2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates25 March – 14 May 2022
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamTyrone (6th win)
CaptainNiall Devlin
ManagerPaul Devlin
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
CaptainAaron Browne
ManagerBrian Flanagan
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtSligo
Championship statistics
No. matches played30
Goals total71 (2.37 per game)
Points total656 (21.87 per game)
Top Scorer Ruairí Canavan (1–34)
Player of the Year Ruairí Canavan
2021
2023

The 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 59th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 25 March and ended on 14 May 2022.

Offaly were the defending champions,[1] however they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster semi-final.[2]

The final took place on 14 May 2022, between Kildare and Tyrone. Tyrone won the match by 1–20 to 1–14 to win their sixth title and their first since 2015.[3]

Tyrone's Ruairí Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1–34. Canavan was also named U20 Footballer of the Year.[4]

  1. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (15 August 2021). "Offaly land All-Ireland U20 title after thrilling win over Roscommon". The42.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ McNally, Ger (21 April 2022). "Aaron Brown stars as Kildare dethrone All-Ireland U20 football champions Offaly". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ McNally, Ger (14 May 2022). "Canavan the hero as Tyrone defeat Kildare to win the All-Ireland U20 football championship". the42.ie. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ Roche, Frank (25 May 2022). "Tyrone's Ruairí Canavan named EirGrid Under-20 Footballer of the Year". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2022.