2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 43rd edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2016
Championship details
Dates14 May – 25 September 2016
Teams13
All-Ireland champions
WinnersCork (11th win)
CaptainCiara O’Sullivan
ManagerEphie Fitzgerald
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upDublin
CaptainNoëlle Healy
ManagerGregory McGonigle
Provincial champions
ConnachtMayo
LeinsterDublin
MunsterCork
UlsterMonaghan
Championship Statistics
Matches Played27
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Cork were the defending champions and successfully defended their title beating Dublin in the final on 25 September 2016. The 2016 attendance of 34,445 was a new record.

Format

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and it may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.

Qualifiers

All teams except the provincial champions enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. The final four qualifier winners re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarterfinal stage. All matches are knock-out.

All-Ireland

The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarterfinals with the winners progressing to the semifinals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.

Provincial championships

Connacht Format

As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played.

Connacht Final
Final
Mayo3-20 – 0-16Galway
Report
Referee: John Niland (Sligo)

Leinster Format

Four Leinster teams (Dublin, Laois, Meath and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds of two matches. The top two teams advance to the final.

Leinster Round 1
  • Dublin 3-15 – 0-4 Laois
  • Meath 2-14 – 5-21 Westmeath
Leinster Round 2
  • Laois 3-6 – 2-9 Meath
  • Westmeath 1-4 – 4-12 Dublin
Leinster Round 3
  • Laois 1-11 – 2-12 Westmeath
  • Meath 2-4 – 3-19 Dublin
Table
  1. Dublin (6 pts)
  2. Westmeath (4)
  3. Laois (1)
  4. Meath (1)

Leinster Final
10 July 2016
3:00 pm
Final		 Dublin 4-21 - 0-7 Westmeath O'Moore Park
Referee: Colm McManus (Meath)
Man of the Match: Nicole Owens (St. Sylvesters)
Lyndsey Davey 1-4 (0-1f), Nicole Owens 0-6, Carla Rowe and Sinead Aherne (0-1f) 1-2 each, Sinéad Goldrick 1-1, Noëlle Healy 0-3, Ciara Trant (0-1f), Deirdre Murphy, Siobhan Woods 0-1 each Report Leona Archibald 0-4 (0-3f), Lucy McCartan, Fiona Claffey, Maud Annie Foley 0-1 each

Munster Format

Three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final.

Munster Group Stage
Group Match
Cork1-10 - 0-7Waterford
Group Match
Kerry2-14 - 2-9Cork
Group Match
Kerry1-14 – 1-7Waterford
Report

Munster Final
Final
Cork2-8 – 0-7Kerry
Report

Ulster Format

Four teams compete in two semifinals and a final. All matches are knockout.

Ulster Semifinals
Semifinal
Cavan1-9 - 1-8Donegal
Semifinal
Armagh2-4 - 3-17Monaghan

Ulster Final
Final
Monaghan0-14 - 1-8Cavan

Qualifiers

Qualifiers Format


All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. All matches are knock-out.

The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarterfinals.

Qualifiers Preliminary Round
Preliminary round
Armagh2-13 - 4-13Waterford
Clane, Kildare

Qualifiers Last Eight
Qualifier
Donegal3-15 - 4-11Galway
Pearse Park, Longford
Qualifier
Meath1-4 - 3-20Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Qualifier
Cavan1-15 - 1-13Laois
Birr, Offaly
Qualifier
Kerry3-19 - 3-10Waterford
Birr, Offaly

All-Ireland

All-Ireland Quarterfinals

The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers.

Quarterfinal
Mayo2-10 - 1-11Westmeath
Pearse Park, Longford
Quarterfinal
Dublin1-13 – 2-7Donegal
Sinéad Aherne 1-6 (3f), C Rowe 0-3, Niamh McEvoy 0-2, S Woods and Lyndsey Davey 0-1 each Report K Guthrie 0-4 (4f), Y McMonagle 1-1 (1f), G McLaughlin 1-0, A Barrett and K Herron 0-1 each
Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: G Chapman (Sligo)
Quarterfinal
Cork3-17 - 1-3Cavan
Birr
Quarterfinal
Monaghan6-17 - 1-16Kerry
Birr, Offaly

All-Ireland Semifinals
Semifinal
Mayo1-12 - 2-10Dublin
Breffni Park, Cavan
Semifinal
Cork2-10 - 1-10Monaghan
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

All-Ireland final
Main article: 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
Cork1-7; 1-6Dublin
Rhona Ní Bhuachalla (1-0)
Doireann O'Sullivan (0-3)
Orla Finn (0-3)
Orlagh Farmer (0-1)		 [1][2][3] Sinéad Aherne (1-3)
Niamh McEvoy (0-1)
Noëlle Healy (0-1)
Lyndsey Davey (0-1)
Attendance: 34,445
Referee: Brendan Rice (Down)

References
  1. "Drama as Cork edge out Dublin to seal six-in-a-row". www.rte.ie. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "As it happened: Cork v Dublin, All-Ireland ladies senior football final". www.the42.ie. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "Cork v Dublin - TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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