County Championship Draw regulations
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Intermediate Football Championship
Preliminary Round – one game. Winner to Round 1, loser to Round 2.
Round 1 – Twenty teams Ten games. Winners to Round 3, losers to Round 2.
Round 2 – Ten teams from Round 1 plus loser Preliminary Round. Eleven teams – 5 games. Plus one bye. The losers of the Preliminary Round cannot get a bye in this Round. Losers eliminated and play off to find the bottom two teams in the Championship.
Round 3 – Ten winners Round 1, plus five Winners from Round 2 plus Bye teams from Round 2. A total of 16 teams. Eight games. Losers eliminated.
Quarter-finals – Eight teams. Four games. Losers eliminated
Semi-finals – Four teams
Final.
Intermediate Football Draw Procedure
Intermediate Hurling Championship
Preliminary Round – one game. Winner to Round 1 loser to Round 2.
Round 1 – Thirteen games. Winners to Round 3 losers to Round 2.
Round 2 – Thirteen losers from Round 1 plus loser preliminary Round. Fourteen teams – 7 games. Losers eliminated and play off down to the bottom two teams in the Championship.
Round 3 – Thirteen winners Round 1 plus Seven Winners from Round 2. A total of 20 teams, 10 games. Losers eliminated.
Round 4 – Ten teams. Two games and six byes. Losers eliminated
Quarter-finals – Eight teams
Semi-finals – Four teams
Final.
Intermediate Hurling Draw Procedure
Premier Intermediate Football Championship
Round 1 – Fourteen teams. Seven games. Winners to Round 3, Losers to Round 2.
Round 2 – Seven teams. Seven losers of Round 1. Three games. Winners to Round 3. Losers eliminated and play off down to the bottom two teams in the Championship. If there are only three teams in this play-off, the format will be Round-Robin.
Round 3 – 11 teams. Three games, plus 5 byes. Losers eliminated
Quarter-finals – Eight teams
Semi-finals – Four teams
Final –
Premier Intermediate Football Draw Procedure
Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Round 1 – Sixteen teams. Eight games. Winners to Round 3. Losers to Round 2.
Round 2 – Eight teams. Four games. Winners to Round 3. Losers eliminated and play off down to the bottom two teams in the Championship.
Round 3 – Twelve teams – Four games and 4 Byes
Quarter-final – Eight teams. Four games.
Semi-finals – Four teams
Final
Premier Intermediate Hurling Draw Procedure
Senior Football Championship
Divisional and College teams.
Round 1 – Eight teams. Four Games. Losers eliminated.
Round 2 – Four teams. Two games. Winners qualify for Round 3 of Championship and join the remaining clubs. Losers eliminated.
Draw Procedures Senior Football (Divisions and Colleges) Draw
In Round 1, the first pair drawn will be (A), the second pair drawn will be (B) and so on.
In Round 2, (A) will play (B) and (C) will play (D).
Clubs – 19 teams
Preliminary Round – one game. Winner to Round 1 loser to Round 2.
Round 1 – Nine games. Winners to Round 3 losers to Round 2.
Round 2 – Nine losers from Round 1 plus loser preliminary Round. Ten teams – 5 games. Losers eliminated and play off to find the bottom two teams in the Championship.
Round 3 – Nine winners from Round 1 plus Five Winners from Round 2 plus two Divisional teams. A total of 16 teams. Eight games. Losers eliminated.
Quarter-finals – Eight teams
Semi-finals – Four teams
Final.
Procedures for Senior Football Championship (Clubs) Draw
Senior Hurling Championship
Divisional and College teams.
Round 1 – Eight teams. Four Games. Losers eliminated
Round 2 – Four teams. Two games. Winners qualify for Round 3 of Championship and join the remaining clubs. Losers eliminated.
Clubs teams – 18 teams
Round 1 – Nine games. Winners to Round 3 losers to Round 2.
Round 2 – Nine losers from Round 1. Nine teams – 4 games plus one bye. Losers eliminated and play off to find the bottom two teams in the Championship
Round 3 – Nine winners from Round 1 plus four from Round 2, Plus bye team from Round 2, plus two Divisional teams. A total of 16 teams. Eight games. Losers eliminated. Winners to Quarter-finals. Should the bye team from Round 2 lose in Round 3, they will join the losers from Round 2 in the play-off to find the bottom two teams in the Championship.
Quarter-finals – Eight teams
Semi-finals – Four teams
Final.
Procedures for Senior Hurling Championship (Clubs) Draw
The procedures to avoid repeat pairings will be carried out in the following way:-
The second team drawn shall go down to take the next available position in the Draw and will play against the next drawn.
If the last two teams in the Draw are a repeat pairing
Original Draw
Taking the last 4 teams in the Draw as (1), (2), (3) and (4), the Draw has resulted in
(1) v (2)
(3) v (4)
Alternative 1
If (3) and (4) are a repeat pairing– the Draw is changed to read:-
(1) v (4)
(3) v (2)
Alternative 2
(1) v (3)
(2) v (4)
If neither alternative works the pairings to remain as first drawn.