Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
Founded	1915
Region	Cavan, Ireland (GAA)
No. of teams	14
Title holders	Cootehill Celtic (2nd title)
Sponsors	Hotel Kilmore
Motto	"The Future is Blue"
Official website	http://www.cavangaa.ie

The Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the middle-tier Gaelic football clubs organised by Cavan GAA. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966. The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship. The current champions are Ballyhaise who won in 2015

14 teams will contest the Hotel Kilmore Intermediate Football Championship.

4 teams will play in a Preliminary Round, the 2 winners will enter Round 1 while the two losers will enter the “back door side” of the draw. 12 teams, made up of the 2 Preliminary Round winners and the 10 teams already through to Round, 1 will compete in Round 1 with 6 winners qualifying for the quarter final (Round 4). The 6 losers from Round 1 will join the 2 losers from the preliminary round on the “back door” side of the draw. These 8 teams will then be drawn against each other in Rounds 2 & 3 with the eventual two winners qualifying for the quarter final (Round 4). From Round 4 on (quarter finals) the competition will be “knock out”. Quarter Final/Semi-final pairings will be based on an open draw.

The Preliminary Round & Round 1 are Championship proper while Rounds 2 & 3 are “back door” Rounds

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