2026 Dalata Hotel Group Ulster GAA Under 20 Football Championship:
Wed 18th March – 7.30pm
Section A Round 1
Dún na nGall 2-15 Fear Manach 3-11 – Match Programme
Muineachán 1-08 Doire 0-14 – Match Programme
Aontroim Bye
Wed 25th March – 7.30pm
Section A Round 2
Fear Manach 2-11 Aontroim 2-07 – Match Programme
Muineachán 0-8 Dún na nGall 1-09 – Match Programme
Doire Bye
Section B Round 1
An Cabhán 1-14 Tír Eoghain 0-15 – Match Programme
An Dún 1-12 Ard Mhacha 0-19 – Match Programme
Sat 28th March
Section A Round 3
Doire 5-20 Fear Manach 0-3 – Match Programme
Dún na nGall 2-19 Aontroim 2-05 – Match Programme
Muineachán Bye
Wed 1st April
Section A Round 4
Aontroim 0-10 Muineachán 1-16 | Match Programme
Doire 1-11 Dún na nGall 1-12 | Match Programme
Fear Manach Bye
Section B Round 2
Ard Mhacha 2-26 An Cabhán 0-10| Match Programme
Tír Eoghain 4-23 An Dún 1-14 | Match Programme
Wed 8th April – 7.30pm
Section A Round 5
Aontroim 0-12 Doire 6-23 | Match Programme
Fear Manach 1-16 Muineachán 3-23 | Match Programme
Dún na nGall Bye
Section B Round 3
Ard Mhacha 1-24 Tír Eoghain 2-15 | Match Programme
An Dún 1-20 An Cabhán 2-17 | Match Programme
U20FC Quarter Finals – Wed 15th April
An Cabhán 0-16 Muineachán 1-17 – Match Programme
Doire 0-12 Tír Eoghain 1-11 – Match Programme
U20FC Semi Finals – Wed 22nd April
Dún na nGall V Tír Eoghain at St Mary’s Convoy, 7.30pm – Tickets | Live on TG4 | Match Programme
Ard Mhacha V Muineachán at BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, 7.30pm – Tickets | Live Stream | Match Programme
U20FC Final – Wed 29th April
Semi Final Winner 1 V Semi Final Winner 2
Tier 2
Semi Final – Mon 20th April
An Dún V Aontroim at Páirc Esler
Final – Mon 27th April
Fear Manach V Semi Final winner
Tier 1 & Tier 2
All-Ireland Semi Finals on 10th May
Group A
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DONEGAL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 55 | 8 |
| 2 | DERRY | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 41 | 6 |
| 3 | MONAGHAN | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 55 | 4 |
| 4 | FERMANAGH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 101 | 2 |
| 5 | ANTRIM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 102 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARMAGH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 46 | 4 |
| 2 | CAVAN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 70 | 3 |
| 3 | TYRONE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 61 | 2 |
| 4 | DOWN | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 76 | 1 |
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, Monaghan, Antrim, Derry, Fermanagh
Section B: Tyrone, Cavan, Armagh, Down
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.
