The groupings have now been determined after the draws for the Junior A, B, and C Football Championships were made at tonight’s County Board meeting.
The Junior A draw was seeded and the Junior B & C were open draws.
2025 Junior A Football Championship (10 Teams)
Format:
- Two groups of 5 with each team playing each other in round-robin series.
- The top Team in each group qualifies for the Semi-final, second and third-placed teams play each other 2 v 3 and 3 v 2 across the
respective groups.
- Semi-Final Draw to ensure that the top-placed teams avoid each other at this stage.
- Winner of Junior A Football Championship promoted to IFC 2026.
- The fifth-place team in each group is to be relegated to JFC B 2026.
- The fourth-placed team in each group to play a relegation final with the defeated team also relegated to JFC B 2026.
- Net Result: JFC A 2026 to comprise 10 teams.
Seeding 2025:
- Pot A 2024 Defeated Finalist plus 2024 IFC Relegated Teams. (4 Teams)
Aughavas
Aughnasheelin
Drumreilly
Eslin
- Pot B 2024 Beaten Semi-Finalists (2 Teams)
Cloone
Glencar/Manorhamilton
- Pot C 2024 Beaten Quarter Finalists (2 Teams)
Annaduff
Glenfarne/Kiltyclogher
- Pot D 2024 Remaining Team and Junior B Championship Winners 2024 (2 Teams)
Melvin Gaels
Mohill
Following the Seeded Draw the groups are:
2025 Junior B Football Championship (8 Teams)
Format:
- Two groups of 4, inclusive of the relegated team from the JFC A 2024, and the six remaining teams that
competed in JFC B 2024 and JFC C winners 2024, with each team playing each other in the round-robin
series.
- The top two teams in each group will play semi-finals (1 v 2 and 2 v 1).
- Winner of Junior B Football Championship promoted to JFC A 2026.
- The bottom-placed team in each group shall play a relegation final, defeated team to be relegated to the Junior C Football Championship 2026.
- There shall be no seeding in this draw.
- Net Result: JFC B 2026 to comprise 10 teams.
Following the Open Draw the groups are:
2025 Junior C Football Championship (10 Teams)
Format:
- Two groups of 5, inclusive of the relegated team from the 2024 Junior B Championship, plus any additional
teams that are eligible and participating in 2025.
- The top two teams in each group will play semi-finals (1 v 2 and 2 v 1).
- Winners of JFC C to be promoted to JFC B 2026.
- There shall be no seeding in this draw.
- Net Result: JFC C 2026 to comprise 10 teams.
Following the Open Draw the groups are:
CCC Liatroma shall determine the order of games to be played at the round-robin stages of Junior A, Junior B and Junior C Football Championships.
In all of the above Championship Series GAA Code 11.1 TO 2025 shall be used to determine ties at
the concluding stages of Round Robin Championship formats