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Cork Junior C Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Cork Junior C Football Championship
IrishCraobh Peile Shóisearach C Chorcaí
Code Gaelic football
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Region Cork ( GAA)
No. of teams10
Title holders Lismire (1st title)
Most titles Lough Rovers (2 titles)
Sponsors Bon Secours
Official website Cork GAA

The Cork Junior C Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior C Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JCFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior clubs in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the eight tier overall in the entire Cork football championship system.

The Cork Junior C Championship was introduced in 2016. In its current format, the championship is completed over the course of ten weeks. Unlike the Cork Junior A Football Championship, it is a countywide competition not limited to divisional champions. The championship includes a round robin followed by a knockout stage, which culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn.

The competition has been won by 7 teams, 1 of which have won it more than once. Lough Rovers are the most successful team in the competition's history, having won it 2 times. Lismire are the title holders, defeating Ballinacurra by 2–09 to 0–13 in the 2023 final.

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into one group of four and two groups of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: The eight qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The four winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Teams

2024 Teams

Team Location Division Colours In championship since Championship titles Last championship title
Border Abbey Rovers Castletownroche Avondhu Green and gold 2023 1 2018
Border Ballinacurra Ballinacurra Imokilly Green and white 2021 0 —
Border Freemount Freemount Duhallow Maroon and white 2017 0 —
Border Grange Grange Avondhu Yellow and white 2023 0 —
Border Gleann Na Laoi Kerry Pike Muskerry Yellow and blue 2016 0 —
Border Lough Rovers Carrigrohane Seandun Red and white 2023 2 2020
Border Rathpeacon Rathpeacon Seandun Blue and white 2019 0 —
Border Rochestown Rochestown Seandun Black and amber 2022 0 —
Border St John's Kilcorney Duhallow Red and amber 2021 1 2019

List of finals

Year Winners Runners-up #
Club Score Club Score
2023 Lismire 2-09 Ballinacurra 0-13 [1]
2022 Ballyphehane 4-09 Freemount 0-06 [2]
2021 Araglen 4-09 Lismire 0-09 [3]
2020 Lough Rovers 2–13 Freemount 1-06 [4]
2019 St John's 2-09 Ballyphehane 1-05
2018 Abbey Rovers 0–13 Freemount 0–11
2017 Lough Rovers 2-07 St John's 0-09
2016 Goleen 1–13 Abbey Rovers 3-05

Roll of Honour

# Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
1 Border Lough Rovers 2 0 2017, 2020 —
2 Border Abbey Rovers 1 1 2018 2016
Border St John's 1 1 2019 2017
Border Ballyphehane 1 1 2022 2019
Border Lismire 1 1 2023 2021
Border Goleen 1 0 2016 —
Border Araglen 1 0 2021 —
8 Border Freemount 0 3 — 2018, 2020, 2022
Border Ballinacurra 0 1 — 2023

By Division

# Division Titles Runners-up Total
1 Seandun 3 1 4
2 Duhallow 2 5 7
Avondhu 2 1 3
4 Carbery 1 0 1
5 Imokilly 0 1 1


See also

References

  1. ^ "Lismire capture Junior C title after tight tussle with Ballinacurra". The Echo. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2022".
  3. ^ "2021".
  4. ^ "2020".

External links

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