{"id":517948,"date":"2026-06-25T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517948\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:50:11","slug":"all-ireland-football-championship-may-not-need-semi-final-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517948\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Ireland Football Championship may not need semi-final draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final draw is set to take place on Sunday after the quarter-finals conclude, but there may be no need for a draw at all.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/06\/22\/sport\/gaa\/all-ireland-sfc-quarterfinal-details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quarter-finals<\/a> get underway this Saturday when Cork take on Mayo at 4:00 pm, followed by Kerry and Tyrone locking horns at 6:15 pm. The following day, Louth and Monaghan face off at 1:45 pm before an in-form Dublin take on Galway at 4:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one scenario in which a draw will not be needed: if Monaghan, Louth, and Mayo all win their respective games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-2026-06-14T153101.683.jpg\" alt=\"Louth\" class=\"wp-image-1781090\"  \/>Dara McDonnell of Louth. Pic: Ben McShane\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>The GAA holds an open draw at the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland and seeks to avoid repeat pairings from earlier in the championship, where possible.<\/p>\n<p>That means Mayo cannot face Tyrone or Monaghan again in the semi-final, so if that trio is victorious, then Mayo will take on the winners of Dublin and Galway, and Tyrone would then be left to play Monaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Other potential semi-finals that can\u2019t take place are Cork against Kerry, having met in the Munster final in May, and Dublin against Louth, a fixture that has already happened twice this summer in the Leinster semi-final and earlier in the All-Ireland series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3436832.jpg\" alt=\"all-ireland\" class=\"wp-image-1768053\"  \/>Colm O\u2019Callaghan of Cork. Pic: Sam Barnes\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>If there is a need for a draw, it will take place live on The Sunday Game on RT\u00c9 2 at 6:00 pm on Sunday, after the Galway and Dublin game, barring either of Sunday\u2019s games requiring extra time or penalties.<\/p>\n<p>A last-four spot is a rarity for some teams in the quarter-finals, with Louth having not featured at the semi-final stage since 1957, and Cork aiming to reach the last-four for the first time since 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Mayo haven\u2019t played a last-four tie since 2021, while Dublin and Monaghan both appeared in 2023. Galway last played in the semi-finals in 2024, while Kerry and Tyrone are looking to return to the semi-finals after their clash in last year\u2019s edition. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/GAA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#GAA<\/a> All-Ireland Quarter Finals draw is set! \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrWMQvF7aC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/OrWMQvF7aC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The GAA (@officialgaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/officialgaa\/status\/2068964402347294944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 22, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final draw is set to take place on Sunday after the quarter-finals conclude,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-517948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}