The 2000 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 7 May 2000 and ended on 7 October 2000.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Offaly in the Leinster quarter-final.
On 24 September 2000, the All-Ireland final between Kerry and Galway ended in a draw, 0–14 apiece. Kerry won the replay two weeks later by 0–17 to 1–10, thus claiming their 32nd All-Ireland title.
This was the final year that the provincial knockout format was used, before the qualifier system was introduced in 2001.
Format The Ulster, Munster and Connacht championships were conducted as straight knock-out competitions. In the Leinster championship, seven teams received byes to the quarter-finals, while the other four — Wicklow, Wexford, Longford and Carlow — played a round-robin to determine the 8th team to play in the Leinster quarter-finals. The winners of each provincial competition went on to play in the All Ireland semi-finals.
Provincial championships
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Group stage
PosTeam Pld WDLScores forScores against+/-Points1 Wexford32106–300–35 +1352 Longford32012–426–27 +343 Wicklow31112–313–29 −134 Carlow30032–253–37 −150
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Bracket
Semi-finals
Finals
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Dara Ó CinnéideKerry3–223165.162Oisín McConvilleArmagh1–212454.803Pádraic JoyceGalway0–232363.834Mike Frank RussellKerry2–162263.66Rory GallagherFermanagh1–192237.336Pádraig BrennanKildare0–212163.50Leigh O'BrienWexford0–212144.258Tommy GillWicklow1–151836.00Pádraig DavisLongford0–181836.0010Colm QuinnOffaly1–131635.33
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Oisín McConvilleArmagh1–912Kerry2Dara Ó CinnéideKerry2–511CorkColin CorkeryCork1–811Kerry4Frankie DolanRoscommon2–39LondonColm HickeyLimerick2–39CorkMike Frank RussellKerry2–39ArmaghRory GallagherFermanagh1–69DonegalTommy GillWicklow1–69LongfordPádraig DavisLongford0–99Wicklow10Niall SheridanLongford2–28WicklowPaddy BradleyDerry1–58AntrimDeclan BrowneTipperary0–88ClareRory GallagherFermanagh0–88ArmaghLeigh O'BrienWexford0–88CarlowPádraig BrennanKildare0–88Offaly
Miscellaneous
On 14 May 2000, Brewster Park, Enniskillen played host to its first championship game for 55 years between Fermanagh vs Monaghan. Antrim's Ulster quarter-final defeat of Down is their first championship victory in 18 years. Sligo record their first win over Mayo since 1975. The Leinster final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1950. The All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Armagh ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1987 game between Cork & Galway. The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1996.
References
External links Do you remember the last Ulster SFC final before the back door arrived?