2018 National Football League (Ireland)
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| Dates | 27 January to April, 2018 |
| Teams | 32 |
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The 2018 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, is the 87th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual gaelic football tournament for Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, compete. Kilkenny do not participate.
Eir Sport and TG4 provide live coverage of the league on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons respectively. RTÉ2 broadcasts highlights programme League Sunday on Sunday evenings.
The 2018 National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once, usually four home and three away or three home and four away. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.
If only two teams are level on league points -
If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.
The top two teams in Division 1 contest the National Football League final. The bottom two teams are relegated to Division 2.
The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted and contest the finals of their respective divisions. The bottom two teams in Divisions 2 and 3 are relegated.
Qualify for Division 1 final Automatic relegation to Division 2
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