2025 Dalata Hotel Group Ulster U20 Football Championship details confirmed
Details of the upcoming 2025 Dalata Hotel Group Ulster Under-20 Football Championship have been confirmed.
The Championship will be played during the months of March and April.
The competition will be organised in a ’round-robin’ format with a group of 5 and a group of 4, with teams playing the other teams in their group once.
Section A: Donegal, Antrim, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Down
Section B: Armagh, Monaghan, Cavan, Derry
The top team in each group progress to the Ulster U20FC Semi Finals. The second and third place teams would criss-cross and play each other in two Quarter Finals.
There will be Provincial and National Tier 2 knockout competitions for counties who do not qualify for the Ulster U20FC Quarter Finals.
The winners of the two Quarter Finals progress to the Semi Finals, while the two Quarter Final losers are eliminated. The two teams that lose in the Semi Finals will also be eliminated.
Finally, the three teams that finished in fourth and fifth positions in the groups would be eliminated from the Ulster Championship and enter the Tier 2 competition.
The provincial winners will progress to the All-Ireland Semi Finals.
2025 Dalata Hotel Group Ulster GAA Under 20 Football Championship:
Wed 19th March
Section A Round 1
Fermanagh V Donegal
Down V Tyrone
(Antrim Bye)
Wed 26th March
Section A Round 2
Tyrone v Fermanagh
Antrim v Donegal
(Down Bye)
Section B Round 1
Monaghan v Cavan
Armagh v Derry
Sat 29th March
Section A Round 3
Antrim v Fermanagh
Donegal v Down
(Tyrone Bye)
Wed 2nd April
Section A Round 4
Donegal v Tyrone
Down v Antrim
(Fermanagh Bye)
Section B Round 2
Derry v Monaghan
Cavan v Armagh
Wed 9th April
Section A Round 5
Tyrone v Antrim
Fermanagh v Down
(Donegal Bye)
Section B Round 3
Armagh v Monaghan
Cavan v Derry
U20FC Quarter Finals – Wed 16th April
(First named team has home advantage)
Group A Runner-Up V Third in Group B
Group B Runner-Up V Third in Group A
U20FC Semi Finals – Wed 23th April
(First named team has home advantage)
(1) Winner Section A V QF Winner
(2) Winner Section B V QF Winner
U20FC Final – Wed 30th April
Semi Final Winner 1 V Semi Final Winner 2
Tier 2
Semi Final – Mon 21st April
Fifth placed team in Group A V Fourth placed Team in Group B
Final – Mon 28th April
Fourth placed team in Group A V Semi Final winner
Tier 1 & Tier 2
All-Ireland Semi Finals on 10th May
