2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 county teams from Ireland competed (Kilkenny did not participate). 2017 was the final year of this competition with an under 18 age limit; an under 17 championship with a new format replaced it after a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016. The winners received the Tom Markham Cup. Kerry won their fourth minor title in a row, defeating Derry in the final on 17 September 2017 by 6-17 to 1-08. This was the first time that any county had won four minor titles in a row. Teams Thirty one teams contested the championship as Kilkenny withdrew after competing in 2016. New York and London did not participate in this competition. Format Provincial Championships Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organised four provincial championships. Each province determined the format for deciding their champions and it could have been a league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination of these. The format for the 2017 championships are explained in the sections below. All-Ireland The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarter finals. Two semi-finals and a final