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2003 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Teams
  
33

Captain
  
Peter Canavan

Losing team
  
Armagh

Winning team
  
Tyrone (1st win)

Manager
  
Mickey Harte

Dates
  
4 May - 21 September 2003

The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 117th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 2003 and ended on 28 September 2003.

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Armagh entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 28 September 2003, Tyrone won the championship following a 0-12 to 0-9 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

Tyrone's Peter Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1-48. His teammate Steven McDonnell was the choice for the Vodafone Footballer of the Year award.

Format

The provincial championships in Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht were run as usual on a "knock-out" basis. These provincial games were then followed by the "Qualifier" system:

  • Round 1 of the qualifiers included all the counties (except New York) that did not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals. An open draw was made to give eight pairings.
  • Round 2 consisted of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-Finals playing against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw was made to determine the eight pairings.
  • Round 3 consisted of the eight winners from Round 2. Another open draw was made to determine the four pairings.
  • Round 4 consisted of the four winners from Round 3 playing against the beaten Provincial finalists. A draw was made to determine the pairings.

    • The All-Ireland Quarter-Finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions played one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-Finals were played on a Provincial rota basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team was defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeated it took its place in the Semi-Final.

    Connacht Senior Football Championship

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-finals

    Final

    Munster Senior Football Championship

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-final

    Final

    Ulster Senior Football Championship

    Preliminary round

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-finals

    Final

    Leinster Senior Football Championship

    First round

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-finals

    Final

    All-Ireland qualifiers

    Round 1

    Round 2

    All Ireland

    The provincial champions and the winners of round 4 contested the quarter finals. The quarter final matches would be between a provincial champion and a round 4 winner.

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-finals

    Final

    Top scorers

    Overall
    Single game

    Miscellaneous

  • Tyrone won their 1st All Ireland title.
  • Laois won their 1st Leinster title in 57 years.

    • References

    2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia
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