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2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersKerry (17th win)
CaptainPaul O'Donoghue
ManagerStephen Wallace
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upMayo
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterWexford
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtMayo
2015
2017

The 2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 6 August 2016 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kerry and Mayo, in what was their fourth ever meeting in the final and a second successive meeting. Kerry won the match by 2–18 to 2–11 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a second consecutive title.[2]

References

  1. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: Kerry crowned champions". Hogan Stand. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: back-to-back titles for Kerry". Hogan Stand. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.