2025 Dalata Hotel Group Ulster Under 20 Football Championship launched
The 2025 Dalata Hotel Group Ulster Under 20 Football Championship was officially launched last night at Omagh St Enda’s GAC, Co. Tyrone.
Players and managers from across all nine counties gathered with representatives from Ulster GAA and new competition sponsors, Dalata Hotel Group, for the event.
Speaking at the launch, Ulster GAA President Michael Geoghegan said:
“The Dalata Hotel Group Under 20 Football Championship is well established as one of the premier GAA competitions in Ireland, and we look forward showcasing some of the best young talent from our counties over the next six weeks.”
The Championship will be played during the months of March and April, organised in a ’round-robin’ format with a group of five and a group of four, with teams playing the other teams in their group once.
Section A: Antrim, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone
Section B: Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Monaghan
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 Football U20 Championship Schedule
Wed 19 March – 7.30pm
Group A Round 1
Fear Manach V Dún na nGall at Brewster Park
An Dún V Tír Eoghain at Pairc Esler
Wed 26 March – 7.30pm
Group A Round 2
Tír Eoghain V Fear Manach at Dungannon
Aontroim V Dún na nGall at Dunsilly
Group B Round 1
Muineachán V An Cabhán at Inniskeen
Ard Mhacha V Doire at Box-It Athletic Grounds
Sat 29 March – 2.00pm
Group A Round 3
Aontroim V Fear Manach at Dunsilly
Dún na nGall V An Dún at Ballybofey
Wed 2 April – 7.30pm
Group A Round 4
Dún na nGall V Tír Eoghain at Ballybofey
An Dún V Aontroim at Páirc Esler
Group B Round 2
Doire V Muineachán at Owenbeg
An Cabhán V Ard Mhacha at Kingspan Breffni
Wed 9 April – 7.30pm
Group A Round 5
Tír Eoghain V Aontroim at Dungannon
Fear Manach V An Dún at Brewster Park
Group B Round 3
Ard Mhacha V Muineachán at Box-It Athletic Grounds
An Cabhán V Doire at Kingspan Breffni
U20FC Quarter Finals – Wed 16 April
(First named team has home advantage)
1)Group A Runner Up V Third in Group B
2)Group B Runner Up V Third in Group A
U20FC Semi Finals – Wed 23 April
(First named team has home advantage, repeat pairings will be avoided where possible)
1) Winner Group A V QF Winner
2) Winner Group B V QF Winner
U20FC Final – Wed 30 April
Winner 1 V Winner 2
Tier 2 Semi Finals – Mon 21 April
1)Fifth placed team in Group A V Fourth placed Team in Group B (Toss for home advantage)
Final – Mon 28ú April Fourth placed team in Group A V Semi Final winner.
If Semi final winner was at home in Semi Final, they will play this final away, and vice versa.
Tier 1 & Tier 2 All-Ireland Semi Finals on 10 May
Tickets will be available to BUY ONLINE at ulster.gaa.ie/tickets.
