# 2022 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 2022 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929. The championship began on 19 March 2022 and ended on 8 July 2022.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten in all three of their group stage games in the Leinster Championship.
The All-Ireland final was played on 8 July 2022 at Dr. Hyde Park in Roscommon, between Galway and Mayo, in what was their first ever meeting in an All-Ireland final but their third meeting in that year's championship. Galway won the match by 0-15 to 0-09 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in 15 years.
Mayo's Ronan Clarke was the championship's top scorer with 3-43.

## Connacht Minor Football Championship

Key to colours :
* Advance to Connacht final
* Advance to Connacht semi-final
* Advance to Connacht shield final

### Connacht group table

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Mayo44008343408 2 Galway42026858104 3 Sligo42027687-114 4 Leitrim41126080-203 5 Roscommon40136079-191

### Connacht final
## Leinster Minor Football Championship

Key to colours :
* Advance to Leinster semi-finals
* Advance to Leinster quarter-finals
* Advance to Leinster preliminary quarter-finals

### Leinster group 1 table

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Dublin33007119526 2 Laois3201514474 3 Westmeath31023647-112 4 Louth30032775-480

### Leinster group 2 table

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Kildare33005729286 2 Longford3201423934 3 Offaly31022852-242 4 Meath30034051-110

### Leinster group 3 table

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Wicklow22003418164 2 Carlow2101242222 3 Wexford20021230-180

### Leinster final
## Munster Minor Football Championship
### Munster phase 1 group table

Key to colours :
* Advance to phase 1 final
    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Tipperary33006831376 2 Limerick3201443684 3 Clare31025039112 4 Waterford30032278-560

### Munster final
## Ulster Minor Football Championship
### Ulster final
## All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
### All-Ireland final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ronan Clarke | Mayo | 3-43 | 52 | 8 | 6.5- |
| 2 | Éanna Monaghan | Galway | 3-32 | 41 | 8 | 5.12 |
| 3 | Colm Costello | Galway | 2-33 | 39 | 9 | 4.33 |
| 4 | Joe Quigley | Dublin | 3-28 | 37 | 6 | 6.16 |
| 5 | Max McGinnity | Monaghan | 4-18 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 5 | Conall Grogan | Tipperary | 1-27 | 30 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Niall Hurley | Mayo | 3-20 | 29 | 8 | 3.625 |
| 8 | Alex Kavanagh | Wicklow | 1-24 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 9 | Killian Browne | Kildare | 2-20 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 9 | Eoin Higgins | Derry | 2-20 | 26 | 6 | 4.33 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Ryan Little | Laois | 2-06 | 12 | Louth |
| 1 | Daithí Gildea | Donegal | 2-06 | 12 | Fermanagh |
| 1 | Max McGinnity | Monaghan | 2-06 | 12 | Down |
| 1 | Cormac Dillon | Kerry | 1-09 | 12 | Cork |
| 1 | Éanna Monaghan | Galway | 1-09 | 12 | Sligo |
| 6 | Conor Fennell | Clare | 3-02 | 11 | Waterford |
| 6 | Cathal Talty | Clare | 1-08 | 11 | Waterford |
| 6 | Ronan Clarke | Mayo | 1-08 | 11 | Leitrim |
| 6 | Joe Quigley | Dublin | 1-08 | 11 | Laois |
| 10 | Max McGinnity | Monaghan | 2-04 | 10 | Donegal |
| 10 | Niall Hurley | Mayo | 2-04 | 10 | Kildare |
| 10 | Paul Honeyman | Leitirm | 1-07 | 10 | Sligo |