2020 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship is due to be the inaugural staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 132nd staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020 and to end in October 2020.
| Dates | April 2020 - October 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 21 | ||
| Sponsor | The Echo | ||
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Nemo Rangers will be the defending champions.[1]
Format change
On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams, straight relegation, and one team from the divisions/colleges section to enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage.[2] On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.[3]
Participating teams
Clubs
The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.[4]
| Team | Location | Colours | Seeding | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemo Rangers | Trabeg | Black and green | A | 1 |
| St. Finbarr's | Togher | Blue and gold | A | 2 |
| Carbery Rangers | Rosscarbery | Green, white and gold | A | 3 |
| Ballincollig | Ballincollig | Red, white and black | B | 4 |
| Castlehaven | Castlehaven | Blue and white | B | 5 |
| Valley Rovers | Innishannon | Green and white | B | 6 |
| Douglas | Douglas | Black, white and green | C | 7 |
| Newcestown | Newcestown | Red and yellow | C | 8 |
| Clonakilty | Clonakilty | Red and green | C | 9 |
| Ilen Rovers | Church Cross | Green and white | D | 10 |
| Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | D | 11 |
| Carrigaline | Carrigaline | Blue and yellow | D | 12 |
Divisions and colleges
| Team | Location | Colours |
|---|---|---|
| Avondhu | North Cork | Yellow and black |
| Beara | Beara Peninsula | Red and white |
| Carbery | West Cork | Purple and yellow |
| Cork Institute of Technology | Bishopstown | Red and white |
| Duhallow | Duhallow | Red and white |
| Imokilly | East Cork | Orange and black |
| Muskerry | Muskerry | Green and white |
| Seandún | Cork City | Red and white |
| University College Cork | College Road | Red and black |
Fixtures/results
Group 1
Table
Advance to quarter-finals Advance to preliminary quarter-finals Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| Ballincollig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrigaline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clonakilty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Finbarr's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
| April 2020 Round 1 | v |
| April 2020 Round 1 | v |
| August 2020 Round 2 | v |
| August 2020 Round 2 | v |
| August 2020 Round 3 | v |
| August 2020 Round 3 | v |
Group 2
Table
Advance to quarter-finals Advance to preliminary quarter-finals Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| Carbery Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlehaven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilen Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcestown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
| April 2020 Round 1 | v |
| April 2020 Round 1 | v |
| August 2020 Round 2 | v |
| August 2020 Round 2 | v |
| August 2020 Round 3 | v |
| August 2020 Round 3 | v |
Group 3
Table
Advance to quarter-finals Advance to preliminary quarter-finals Advance to relegation play-offs
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| Bishopstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Douglas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nemo Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valley Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
| April 2020 Round 1 | v |
| April 2020 Round 1 | v |
| August 2020 Round 2 | v |
| August 2020 Round 2 | v |
| August 2020 Round 3 | v |
| August 2020 Round 3 | v |
Knock-out stage
Preliminary quarter-finals
| Preliminary quarter-final | Best third-placed team | v | Second best third-placed team |
| Preliminary quarter-final | Third best third-placed team | v | Divisional / Colleges winner |
Quarter-finals
| Quarter-final | v |
| Quarter-final | v |
| Quarter-final | v |
| Quarter-final | v |
Semi-finals
| Semi-final | v |
| Semi-final | v |
Final
| October 2020 Final | v |
References
- Cormican, Eoghan (27 October 2019). "Brace form Luke Connolly the difference as Nemo Rangers overcome Duhallow in Cork SFC". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- Leen, Tony (18 November 2019). "Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2019.