Connacht Under-20 Football Championship

Overview The Connacht Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is currently no seeding. Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found. Progression Qualification for subsequent competitions The Connacht Championship winners gain automatic entry to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland Championship. ==Managers==

Managers in the Connacht Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. The under-20 team manager also works closely with the senior team manager due to an overlap of players on both teams. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman. ==Roll of honour==

Final Team • Most titles: 26: • Mayo (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2025) • Most consecutive title wins: 4: • Mayo (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) • Mayo (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) • Mayo (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) • Most appearances in a final: 35: • Galway (1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) • Most appearances in a final without winning: 9: • Sligo (1979, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017) Teams By decade The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Connacht Championship titles, is as follows: • 1960s: 2 each for Galway (1964-65), Roscommon (1966-69) and Mayo (1967-68) • 1970s: 6 for Mayo (1970-71-73-74-75-76) • 1980s: 5 for Mayo (1980-83-84-85-86) • 1990s: 5 for Galway (1990-92-93-96-98) • 2000s: 7 for Mayo (2001-03-04-06-07-08-09) • 2010s: 4 each for Roscommon (2010-12-14-15) and Galway (2011-13-17-19) Gaps Top three longest gaps between successive championship titles: • 17 years: Roscommon (1982-1999) • 14 years: Leitrim (1977-1991) • 11 years: Roscommon (1999-2010) ==References==