2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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| Championship details | |
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| Dates | 1 May – 1 October 2016 |
| Teams | 33 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Dublin (26th win) |
| Captain | Stephen Cluxton |
| Manager | Jim Gavin |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Mayo |
| Captain | Cillian O'Connor |
| Manager | Stephen Rochford |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 65 |
| Top Scorer | Dean Rock (1-58) |
| Player of the Year | Lee Keegan |
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The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 129th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.
33 teams took part. 31 of the 32 Counties of Ireland participated, with Kilkenny, as in previous years, declining to take part. London and New York again competed.
The winning team, Dublin (who defeated Mayo by a single point after a replay), received the Sam Maguire Cup. It was the first time Dublin, as defending champions, had retained the trophy since the 1977 final.
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out. All teams eliminated from their provincial championships with the exeception of New York, for logistical reasons, enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.
Twenty eight of the twenty nine teams beaten in the provincial championships enter the All-Ireland qualifiers, which are knockout. The sixteen teams eliminated before their provincial semi-finals play eight matches in round 1, with the winners of these games playing the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2. The eight winning teams from round 2 play-off against each other in round 3, with the four winning teams facing the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4 to complete the double-elimination format. Further details of the format are included with each qualifier round listed below.
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