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4th August 2016
01:25pm BST

Group 1 Round 1 – Kerry v Galway, Croke Park; Donegal v Mayo Croke Park. Group 1 Round 2 – Kerry v Donegal, Killarney; Galway v Mayo, Pearse Stadium, Galway. Group 1 Round 3 – Kerry v Mayo, Castlebar; Galway v Donegal, Ballybofey.
Group 2 Round 1 – Tyrone v Dublin, Croke Park; Tipp v Clare, Croke Park. Group 2 Round 2 – Tyrone v Tipp, Omagh; Dublin v Clare, Croke Park. Group 2 Round 3 – Tyrone v Clare, Ennis; Dublin v Tipp, Thurles.
Each team would play each other once with the top two in each group progressing to the semi-finals, Duffy's format of the All-Ireland senior football championship would be as follows:PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Knock-out format as at present. ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIER SERIES Round 1: Sixteen teams that do not qualify for provincial semi-finals Round 2: Eight round 1 winners play eight defeated provincial semi-finalists Round 3: Eight round 2 winners play each other on an open-draw basis Round 4: Four round 3 winners play four provincial runners-up Proposal 1: (i) A Division 3 or 4 team drawn against a Division 1 or 2 team in rounds one, two or three of the qualifiers will be granted an automatic home-venue advantage. (ii) The format of ‘A’ and ‘B’ sides to the qualifier draw will be ended. QUARTER-FINAL STAGE Proposal 2: The current quarter-final stage of the championship to be replaced by a Group Stage, contested by the four provincial champions and the four round 4 qualifier winners. The group stage will be organised on a league basis with two groups of four teams, with each team playing the other three teams once. After the group stage is completed the top two teams in each group will progress to the All-Ireland semi-final with the Group 1 winner playing the Group 2 runner-up and the Group 2 winner playing the Group 1 runner-up Order of fixtures in both groups Round 1 Team 1 v Team 2. Croke Park Team 3 v Team 4. Croke Park Round 2 Team 1 v Team 3 or 4. Home advantage for provincial champions. Team 2 V Team 3 or 4. Home advantage for provincial champions. Round 3 Team 1 v Team 3 or 4. Home advantage for Team 3 or 4. Team 2 v Team 3 or 4. Home advantage for Team 3 or 4. Note: Home venues shall be subject to approval by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) and shall meet the criteria set down by the National Facilities/Health and Safety Committee. CCCC shall make the draws for Rounds 2 and 3. The above fixtures format for the group stage means that each team will have one game in Croke Park, one home game and one away game. Tie-breakers in the event of teams finishing level on points (in order of application): (i) Result of game between two tied teams (only where two teams are level on points) (ii) Score difference (iii) Highest score for (iv) Goals scored (v) Play-off match All-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS: Group 1 winner v Group 2 runner-up Group 2 winner v Group 1 runner-up (to be played over one weekend) All-IRELAND FINAL
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