2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


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. The Leinster championship consisted of a round robin format between Wicklow, Wexford, Longford and Carlow 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
PosTeamPldWDLScores forScores against+/-Points
1 Wexford32106-300-35+135
2 Longford32012-426-27+34
3 Wicklow31112-313-29-13
4 Carlow30032-253-37-150

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

Bracket

Semi-Finals

Finals

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Dara Ó CinnéideKerry3-223165.16
2Oisín McConvilleArmagh1-212454.80
3Pádraic JoyceGalway0-232363.83
4Mike Frank RussellKerry2-162263.66
4Rory GallagherKerry1-192237.33
6Pádraig BrennanKildare0-212163.50
6Leigh O'BrienWexford0-212144.25
8Tommy GillWicklow1-151836.00
8Pádraig DavisLongford0-181836.00
10Colm QuinnOffaly1-131635.33

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Oisín McConvilleArmagh1-912Kerry
2Dara Ó CinnéideKerry2-511Cork
2Colin CorkeryCork1-811Kerry
4Frankie DolanRoscommon2-39London
4Colm HickeyLimerick2-39Cork
4Mike Frank RussellKerry2-39Armagh
4Rory GallagherFermanagh1-69Donegal
4Tommy GillWicklow1-69Longford
4Pádraig DavisLongford0-99Wicklow
10Niall SheridanLongford2-28Wicklow
10Paddy BradleyDerry1-58Antrim
10Declan BrowneTipperary0-88Clare
10Rory GallagherFermanagh0-88Armagh
10Leigh O'BrienWexford0-88Carlow
10Pádraig BrennanKildare0-88Offaly

Miscellaneous