2020 Munster Senior Football Championship

2020 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year	2020
Winners
Champions	Tipperary
Manager	David Power
Captain	Conor Sweeney
Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
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The 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2020 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA.^[1] The fixtures were announced on RTÉ Radio on 8 October 2019.^[2] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, all GAA activity was suspended until late in the year.

On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the title after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster title in 85 years.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

To mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday, Tipperary wore special commemorative jerseys in white and green in the final, a replica of the colours worn by the Tipperary team which played Dublin in Croke Park in 1920.^[7]^[8]

Teams[]

The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Last previous success
Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and Blue		Colm Collins	Gary Brennan		1992
Cork	Red and white		Ronan McCarthy	Paul Kerrigan	2010	2012
Kerry	Green and gold		Peter Keane	David Clifford^[9]	2014	2019
Limerick	Green and white		Billy Lee	Donal O’Sullivan	1896	1896
Tipperary	Blue and gold (final) White and Green		David Power	Conor Sweeney	1920	1935
Waterford	White and blue		Benji Whelan	Paul Whyte		1898

Bracket[]

Round of 16

Semi-Finals

Final

Waterford

0-9

Limerick

2-14

Limerick

2-11

Tipperary

1-15

Tipperary

2-11

Clare

1-11

Tipperary

0-17

Cork

0-14

Cork

1-12

Kerry

0-13

Quarter-Finals[]

The 4 non-finalists of the 2019 championship entered this round. The lowest ranked counties to play in the quarter-finals are Limerick and Waterford of Division 4.

Tie No.	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1	Waterford (4)	0-09 - 2-14	Limerick(4)
2	Tipperary (3)	2-11 - 1-11	Clare (2)
3	Cork (2)	Bye	N/A
4	Kerry (1)	Bye	N/A

Matches

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) Quarter-final	Waterford (4)	0–09 (09) – (20) 2–14	Limerick (4)	Dungarvan
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 0-04 – 2-05)		Venue: Fraher Field
	Pts: J Curry 3 (2f), C Murray 2, D Guiry 1, D Corcoran 1, T Grey 1, S Ahearne 1 (1m).	Report	Gls: A Enright 1, C Fahy 1. Pts: H Bourke 4 (2f; 1m), D Lyons 2, S McSweeney 2 (1f), K Ryan 1, T McCarthy 1, I Corbett 1, C Fahy 1, G Brown 1, S O’Carroll 1.	Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Quarter-final	Tipperary (3)	2–11 (17) – (14) 1–11	Clare (2)	Thurles
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 1-06 – 0-05)		Venue: Semple Stadium
	Gls: C Sweeney 1, B Maher 1. Pts: C Sweeney 4 (2f); J Kennedy 3 (3f); L Casey 2; L Boland 1, E Moloney 1.	Report	Gls: J Feehan 1 (og). Pts: E Cleary 4 (4f); K Sexton 2 (2f), P Collins 2; Gary Brennan 1, C O'Connor 1, J Malone 1.	Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Semi-Finals[]

The 2 finalists of the 2019 championship entered this round along with the 2 quarter-final winners. The lowest ranked county to play in the semi-finals is Limerick of Division 4.

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) Semi-final	Limerick (4)	2–11 (17) – (18) 1–15 (a.e.t.)	Tipperary (3)	Limerick
13:15 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 2–6 – 0–5)		Venue: LIT Gaelic Grounds
	Gls: S McSweeney 1, C Fahey 1 Pts: S McSweeney 2, H Bourke 2 (2f), D O’Sullivan (1f, ’45) 2, T Griffin 1, K Ryan 1, D Treacy 1, C Sheehan 1, C Fahey 1.	Report	Gls: L Casey 1 Pts: C Sweeney 7 (5f), J Kennedy 2 (2f), L Boland 2, M Quinlivan 1, K Fahey 1, R Kiely 1, B Fox 1.	Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) Semi-final	Cork (3)	1–12 (15) – (13) 0–13 (a.e.t.)	Kerry (1)	Cork
16:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 0-06 – 0-05)		Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	Gls: M Keane 1. Pts: M Collins 4 (3fs), L Connolly 3 (2fs), K O'Hanlon 2 (1f 1 45), K O'Donovan 1, B Hurley 1 (m), S Powter 1.	Report	Pts: K Spillane 4, D Clifford 4 (1f), S O'Shea 2 (1f), R Buckley 1, D Moynihan 1, T Brosnan 1.	Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary) TV: RTÉ

Final[]

RTÉ

22 November 2020
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Final

Report

Tipperary	0-17 (17) – (14) 0-14	Cork
(HT: 0-11 - 0-07)
Pts: C Sweeney 7 (2fs, 2m); M Quinlivan 5 (1f); L Casey 2 (f); K Fahey 1, E Comerford 1 (free), P Austin 1.		Pts: L Connolly 4 (2fs, 1 45), M Collins 4 (4fs); J O’Rourke 2; C O’Callaghan 1, B Hurley 1, S White 1, C O’Mahony 1 (f).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

References[]

^ "2020 Munster SHC/SFC Fixtures". munstergaa.ie. 18 February 2018.
^ 2020 Munster SFC fixtures announced, from rte.ie
^ "Tipperary end 85-year wait for Munster senior football glory with famous win over Cork". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "Tipperary end 85-year wait to win Munster crown". RTE Sport. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "Greatest day of shocks in football history? How Tipperary and Cavan upset odds to taste provincial glory". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "TIPPERARY 0-17 CORK 0-14". GAA.ie. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "Here are the jerseys Dublin and Tipperary will wear to mark Bloody Sunday centenary". The 42. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Tipperary footballers back in blue and gold for All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo". RTE Sport. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "David Clifford named Kerry captain for 2020". RTÉ Sport. 20 January 2020.

External links[]

https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164800/http://munstergaa.ie/

[1] "2020 Munster SHC/SFC Fixtures". munstergaa.ie. 18 February 2018.

[2] 2020 Munster SFC fixtures announced, from rte.ie

[3] "Tipperary end 85-year wait for Munster senior football glory with famous win over Cork". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[4] "Tipperary end 85-year wait to win Munster crown". RTE Sport. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[5] "Greatest day of shocks in football history? How Tipperary and Cavan upset odds to taste provincial glory". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[6] "TIPPERARY 0-17 CORK 0-14". GAA.ie. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[7] "Here are the jerseys Dublin and Tipperary will wear to mark Bloody Sunday centenary". The 42. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[8] "Tipperary footballers back in blue and gold for All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo". RTE Sport. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[9] "David Clifford named Kerry captain for 2020". RTÉ Sport. 20 January 2020.

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2020 Munster Senior Football Championship

Contents

Teams[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-Finals[]

Semi-Finals[]

Final[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]