# 2024 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

The 2024 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship was the second staging of the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2023. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 14 December 2023. The championship ran from 26 July to 25 October 2024.
The final was played on 25 October 2024 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Kilmurry and Canovee, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kilmurry won the match by 0-10 to 1-06 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade.
Buttevant's Mark Lenahan was the championship's top scorer with 6-14.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship
* Glenville
Promoted from the Cork Junior A Football Championship
* Canovee

### From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship
* St Finbarr's
Relegated to the City Junior A Football Championship
* St MIchael's

## Group A
### Group A table

Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Canovee | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 5 |
| Kilmurry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 36 | -3 | 4 |
| Cobh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 3 |
| St James' | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 46 | -14 | 0 |

### Group A results
## Group B
### Group B table

Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Kinsale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 6 |
| Glenville | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 2 |
| Ballydesmond | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 2 |
| Cullen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 2 |

### Group B results
## Group C
### Group C table

Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Buttevant | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 35 | 36 | 6 |
| Urhan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 40 | -3 | 2 |
| Millstreet | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 52 | -20 | 2 |
| St Nicholas' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 57 | -23 | 2 |

### Group C results
## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final |
| | | Buttevant (Avondhu) | 0-11 | |
| Kilmurry (Muskerry) | 4-11 | Kilmurry (Muskerry) | 2-09 | |
| Glenville (Imokilly) | 0-04 | | | Kilmurry (Muskerry) |
| | | | | Canovee (Muskerry) |
| | | Kinsale (Carrigdhoun) | 1-09 | |
| Canovee (Muskerry) | 2-06 | Canovee (Muskerry) | 1-10 | |
| Urhan (Beara) | 1-06 | | | |

### Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Mark Lenahan | Buttevant | 6-14 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Jack Kelleher | Canovee | 2-24 | 30 | 6 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Ciarán O'Leary | Glenville | 3-20 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 4 | Conor Hanlon | Buttevant | 4-13 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 5 | Liam Wall | Kilmurry | 2-18 | 24 | 6 | 4.00 |

### Miscellaneous

* The Group B round 3 game between Glenville and Kinsale was abandoned after 32 minutes following an injury to one of the Glenville players led to an ambulance being called.