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2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates24 February – 30 April 2016
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (5th win)
CaptainStephen Coen
ManagerMike Solan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainStephen Cronin
ManagerSeán Hayes
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
Player of the YearBorder Diarmuid O'Connor
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The 2016 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an inter county football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

The competition was sponsored for the second time by EirGrid.

2016 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

2 April 2016
19:30
Final 		Mayo 1-11 - 1-10 Rocommon Markievicz Park
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Man of the Match: Diarmuid Murtagh
Liam Irwin 1-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Conor Loftus 0-3f, Fionan Duffy 0-2, Fergal Boland, Brian Reape, Michael Plunkett 0-1 each Report Diarmuid Murtagh 1-4 (0-2f), Ronan Daly 0-3, Brian Stack, Henry Walsh, Ultan Harney 0-1 each

2016 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

16 March 2016
7:00 pm
Semi-final 		Kildare 1-16 - 1-3 Westmeath O'Moore Park
Referee: Stephen Murphy (Louth)
Neil Flynn 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Con Kavanagh and Chris Healy 0-3 each, Cian McMonagle 0-1 Report Jack Quinn 1-0, Robert Hickey (0-1f), Paddy Fagan, Darren Giles 0-1 each
19 March 2016
7:00 pm
Semi-final 		Dublin 2-17 - 2-5 Laois Parnell Park
Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)
Colm Basquel 1-3, Con O'Callaghan 0-5 (0-2f), Chris Sallier 1-1, Glenn O’Reilly 0-3, Martin Cahilan 0-2, Lorcan Molloy (1 '45), Sean McMahon, Michael Deegan 0-1 each Report Evan O’Carroll 1-2 (0-1f), Tom Shiel 1-1, Nigel Murphy and Michael Keogh 0-1 each.

Final

2 April 2016
19:30
Final 		Dublin 2-14 - 0-17 AET Kildare Páirc Tailteann
Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
Con O’Callaghan 1-7 (0-4f), Cillian O’Shea 1-0, Glenn O’Reilly 0-2, Martin Cahilan, Andrew Foley (0-1f), Brian Howard, Chris Sallier, Colm Basquel 0-1 each Report Neil Flynn 0-10 (0-5f, 0-1 ’45), Ben McCormack 0-5, Paschal Connell, Chris Healy 0-1 each

2016 Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

16 March 2016
7:00 pm
Semi-final 		Cork 3-18 - 0-2 Waterford Fraher Field
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Brian Coakley 1-4 (0-2f), Michael Hurley 1-3, Don O’Driscoll 1-2, Stephen Sherlock 0-3 (0-1f), Sean O’Donoghue 0-2, Mick Dineen, Cian Dorgan, Peter Kelleher, Ryan Harkin 0-1 each Report Jason Curry 0-2 (0-1f)
19 March 2016
7:00 pm
Semi-final 		Kerry 1-14 - 2-8 Limerick Austin Stack Park
Referee: Alan Kissane (Waterford)
Jack Savage (0-3f) and Killian Spillane 0-5 each, Tony Brosnan 1-1, Jordan Kiely 0-2, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1 Report Hugh Bourke 0-6 (0-5f), Brian Fanning 1-1, Killian Ryan 1-0, Brian Donovan 0-1

Final

7 April 2016
19:30
Final 		Cork 3-9 - 1-14 Kerry Austin Stack Park
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)
Man of the Match: Sean White
Brian Coakley 1-2 (0-1f), Sean White and Sean Powter 1-0 each, Ryan Harkin 0-2, Michael Hurley, Sean O’Donoghue (0-1f), Peter Kelleher, Stephen Sherlock (0-1f), Cian Dorgan 0-1 each Report Jack Savage 0-7 (0-4f), Mark O’Connor 1-0 ,Dara Roche and Killian Spillane 0-2, Brian O Seanachain, Micheal Burns, Eanna O Conchuir, Tony Brosnan 0-1 each

2016 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

6 April 2016
19:30
Final 		Monaghan 0-13 - 0-11 Tyrone Athletic Grounds
Attendance: 4,332
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
Man of the Match: Barry McGinn
Barry McGinn 0-6 (0-5f), Conor McCarthy 0-3 (0-1f), Fearghal McMahon, Aaron Lynch, Barry Kerr, Adam Treanor 0-1 each Report Lee Brennan 0-5 (0-2f, 1 sl), Cathal McShane 0-2 (0-1f), Shea Hamill, Cillian McCann, Mark Kavanagh, David Mulgrew 0-1 each.

All-Ireland

Semi-finals

15 April 2016
2:30 pm
Semi-final 		Mayo 1-15 - 1-14 Dublin O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
Man of the Match: Diarmuid O’Connor
Diarmuid O’Connor 1-1, Liam Irwin (0-3f) and Conor Loftus (0-4f) 0-4 each, Fergal Boland 0-2, Shairoze Akram, Matthew Ruane, Stephen Coen & Fionán Duffy 0-1 each Report Con O’Callaghan 1-5 (0-3f), Colm Basquel and Michael Deegan 0-3 each, Eoin Murchan, Glenn O’Reilly and Paddy Small (0-1f) 0-1 each
15 April 2016
4:30 pm
Semi-final 		Cork 2-15 - 1-16 Monaghan O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
Man of the Match: Michael Hurley
Ryan Harkin 1-1, Seán O’Donoghue 0-4, Peter Kelleher 1-0, Seán Powter and Michael Hurley 0-3 each, Brian Coakley 0-2, Ronan O’Toole and Stephen Sherlock 0-1 each Report Barry McGinn 1-6 (0-2f), Feargal McMahon and Conor McCarthy (0-1f) 0-3 each, Conor Forde (0-1f), Dessie Ward, Ryan McAnespie & Donal Meegan 0-1 each

Final

30 April 2016
5:00 pm
Final 		Mayo 5-7 - 1-14 Cork Cusack Park, Ennis
Attendance: 7,467
Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)
Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane
Liam Irwin 2-2 (0-1f, 1'45), Conor Loftus 2-2 (0-2f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1-0, Michael Plunkett 0-2, Matthew Ruane 0-1. Report Brian Coakley 0-5 (0-3f), Seán O’Donoghue 0-4 (0-3f, 1'45), Peter Kelleher 1-0, Ryan Harkin 0-2, Seán Powter, Ronan O’Toole, Michael Hurley 0-1 each

External links

All-Ireland Under-21 and Under-20 Football Championship
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