2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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| Championship details | |
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| Dates | April — 18 September 2016 |
| Teams | 32 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (14th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Kildare |
| Ulster | Donegal |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
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The 2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football competition for under 18's. 32 teams took part.
The winners receive the Tom Markham Cup.
The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Tipperary in the 2015 final.
Kerry beat Galway 3-07 to 0-09 in the final on 18 September 2016 for their third consecutive championship.
Thirty two teams contest the championship. New York and London do not participate in this competition. Kilkenny fielded a team in 2016 despite not having participated in 2015.
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.
All-Ireland
The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarter finals. Two semi-finals follow and a final which is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final on the third Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.
All five Connacht counties compete in a straight knock-out format.
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