# 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 2000 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 7 May 2000 and ended on 7 October 2000.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Offaly in the Leinster quarter-final.
On 24 September 2000, the All-Ireland final between Kerry and Galway ended in a draw, 0-14 apiece. Kerry won the replay two weeks later by 0–17 to 1-10, thus claiming their 32nd All-Ireland title.
This was the final year that the provincial knockout format was used, before the qualifier system was introduced in 2001.

## Format

The Ulster, Munster and Connacht championships were conducted as straight knock-out competitions. In the Leinster championship, seven teams received byes to the quarter-finals, while the other four — Wicklow, Wexford, Longford and Carlow — played a round-robin to determine the 8th team to play in the Leinster quarter-finals. The winners of each provincial competition went on to play in the All Ireland semi-finals.

## Provincial championships
### Connacht Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Mayo | Mayo | 1-10 | | | | | | |
| Sligo | Sligo | 1-13 | Sligo | Sligo | 0-04 | | | |
| New York | New York | 1-05 | Galway | Galway | 0-22 | | | |
| Galway | Galway | 1-15 | | | | Galway | Galway | 1-13 |
| | | | | | | Leitrim | Leitrim | 0-08 |
| | | | Leitrim | Leitrim | 1-13 | | | |
| London | London | 0-10 | Roscommon | Roscommon | 3-06 | | | |
| Roscommon | Roscommon | 4-18 | | | | | | |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Clare | Clare | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| Waterford | Waterford | 1-07 | Clare | Clare | 0-15 | | | |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Clare | Clare | 0-08 |
| | | | | | | Kerry | Kerry | 3-15 |
| | | | Kerry | Kerry | 2-15 | | | |
| Limerick | Limerick | 2-08 | Cork | Cork | 1-13 | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 3-13 | | | | | | |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| Monaghan | Monaghan | 1-10 | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 3-12 | | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 0-12 | | | |
| | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 0-13 | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-08 | | | | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-12 |
| | | | | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 1-11 |
| | | | Cavan | Cavan | 1-05 | | | | | | |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 2-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 1-17 | | | |
| | | | | | | Antrim | Antrim | 2-05 | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 1-07 | | | | | | |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 0-13 | | | | | | |
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Scores for | Scores against | +/- | Points |
| 1 | Wexford | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-30 | 0-35 | +13 | 5 |
| 2 | Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-42 | 6-27 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-31 | 3-29 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-25 | 3-37 | -15 | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Westmeath | Westmeath | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 0-11 | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-11 | | | |
| Dublin | Dublin | 2-20 | Dublin | Dublin | 1-14 | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 1-08 | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-12 |
| Offaly | Offaly | 0-13 | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 2-11 |
| Meath | Meath | 0-09 | Offaly | Offaly | 2-08 | | | |
| Kildare | Kildare | 1-12 | Kildare | Kildare | 0-17 | | | |
| Louth | Louth | 0-12 | | | | | | |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

## All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1M | Kerry | 2-11, 2-15 (aet) | | | |
| 1U | Armagh | 2-11, 1-15 | | | |
| 1U | Armagh | 2-11, 1-15 | 1M | Kerry | 0-14 0-17 |
| | | | 1C | Galway | 0-14, 1-10 |
| 1C | Galway | 0-15 | 1C | Galway | 0-14, 1-10 |
| 1L | Kildare | 2-06 | | | |

### Semi-finals

Finals

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Dara Ó Cinnéide | Kerry | 3-22 | 31 | 6 | 5.16 |
| 2 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 1-21 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 3 | Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 0-23 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 |
| 4 | Mike Frank Russell | Kerry | 2-16 | 22 | 6 | 3.66 |
| 4 | Rory Gallagher | Fermanagh | 1-19 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 6 | Pádraig Brennan | Kildare | 0-21 | 21 | 6 | 3.50 |
| 6 | Leigh O'Brien | Wexford | 0-21 | 21 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 8 | Tommy Gill | Wicklow | 1-15 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 8 | Pádraig Davis | Longford | 0-18 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 10 | Colm Quinn | Offaly | 1-13 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 1-9 | 12 | Kerry |
| 2 | Dara Ó Cinnéide | Kerry | 2-5 | 11 | Cork |
| 2 | Colin Corkery | Cork | 1-8 | 11 | Kerry |
| 4 | Frankie Dolan | Roscommon | 2-3 | 9 | London |
| 4 | Colm Hickey | Limerick | 2-3 | 9 | Cork |
| 4 | Mike Frank Russell | Kerry | 2-3 | 9 | Armagh |
| 4 | Rory Gallagher | Fermanagh | 1-6 | 9 | Donegal |
| 4 | Tommy Gill | Wicklow | 1-6 | 9 | Longford |
| 4 | Pádraig Davis | Longford | 0-9 | 9 | Wicklow |
| 10 | Niall Sheridan | Longford | 2-2 | 8 | Wicklow |
| 10 | Paddy Bradley | Derry | 1-5 | 8 | Antrim |
| 10 | Declan Browne | Tipperary | 0-8 | 8 | Clare |
| 10 | Rory Gallagher | Fermanagh | 0-8 | 8 | Armagh |
| 10 | Leigh O'Brien | Wexford | 0-8 | 8 | Carlow |
| 10 | Pádraig Brennan | Kildare | 0-8 | 8 | Offaly |

### Miscellaneous

* On 14 May 2000, Brewster Park, Enniskillen played host to its first championship game for 55 years between Fermanagh vs Monaghan.
* Antrim's Ulster quarter-final defeat of Down is their first championship victory in 18 years.
* Sligo record their first win over Mayo since 1975.
* The Leinster final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1950.
* The All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Armagh ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1987 game between Cork & Galway.
* The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1996.