The draws for the 2022 Leitrim senior and intermediate club football championships will be made on Saturday, August 6th.
The format for both championships is changing this year with four
The Senior & Intermediate Club Championship draws will be made on 6th Aug and this year a new format will include an open draw.
Both championships will consist of 10 teams with rounds 1 to 4 to be an open draw.
The draw, if possible, and at the discretion of CCC Liatroma, to take place on the weekend prior to the following weekend’s set of games.
The draw will factor in giving each club two home and two away games at the round-robin stages. Teams can only play a team once in the group stages.
Round 1: All 10 teams shall be placed into a pot The first 5 teams drawn shall have home advantage.
Round 2: The 5 away teams from Round 1 shall be placed in Pot A as the designated home teams in Round 2 and the 5 home teams from Round 1 shall be placed in Pot B as the designated away teams in Round 2. The 5 teams from Pot A shall be drawn first into Round 2 game order in accordance with how they are drawn out. In other words, first team out shall be home game number 1 etc. The 5 teams in Pot B shall be then be drawn to complete games 1 to 5, while avoiding repeat pairings from Round 1. If the first away team drawn cannot play home team number 1 then it shall move down to complete the next available pairing etc.
Round 3: All 10 teams shall be placed into a pot. The first 5 teams drawn shall have home advantage. The next 5 teams drawn shall be away in this round while avoiding repeat pairings from Rounds 1 and 2. If a team drawn to play away has already played this team in earlier rounds, it shall move down into the next available pairing etc.
Round 4: The 5 away teams from Round 3 shall be placed in Pot A as the designated home teams in Round 4 and the 5 home teams from Round 3 shall be placed in Pot B as the designated away teams in Round 4. The 5 teams from Pot A shall be drawn first into Round 4 game order in accordance with how they are drawn out. In other words, first team out shall be home game number 1 etc. Then the 5 teams in Pot B shall be then be drawn to complete games 1 to 5, while avoiding repeat pairings from Rounds 1, 2 and 3. If the first away team drawn cannot play home team number 1 then it shall move down to complete the next available pairing etc. The Round 4 draw shall take into account that many parings may not be readily available.
Teams can only play a team once in the group stages. After the round-robin games are complete the top 2 teams with the highest number of points automatically qualify for the semi-finals with the teams that finish 3rd to 6th to play off in the quarter-finals (3rd plays 6th, 4th plays 5th). The semi-finals will be decided by an open draw.
The teams finishing 7th to 10th will play in relegation semi-finals (7th plays 10th, 8th plays 9th) with the two defeated teams to play the relegation final, the defeated team in this relegation final to play IFC 2023.
