2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
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| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 February – 30 April 2016 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Mayo (5th win) |
| Captain | Stephen Coen |
| Manager | Mike Solan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Stephen Cronin |
| Manager | Seán Hayes |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
| Player of the Year |  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.
Quarter-final
- Roscommon 1-16 Galway 2-10 Kiltoom
Semi-finals
- Roscommon 1-18 Sligo 0-8 Markievicz Park
- Mayo 4-12 Leitrim 0-15 Carrick-on-Shannon
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
- Wicklow 5-12 Carlow 3-13 IT Carlow
- Laois 3-15 Louth 1-14 Haggardstown
- Wexford 0-14 Longford 2-5 Enniscorthy
Quarter-finals
- Dublin 1-12 Meath 0-9 Parnell Park
- Kildare 2-14 Offaly 1-6 Hawkfield
- Wexford 0-7 Westmeath 1-5 Enniscorthy
- Laois 0-20 Wicklow 3-9 O'Moore Park
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
- Cork 0-23 Clare 0-8 Cooraclare
- Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 1-7 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
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 |