The 2000 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 112th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Armagh successfully defended their title, beating 1998 winners Derry in the final.The Sideline Eye (4 May 2023) Canavan, who managed the side along with Brian McAlinden, guided Armagh to back-to-back Ulster crowns. - https://thesidelineeye.com/2023/05/04/2000-was-armaghs-best-team-ever-canavan/
Teams General Information Nine counties competed in the Ulster Senior Football Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 1999 ChampionshipSponsor Antrim1951 —Quarter-finals Bushmills Armagh2008—ChampionsMorgan Fuels Cavan19971952Quarter-finalsKingspan Derry19981993Semi-FinalsSperrin Metal Donegal19921992Quarter-finalsAbbey Hotel Down19941994Runners UpCanal Court Hotel Fermanagh — —Quarter FinalsTracey Concrete Monaghan1988 —Preliminary RoundHarte Peat Tyrone1995 —Semi-finalsW.J. Dolan
Championship Draw
The draw for the 2000 Championship was made on 14 November 1999.
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Miscellaneous This was the final Ulster Championship before the Covid-hit 2020 season where defeat meant elimination from the All-Ireland Championship.BBC Sport - Do you remember the last Ulster SFC final before the back door arrived? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/54742199Two decades ago to be precise, the last summer the All-Ireland Championship was staged as a straight knock-out tournament. - Irish Examiner 31 October 2020 https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40073558.html Antrim's victory over Down in the Quarter-final on 28 May was played during a thunder-storm in Belfast.Not even the thunder and lightening which broke across the dark afternoon skies or the hailstones and heavy rain which followed could put this Antrim team off their stride. - Antrim weather the storm as 18 year famine ends - Irish Independent - Monday 29 May 2000 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/20000529/396/0032 It was Antrim's first win in the Ulster SFC since their win over Cavan in 1982.
See also
2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2000 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final
References
External links http://ulster.gaa.ie/