2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games

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Sponsor Etihad Airways
Dates 09 August 2016 – 12 August 2016

The 2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games was a global competition of gaelic football, hurling, and camogie featuring teams from six continents, held at University College Dublin from August 9 to August 11, 2016, with the Cup finals being played on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Croke Park.

Each sport (ladies football, mens football, hurling and camogie) consisted of two separate tournaments: one for native players (born and raised in the country they are competing for) and one for Irish born players (originally born in Ireland before emigrating to whatever country they are playing for), creating a total of 8 separate competitions.

Africa

South Africa Gaels

Middle East

Abu Dhabi na Fianna
Middle East
Oman GAA

Asia

Beijing
Asia

Australia

Australasia

Europe

Britain
Brittany (France)
Croydon (London)
Europe
Father Murphy's (London)
France
Galicia (Spain)
Germany
Jersey
Parnells (London)
Tara (London)
Thomas McCurtains
Tir Chonail Gaels

North America

Canada Eastern
Canada Toronto
Canada Western
NACB Chicago
NACB Eire Og San Francisco
New York
North America

South America

Argentina

Preliminary Round Robin

Teams were put into groups of 3 or 4 for the preliminary stage and played off in a double or single round robin format respectively. The top team from each group of three and the top two from each group of four would go into the Cup Play-offs on Wednesday while any team that did not qualify for the Cup Play-offs would go into the Shield Play-offs on Wednesday. The hurling competitions were the only exceptions, where there was only one group of three in both the native and Irish divisions, therefore there was no shield competition, and the top two from each of those groups went into the finals on Friday.

Wednesday Cup Play-offs

In both ladies football divisions, camogie and the mens football Irish division, there was only one Cup Play-off group. The teams in it competed in a round robin format with the top two going into the finals on Friday. Any team that did not finish in the top 2 went into the Plate Play-offs on Thursday. Due to the large number of teams in the mens native football, there were two Cup Play-off groups with the top team from each going into the final on Friday, all other teams to not qualify for the final went into the Plate Play-offs on Thursday.

Wednesday Shield Play-offs

Similar to the Cup PLayoffs, the Shield Play-offs were contested in a round robin format with the top team in each group going into the Shield final on Thursday, any team that did not qualify for the Shield final went into the Plate Playoffs on Friday.