) and Conor Loftus (0-4f) 0-4 each, Fergal Boland 0-2, Shairoze Akram, Matthew Ruane, Stephen Coen & Fionán Duffy 0-1 each	Report	Con O’Callaghan 1-5 (0-3f), Colm Basquel and Michael Deegan 0-3 each, Eoin Murchan, Glenn O’Reilly and Paddy Small (0-1f) 0-1 each

15 April 2016 4:30 pm Semi-final	Cork	2-15 - 1-16	Monaghan	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Michael Hurley
	Ryan Harkin 1-1, Seán O’Donoghue 0-4, Peter Kelleher 1-0, Seán Powter and Michael Hurley 0-3 each, Brian Coakley 0-2, Ronan O’Toole and Stephen Sherlock 0-1 each	Report	Barry McGinn 1-6 (0-2f), Feargal McMahon and Conor McCarthy (0-1f) 0-3 each, Conor Forde (0-1f), Dessie Ward, Ryan McAnespie & Donal Meegan 0-1 each

Final

30 April 2016 5:00 pm Final	Mayo	5-7 - 1-14	Cork	Cusack Park, Ennis Attendance: 7,467 Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane
	Liam Irwin 2-2 (0-1f, 1'45), Conor Loftus 2-2 (0-2f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1-0, Michael Plunkett 0-2, Matthew Ruane 0-1.	Report	Brian Coakley 0-5 (0-3f), Seán O’Donoghue 0-4 (0-3f, 1'45), Peter Kelleher 1-0, Ryan Harkin 0-2, Seán Powter, Ronan O’Toole, Michael Hurley 0-1 each

External links

Full Fixtures and Results

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