Criteria confirmed for deciding Connacht U-20 football finalist and semi-finalists
Eden Kerins and his Roscommon team-mates will be looking to round off their Connacht U-20 football championship campaign with a positive result against Leitrim on Wednesday evening. Picture: Gerard O'Loughlin
The criteria to decide placings among teams that finish level on points after next Wednesday’s final round of games in this year’s absorbing Connacht U-20 Football Championship has been confirmed by the Connacht Council.
With just three points separating all five counties, the only guarantee ahead of next Wednesday’s final round is that Galway have qualified for the knockout stages.
Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo and Leitrim can still join the Tribesmen in the business end of the championship depending on next week’s results.
The team that finish top of the table will qualify straight for the final. Teams 2 and 3 on the table will meet in a semi-final. Both the semi-final and final will be played at neutral venues.
If two teams finish level on points, the result between those teams will decide who finishes higher. In the case of a draw between the teams, scoring difference will apply.
If three teams finish on the same number of points, results between those three teams, and not scoring difference, will decide the placings.
On that basis, given that Roscommon have drawn three of their games, a win, or a draw, against Leitrim can, realistically, only guarantee Noel Dunning’s side a semi-final place.
For Roscommon to qualify directly for the final, they would need to beat Leitrim by at least ten points, and hope that Sligo beat or draw against Mayo.
