2019 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Geelong and West Coast each had the most selections with four. Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe was announced as the All-Australian captain, with West Coast captain Shannon Hurn announced as vice-captain. The team saw nine players selected in an All-Australian team for the first time in their careers and only ten clubs were represented.


2019 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.


2019 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2019 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2019 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2019 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2019 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2019 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2019 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Media" team).


2019 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under seventeens. Thirty-two county teams from Ireland competed.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
2018 was the first minor competition for under 17-year-olds – previously the competition had an under eighteen age limit. The under seventeen championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
A league format is followed in Connacht and Leinster. Munster introduced a double league format in 2019 with the winners of an initial Phase 1 league containing weaker teams advancing to a Phase 2 league where they play in a 3-team league with Cork and Kerry. Ulster still plays a knockout championship.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Teams
Thirty-two teams from Ireland contested the championship. New York and London did not participate in this competition.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Competition Format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organised provincial championship. Each province decided its own rules for determining their champions. The formats for the 2019 provincial championships are explained in the sections below.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Competition Format
The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarterfinals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are played in a single knockout format. The minor final is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Connacht Minor Football Championship, Connacht Format
All five Connacht counties compete in a single round robin format. The top three teams in the round robin table meet again in the Connacht semi-final and final.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Football Championship, Leinster Format
Leinster teams competed in 3 groups, each of 4 teams. Each team in a group plays a single match against the other teams. The first two teams in each group progress to the Leinster semi-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Format
The four weakest Munster teams compete in a league known as Phase 1.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Format
The winner of Phase 1 competes in a further league known as Phase 2


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 1	Clare	3-15	Limerick	0-10	10/4	Newcastlewest	Brendan Griffin (Kerry)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 1	Tipperary	4-13	Waterford	0-7	10/4	Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town	John Ryan (Cork)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 2	Clare	1-10	Tipperary	0-6	17/4	Cusack Park Ennis	Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 2	Waterford	1-7	Limerick	0-10	17/4	Fraher Field Dungarvan	Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 3	Tipperary	0-10	Limerick	0-10	24/4	Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town	Chris Maguire (Clare)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 3	Waterford	2-7	Clare	1-9	24/4	Fraher Field Dungarvan	Jonathan Hayes (Limerick)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Final	Clare	3-12	Tipperary	0-6	8/5	LIT Gaelic Grounds	Sean Joy (Kerry)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Scores For	Scores Against	Score Difference	Points


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Clare	3	2	0	1	5-34 (49)	2-23 (29)	+20	4


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Tipperary	3	1	1	1	4-29 (41)	1-27 (30)	+11	3


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Waterford	3	1	1	1	3-21 (30)	5-32 (47)	-17	3


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Limerick	3	0	2	1	0-30 (30)	4-32 (44)	-14	2


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Phase 2 Round 1	Kerry	3-19	Cork	1-9	7/5	Páirc Uí Rinn	Alan Kissane (Waterford)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Phase 2 Round 2	Cork	3-9	Clare	0-14	15/5	Cusack Park Ennis	Brendan Griffin (Kerry)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Phase 2 Round 3	Kerry	1-16	Clare	0-11	23/5	Austin Stack Park Tralee	Donnacha O’Callaghan (Limerick)


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Scores For	Scores Against	Score Difference	Points


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Kerry	2	2	0	0	4-35 (47)	1-20 (23)	+24	4


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Cork	2	1	0	1	4-18 (30)	3-33 (42)	-12	2


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Phase 2
Clare	2	0	0	2	0-25 (25)	4-25 (37)	-12	0


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Format
In 2018 the Ulster Championship changed to a double-elimination format, which replaced the straight knockout style of previous years. Every team who lost a match before the semi-finals re-entered the competition via the Qualifiers Round 1 (R1), Qualifiers Round 2 (R2) or Qualifiers Round 3 (R3). This ensured that all teams played at least two games. The semi-finals and final were knockout.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Direct Route, Ulster Preliminary Round
Two of the nine teams were drawn to play in the preliminary round.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Direct Route, Ulster Round 1
The seven teams who avoided the preliminary round plus the winners of the preliminary round competed in four matches in round 1.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Direct Route, Ulster Round 2
The four winning teams from round 1 met in two matches.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Qualifier Route, Ulster Qualifiers R1
Two of the five teams beaten in the preliminary round or round 1 met in a playoff match. The losing team was eliminated from the competition.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Qualifier Route, Ulster Qualifiers R2
The four remaining teams who lost only one match in the preliminary round or round 1 met in two matches with the two losing teams being eliminated,


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Qualifier Route, Ulster Qualifiers R3
The two losing teams from round 2 (who lost only one match) met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R2. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Qualifier Route, Ulster Knockout Stage
The two winning teams from round 2 met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R3. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 89th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 27 April 2019 and ended on 18 August 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 18 August 2019, Galway won the championship after a 3-14 to 0-12 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 13th title overall and their third title in succession.


2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Competition Format
The championship begins on a provincial basis in only two of the four provinces – Munster and Leinster. There is no Ulster Championship as Ulster teams participate in the Leinster Championship. Galway are the sole Connacht representatives and enter the competition at the All-Ireland quarter-final group stage with the beaten Leinster and Munster finalists. This ensures that Galway have at least two championship games.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2019 camogie season.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 15 June. It was won by Galway, who defeated Kilkenny in the final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Teams
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Format
The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group Stage
Group games took place 15 June – 24 July, 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group Stage, Relegation Playoff
Meath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 88th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 8 September 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Deferred coverage of the final was broadcast by Sky Sports for the first time. Galway were the winners.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, Background
Galway were aiming for their third camogie All-Ireland; they previously won in 1996 and 2013.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, Background
Kilkenny aimed for their fourteenth title, their first since 2016.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, Background
The two teams had only met in the final once before — in 2013, when Galway won.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 17 March 2019 to determine the winners of the 2018-19 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 49th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by St. Thomas' of Galway and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, with Ballyhale Shamrockswinning by 2-28 to 2-11.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and St. Thomas's was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Ballyhale Shamrocks were hoping to win their seventh All-Ireland title, while St. Thomas's were bidding to win their second title after previously winning in 2013.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Ballyhale Shamrocks threatened to streak clear from the start. A nervous-looking  St Thomas's hit a poor wide and overplayed a handpass when well placed while Shamrocks were far more clinical, moving three clear thanks to a point from Adrian Mullen either side of a free and first from play for T. J. Reid. The Kilkenny champions led 2-10 to 1-08 after an entertaining first period that saw Colin Fennelly raise two green flags, the second from an audacious piece of skill, but St Thomas's hit back with a penalty from Conor Cooney.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
It was all one-way traffic after the break, however, as Thomas's only managed four scores – including a late consolation goal from Darragh Burke - and Ballyhale sent over a relentless stream of points. The sight of Conor Cooney going for goal from a 20m free with 15 minutes to play – it was blocked – was indicative of Thomas's already being resigned to their fate. Darragh Burke got Thomas's second goal, swiping a Shane Cooney delivery past Mason, six minutes into injury-time but even that only reduced the lead to 16 points.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 132nd edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Thirty-three teams took part – thirty-one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, London and New York. Kilkenny, as in previous years, did not enter.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin were the defending champions. In 2018 they won a record-equalling fourth consecutive title, becoming only the fourth team to achieve this feat (the other four-in-a-row champions were Wexford in 1915–18 and Kerry in 1929–32 and 1978–81). They won the 2019 final, defeating Kerry in a replay, and became the GAA's first ever five-in-a-row All-Ireland senior champions.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Provincial Championships format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Most teams who lose a match in their provincial championship enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – New York does not enter the qualifiers.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Provincial Championships format
All provincial matches are knock-out. If the score is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes, two periods of ten minutes each way are played. If the score is still level the tie goes to a replay.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Provincial Championships format
Could be London and New York final year part of the Connacht championship unless COVID-19 is over from 2022. Sligo were exculuded too from 2020 championships.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Qualifiers format
Twenty eight of the twenty nine teams beaten in the provincial championships enter the All-Ireland qualifiers, which are knock-out. Sixteen of the seventeen teams (New York do not enter the qualifiers) eliminated before their provincial semi-finals play eight matches in round 1 of the qualifiers, 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 playing the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4. This completes the double-elimination format as the four round 4 winners re-enter the main competition at the Super 8 stage (officially named The All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage). Further details of the format are included with each qualifier round listed below.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Qualifiers format
In rounds one to three, teams from divisions three and four of the National Football League have home advantage if drawn against teams from divisions one and two.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Qualifiers format
All qualifier matches are knockout with "Winner On The Day" rules being applied if a match is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes. Initially two extra time periods of ten minutes each way are played. If the score is still level two further periods of five minutes each way are played. If the score is still level, the winner is determined by a penalty shoot-out.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, All-Ireland format
Significant changes to the format of the All-Ireland championship were made at the GAA's Annual Congress in February 2017 and introduced in 2018. The major change was the creation of the All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage commonly known as "The Super 8s", which replaced the four knockout quarter-finals. Two groups of four teams compete in three rounds (officially referred to as phases) in the Super 8s.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, All-Ireland format
The top two teams in each group contest the semi-finals on a weekend in early August. The All-Ireland final is played "by the 35th Sunday of the year".


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, All-Ireland format
The semi-finals and final are knock-out. If the score is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes in a semi-final, two periods of ten minutes each way are played. If the score is still level the semi-final is replayed. If the score is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes in the final, the match is replayed.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, All-Ireland format
The changes will be trialed for three years before being reviewed by the GAA in late 2020.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Live Gaelic Football On TV
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the football championship in the second year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports will also broadcast live games and have exclusive rights to a number of matches including some All-Ireland football super 8 matches. Both RTÉ and Sky Sports televise the two All-Ireland semi-finals and final live.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Live Gaelic Football On TV
As of May 2019, BBC Northern Ireland planned to air four Ulster Championship games live: the Antrim–Tyrone quarter-final, the two semi-finals, and the final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Football Championship
The four teams who won their quarter-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's quarter-finals. Six of the seven remaining teams play-off in the preliminary round with the seventh team also receiving a bye to the quarter-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Football Championship
The two teams who won the semi-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's semi-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Senior Football Championship
An un-seeded draw determined the fixtures for all nine teams. In April 2018 the Ulster GAA Competitions Control Committee introduced a rule that the two teams who play in the preliminary round are exempt from playing in the preliminary round in the following two years. Derry and Tyrone were therefore awarded byes to the quarter-finals in 2020 and 2021.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1
In the first round of the qualifiers sixteen of the seventeen teams beaten in the preliminary rounds or quarter-finals of the provincial championships compete. New York does not enter the qualifiers. The round 1 draw is unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches play the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 2
In the second round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from round 1 play the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists. The round 2 draw is unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches play each other in four matches in round 3.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 3
In the third round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from round 2 play off in four matches. Round 3 draw rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. In 2019 only Laois and Westmeath had played each other and this pairing was prevented in the draw. The four winners of these matches play the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 4
In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams from round 3 play the four beaten provincial finalists. Round 4 draw rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The matches are normally held in neutral venues (unless the two teams involved have an arrangement or agree to a coin toss to decide who has home advantage). The four winners of these matches play in the round robin All-Ireland Super 8s.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
The four provincial champions and the four winning teams from round four of the All-Ireland qualifiers are divided into two groups of four teams. Each group consists of two provincial champions and the two losing provincial finalists of the other two provinces or the team that beats them in round four of the qualifiers.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
There are three rounds of two games in each group. Teams have one home game, one away game and one game in Croke Park:


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
Phase 1 - Weekend of 13/14 July - Each of the two provincial champions play one of the two qualifiers with both provincial champions having home advantage.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
Phase 2 - Weekend of 20/21 July - The provincial champions play each other and the two qualifiers play each other. All round 2 matches are in Croke Park.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
Phase 3 - Weekend of 3/4 August - Both qualifiers have home advantage when they play the provincial champions.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
Dublin, if they qualify, will play their home game at Croke Park meaning that they will have two "Super 8" games in Croke Park. Some counties criticised the use of Croke Park as a home venue for Dublin. At the GAA Congress on 23 February 2019 Donegal proposed that Dublin be limited to playing one "Super 8" game at Croke Park. The motion failed as it only received 36% of the available votes.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
Super 8 games are played in the four weeks beginning in early July and ending in the first weekend in August (which is also the bank holiday weekend in the Republic of Ireland). Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The top two teams in each group advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
If only two teams are level on group points -


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Group Stage, Structure
If three or more teams are level on group points, score difference is used to rank the teams.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
The winners of Super 8s Group 1 play the runners-up of Super 8s Group 2 and the winners of Super 8s Group 2 play the runners-up of Super 8s Group 1.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Final
The Central Competitions Control Committee of the GAA decided in October 2018 that, in future, the final should be played "by the 35th Sunday of the year". Traditionally the final was held on the third Sunday in September.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 132nd final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the culmination of the 2019 tournament, the top level of competition in Gaelic football. Reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin took on Munster champions Kerry, with Dublin bidding to become the first Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) male team to win five consecutive editions of the competition. The last time a football team had this chance was in 1982; however, Kerry failed, their own winning streak being brought to an end by a last-minute goal. By coincidence, Kerry provided the opposition for Dublin on this occasion.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The first game was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 1 September 2019, featuring goals by Jack McCaffrey (top scorer from open play with 1–3) and Killian Spillane and a red card for Jonny Cooper. It finished in a draw, so a replay was held on 14 September. Dublin replaced M. D. MacAuley with Eoin Murchan for the replay, while RTÉ replaced Joe Brolly with Stephen Rochford. Murchan scored a goal straight from the second half throw-in as Dublin defeated Kerry by a scoreline of 1–18 to 0–15 in the replay to become the first male team to win five consecutive GAA All-Ireland titles.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The game was televised nationally by RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Joanne Cantwell (for the first time) from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Ciarán Whelan. The play-by-play announcer was Ger Canning, assisted by colour commentator Kevin McStay. The game was also televised internationally by Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
On television, the drawn game received a 76.5% audience share. The replay received a 72.3% audience share.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Dublin went into the final aiming for an unprecedented five-in-a-row of All-Ireland titles. Kerry twice came close to a five-in-a-row, winning the All-Ireland in 1929–32 and losing the 1933 semi-final; and winning the All-Ireland in 1978–81 and losing the 1982 final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Kerry and Dublin had met in 13 previous All-Ireland finals, with Kerry winning eight of these and Dublin five.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Between them, the two counties had won half of the All-Ireland championships played once the 2019 final was completed: Kerry having 37 wins (the last in 2014) and Dublin having 28 ahead of the 2019 final. Adding in 2019, this gave a total of 66, out of 132 years in which the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship has been completed.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Dublin were 1/5 in the betting odds going into the first game, unprecedented odds against Kerry in an All-Ireland final. Pundits from outside the counties involved, such as Martin McHugh, tipped Dublin to win.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
This was also only the third championship replay between the teams since their rivalry began in 1892. Yet the other two were not All-Ireland finals, nor were they played at Croke Park, making 2019 the first such replay.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Dublin, Leinster Championship
Dublin won the Leinster Championship and so advanced directly to the quarter-final group stage.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Dublin, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage (Super 8)
Dublin finished first in Group 2 and advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Kerry, Munster Championship
Kerry won the Munster Championship and so advanced directly to the quarter-final group stage.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Kerry, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage (Super 8)
Kerry finished first in Group 1 and advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Cork played Galway in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final which took place before the senior final. Cork won the game on a 3–20 to 3–14 scoreline after extra-time.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
The Down team that won the 1994 All-Ireland Final were presented to the crowd before the senior match to mark the 25th anniversary of their win.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Peter Keane's decision to bring in Jack Barry instead of Killian Spillane limited the effectiveness of Dublin's Brian Fenton. Dublin played facing the Railway End in the first half. Nevertheless, Paul Mannion had pointed to put Dublin into the lead within 17 seconds. A David Clifford miss for Kerry was followed by Seán O'Shea equalising for the Kingdom. By the fifth minute Dublin were in the lead by 0–3 to 0–1, Dean Rock having scored one from play and one free.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Paul Geaney had a goal chance for Kerry in the seventh minute, beating Stephen Cluxton in the Dublin goal only for James McCarthy to clear the ball off the line. Clifford missed again. Then he scored a point. Jonny Cooper conceded a penalty to Kerry while holding onto Clifford. Having stepped off his line in advance of Geaney striking the ball, Cluxton saved; and Sean O'Shea levelled the game from the resulting '45. Stephen O'Brien and Mannion exchanged scores before referee David Gough showed Cooper the yellow card for persistent fouling, after another tangle with Clifford.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Sean O'Shea put Kerry ahead with the free. Then Jack McCaffrey scored his fourth championship goal to give Dublin a 1–4 to 0–5 lead. Dublin's Rock and Kerry's O'Shea continued to exchange points until the end of the half (Con O'Callaghan's score being the only exception). Then, with the break approaching, Cooper fouled Clifford once more and received a second yellow card and then a red, reducing Dublin to 14 players. Sean O'Shea sent the resulting free between the posts to leave the half-time score at Dublin 1–9 Kerry 0–8.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Kerry's Seán O'Shea scored the opening point of the second half from a '45. Cluxton then tipped a Paul Murphy strike on goal against the Dublin crossbar. O'Shea scored another point for Kerry, swiftly followed by McCaffrey fisting the ball over the bar for Dublin. Kerry's Gavin Crowley then scored his first championship point. A score from another Rock free was followed by another McCaffrey point. With the score at Dublin 1–12 Kerry 0–12, Dublin's Paul Mannion kicked the ball wide in the fiftieth minute. Rock scored another free and McCaffrey scored another point.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Killian Spillane then netted a goal for Kerry to reduce Dublin's lead to two points. Kerry substitute Tommy Walsh reduced the deficit to one point. Sean O'Shea brought the sides level with his ninth point of the game (second from play) with eight minutes of regulation time remaining. Clifford sent a shot straight into the arms of Cluxton. With three minutes of regulation time remaining, Kerry led thanks to a point from Killian Spillane.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
In the closing stages, and with Dublin behind and in danger of losing their five-in-a-row bid, Hawk-Eye ruled out what had been thought to be an equalising point from Dublin's Cormac Costello in between uncharacteristically wild and inaccurate shots from distance by both Brian Howard and Diarmuid Connolly (a substitute for Howard), before Rock brought Dublin level for the last time. The match finished level, requiring a replay.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
McCaffrey finished top scorer from open play with 1–3. The three points were also a classic hat-trick, sent over with fist and both feet. Defensively, he forced eight turnovers of possession. McCaffrey won the man of the match award, his second consecutive award after the one from the 2018 final; "RTÉ veterans" were reported to be finding it difficult to recall such an occurrence over previous finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
The replay took place at Croke Park on 14 September. Dublin replaced M. D. MacAuley with Eoin Murchan; Kerry brought in Diarmuid O'Connor in place of team captain Gavin White. Paul Murphy took on the captain's role. The coin toss was won by Dublin; they opted to play facing the Railway End in the first half. Con O'Callaghan opened the scoring for Dublin within seconds of the throw-in. Eoin Murchan then handpassed to Ciarán Kilkenny, who sent Dublin into a two-point lead. A Seán O'Shea free gave Kerry their opening point.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
Paul Mannion then restored Dublin's two-point lead, with Kilkenny then increasing the lead to three and Mannion (again) to four. Paul Geaney scored Kerry's second point of the game. A third Kerry point followed from David Clifford, before O'Callaghan scored another for Dublin. Then Dublin's David Byrne scored the second championship point of his career. Adrian Spillane scored for Kerry, Clifford following suit with two points in quick succession. Then Kilkenny and Geaney traded scores. Then O'Callaghan scored for Dublin.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
Then Dublin's Jack McCaffrey lost the ball and Kerry's Clifford, Brian Ó Beaglaoich and Tadhg Morley raced through on goal, only for O'Callaghan to haul the Kerryman down and O'Shea to hit the resulting free over the bar. Michael Fitzsimons was wrongly adjudged to have committed the foul by the referee. Dublin then scored a point of their own before O'Shea sent another free over for Kerry. Geaney brought the teams level with a point for Kerry as half-time approached. McCaffrey, meanwhile, fell, apparently struggling with injury. The half-time score was level with ten points apiece: Dublin 0–10 Kerry 0–10.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
McCaffrey did not take to the field for the second half. Diarmuid Connolly came on in his place. Dublin's Eoin Murchan reacted to the throw-in by racing straight for the Kerry goal, hitting the ball into the right corner of the net. Joe Brolly later described Murchan's goal as "arguably the most important moment in the history of Dublin football". O'Callaghan then pointed for Dublin. Clifford and Geaney each scored a point for Kerry. Paul Mannion sent the ball wide in the 43rd minute - this was Dublin's first wide of the game. Then Seán O'Shea scored for Kerry.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
Then Connolly struck the ball directly at Kilkenny from distance; Kilkenny simply gathered the ball and converted it into another point for Dublin. Mannion sent Dublin into a three-point lead in the 51st minute, a minute before Connolly sent the ball wide. Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton then saved a Stephen O'Brien shot. Mannion scored again for Dublin. Clifford reduced Dublin's lead to three points. Then a Connolly pass found Niall Scully, who sent the ball over the bar instead of at the goal; it proved to be Scully's last involvement as he was then replaced by Cormac Costello. Geaney missed.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
Killian Spillane came on for Paul Murphy. Jack Barry added to Kerry's wide tally before being replaced by James O'Donoghue. Dean Rock sent Dublin into a five-point lead with two minutes of regulation time remaining. Connolly had a shot on goal saved; O'Callaghan gathered the rebound but his effort was also saved. Rock sent the resulting '45 between the posts to give Dublin a six-point lead. As the seconds ticked away, Kerry resorted to Hail Mary passes, with Stephen O'Brien sending the ball wide. Dublin defeated Kerry on a scoreline of 1–18 to 0–15. They became the first male team in GAA history to win five consecutive All-Ireland titles at this level.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
Ciarán Kilkenny was named as man of the match in the replay, becoming the first forward since 2013's Bernard Brogan the Second to win the award.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton celebrated — by taking out a broom and sweeping the changing room floor. Stewards later witnessed him mopping the floor too, when all the other players had left. Cluxton was later named All Stars Footballer of the Year.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Lord Mayor of Dublin Paul McAuliffe proposed Dublin manager Jim Gavin for the Freedom of the City of Dublin; all members of Dublin City Council "warmly welcomed" McAuliffe's proposal and the motion was passed in a vote taken on the evening of 23 September 2019. The last time the award was given was in 2016. The last GAA figure to receive the award was Kevin Heffernan in 2004.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Dean Rock, Ciarán Kilkenny and Paddy Andrews spent a week in New York. Brian Fenton went on holiday to Marbella with his girlfriend for a few days.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 132nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2019 fixtures took place on 11 October 2018. The championship began on 11 May 2019 and concluded on 18 August 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Carlow returned to the Leinster Championship for the first time since 2016, replacing Offaly who were relegated in 2018. Carlow lost all their four games in 2019 and were automatically relegated to the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
The current All-Ireland hurling championship format featuring five-team groups in both Leinster and Munster and the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists was introduced in 2018 for an initial three-year period.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
In the Leinster and Munster provincial championships, five teams compete in single round-robin matches, home or away. The top two teams in each provincial group contest the provincial final, with the provincial winners advancing to the two All-Ireland semi-finals and the losing provincial finalists advancing to the two quarter-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
The third-placed teams in Leinster and Munster compete in All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals against the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
If a non-Munster team wins the Joe McDonagh Cup, the bottom team in the Leinster championship is relegated to next year's Joe McDonagh Cup and is replaced in next year's Leinster championship by the Joe McDonagh Cup winners. This arrangement allows teams from Connacht and Ulster to gain promotion to the tier 1 championship.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
If a Munster team wins the Joe McDonagh Cup, they playoff against the team that finished bottom in the Munster championship for the right to play in next year's Munster championship, thereby ensuring that only Munster teams compete in the Munster hurling championship.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
A total of twelve teams compete in the championship – five in the Leinster championship, five in the Munster championship, and the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists who enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Teams and venues
Each team has a nominal home stadium for the round-robin series of the provincial championships.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Teams and venues
In the knockout stage, teams from the provincial round-robin series will not have home advantage, if avoidable. The only teams to play knockout games at home are the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, who have home advantage in the preliminary quarter-finals. The Munster final was held at a neutral venue which was decided based on the qualifying teams, while the locations of the two quarter-finals were decided based on similar considerations. The Leinster final, and the semi-finals and final of the All-Ireland series are held in the 82,300-capacity Croke Park in Dublin, headquarters of the GAA.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Carlow are relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup for 2020, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford did not need to play a relegation-playoff to avoid relegation to the Joe McDonagh Cup for 2020, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Joe McDonagh Cup
The second ever Joe McDonagh Cup, the second tier of senior inter-county championship hurling, was contested by Antrim, Kerry, Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in 2019. Each team plays the other four teams once in a round-robin format. The top two teams compete in the Joe McDonagh Cup final and also advance to the two All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals, where they play the teams that finish third in the Leinster and Munster championships.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Joe McDonagh Cup
Laois defeated fellow Leinster county Westmeath in the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup final. Laois were promoted to the 2020 Leinster Championship, while both teams advanced to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
The third-placed teams in the Leinster and Munster championships play the two teams who competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup Final, with the two Joe McDonagh finalists having home advantage. The Joe McDonagh champions, Laois, face third-placed Leinster team, Dublin, in the first preliminary quarter final, while the runners-up, Westmeath, meet Cork, the third-placed team from Munster, in the other preliminary quarter final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland quarter-finals
The beaten Leinster and Munster finalists play the winners of the two preliminary quarter-finals. If a third-place finisher from a provincial round-robin wins their preliminary quarter-final, they will be kept apart from the team they have already met in the round-robin phase to prevent a repeat fixture. Both games are held at neutral venues.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland semi-finals
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals. The semi-finals take place in Croke Park in the last weekend of July.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Live televised games
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship in the third year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports will also broadcast a number of matches and will have exclusive rights to some games.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 18 August, which was the night of the final. The panel consisting of Brendan Cummins, Cyril Farrell, Jackie Tyrell, Ursula Jacob, Graeme Mulcahy, Derek McGrath and Enda Rowland picked Noel McGrath as the Sunday game player of the year while Kilkenny’s Adrian Mullen was selected as Young Hurler of the Year.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
On 1 November, the 2019 PwC All-Stars winners were presented at Dublin's Convention Centre. Séamus Callanan was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Adrian Mullen named the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 132nd event of its kind and the culmination of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 18 August 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell from the Croke Park studio with analysis by Anthony Daly, Donal Óg Cusack and Henry Shefflin. Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey alongside Michael Duignan. The match was also live on Sky Sports presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney with analysis from Ollie Canning, Jamesie O'Connor and J. J. Delaney.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
An average of 804,500 viewers tuned in to watch the final on RTE with a peak audience of 901,900 just after 5pm.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
This was the ninth time since 2009 that the counties have played each other in the championship, with Kilkenny winning 5 times. Kilkenny went into the final having won 36 All Ireland titles, 11 titles in the last 18 years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015), with Tipperary on 27 titles, 3 titles over the same period (2001, 2010, and 2016).


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The teams had played each other 27 times in the championship, the first time being in 1887, with Kilkenny winning 12 times and Tipperary winning on 14 occasions with one draw in the final in 2014.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Kilkenny had played in 66 All-Ireland finals, winning 36, losing 26 and drawing 4, with Tipperary having appeared in 41 All-Ireland finals, winning 27, losing 12 and drawing 2.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
This was only the third occasion, since the introduction of the "back door" in 1997, that neither the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship winners (2019: Wexford) nor the Munster Senior Hurling Championship winners (2019: Limerick) have reached the final. This previously occurred in:


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Kilkenny, Leinster Championship
Kilkenny finished first in the Leinster round-robin and so went into the Leinster Final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Tipperary, Munster Championship
Tipperary finished first in the Munster round-robin and so went into the Munster Final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 82,300, the 32 individual county boards received 60,000 tickets. Schools and third level colleges got 2,500 tickets, while season ticket holders were entitled to 5,500 tickets. 1,000 tickets were given to overseas clubs. The Camogie, Ladies' Football, Handball and Rounders Associations were each allocated about 200 tickets, as were the jubilee teams and mini-7s which play at half-time. Demand for tickets was very high in both counties with Tipperary and Kilkenny having received around 32,000 tickets between. Stand tickets were priced at €90 with terrace at €45.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Kilkenny as a curtain-raiser to the senior final with Galway winning their third title in a row and 13th overall on a 3-14 to 0-12 scoreline.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team
The Offaly team that won the 1994 All-Ireland Final was presented to the crowd before the match to mark 25 years. RTE commentator Michael Duignan was part of the Offaly team.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Officials
On 6 August 2019 the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Wexford's James Owens being named as the referee in what was his third senior final after being the referee in 2015 and 2018. Paud O’Dwyer from Carlow was the standby referee with the other linesman being Johnny Murphy from Limerick and the sideline official was Liam Gordon from Galway.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news
The Tipperary team named for the match on the Friday night was the same that lined out in the semi-final against Wexford. Kilkenny brought Cillian Buckley into the team instead of Richie Leahy from the team that defeated Limerick in the semi-final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
In wet and showery conditions, Kilkenny opened the scoring in the first minute with a free from TJ Reid. Michael Breen got Tipperary's first point after 3 minutes to make the score 2-1. A torrential downpour came after around 5 minutes of the game with many heading for cover under the stands. Tipperary playing into the Davin end in the first half might have had a penalty after 9 minutes when Seamus Callanan was pulled down inside the square with the referee awarding a free instead.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
After 16 minutes Cathal Barrett caught Richie Hogan high across the faceguard with his hurley with Kilkenny being awarded a free which they scored to make it 6-3. Three minutes later Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan caught John Donnelly’s shot from over his crossbar with HawkEye awarding the point. Tipperary scored their first goal of the match after 25 minutes when Niall O'Meara turned past Conor Fogarty before shooting low to the right corner of the net to make the score 0-8 to 1-5. After 33 minutes Cathal Barrett was caught high with a right shoulder to the head near the sideline from Richie Hogan with the referee showing a straight red card to Hogan. Tipperary had a one point lead at half-time with the score 1-9 to 0-11.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Kilkenny leveled the match with the first point of the second half. After 38 minutes Tipperary got a second goal, with Seamus Callanan getting his eighth goal of the championship when he followed up after John McGrath’s effort was half blocked to scramble the ball low to the left of the net. Five minutes later they got their third goal when Seamus Callanan found John O'Dwyer with a cross-field pass from the right to the left edge of the box with O'Dwyer firing powerfully to the net to put Tipperary into an eight point lead on 3-12 to 0-13. Tipperary eased to victory after that and the full time score was 3-25 to 0-20 to win their 28th All-Ireland title.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Trophy presentation
Tipperary captain Séamus Callanan accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president John Horan in the Hogan Stand. The Tipperary team then did a victory lap around Croke Park with the trophy.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Tipperary captain Seamus Callanan speaking to RTE after the match said "It’s everything we f...ing dreamed of, we put in so much work and to finally get there in the end of it is such an unbelievable feeling, I’m so proud of that group there.”


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy speaking to RTE Radio singled out his family for special praise on the day of the match.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Kilkenny manager Brian Cody was amazed that a red card was shown to Richie Hogan, saying "We were beaten well in the final score but it is a huge decision to make, to issue a red card".


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Former Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin speaking on the Sunday Game argued that the red card issued to Richie Hogan for the high tackle on Cathal Barrett should not have been red. Also former Kilkenny hyrler Jackie Tyrrell speaking on the Sunday Game on the night of the final also thought that a red card should not have been shown. Richie Hogan speaking two days after the final insisted that it should never have been a red card. Kilkenny appealed the one match suspension given to Hogan but on 6 November the suspension was upheld.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with match analysis from Brendan Cummins, Cyril Farrell, Jackie Tyrell, Ursula Jacob, Graeme Mulcahy, Derek McGrath and Enda Rowland. On the man of the match award shortlist were Ronan Maher, Noel McGrath and Barry Heffernan with Noel McGrath winning the award which was presented by GAA president John Horan at the post match Tipperary function at the Clayton Burlington Hotel in Dublin.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Celebrations
The Tipperary team made the traditional visits to Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin and Temple Street hospital on 19 August before returning home by train where the homecoming event was held at Semple Stadium in Thurles. The Tipperary senior back-room team and players were introduced to a crowd of over 30,000 at 8.00 pm, with captain Seamus Callanan addressing the crowd.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 46th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
It was won by Dublin, who defeated Galway in the final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, Provincial championships
Connacht, Leinster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. All matches are knockout.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, Provincial championships
In Munster there are three teams in the provincial championship. They play each other in a round-robin phase, with two teams progressing to the final.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, All-Ireland
The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, All-Ireland
The winners of each group and the runners-up compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Championship, Group stage
Games take place on 11 May, 25 May, and 1 June 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Group Stage, All-Ireland Group Stage
The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams, with each group containing one provincial champion, one provincial finalist, and one other team.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Group Stage, All-Ireland Group Stage
Three group points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The winners and runners-up in each group compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Knockout, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
Each of the four winners from the group stage play one of the four runners-up.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs
The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoffs. Note that the provincial champions are exempt from relegation.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs
The losers of the relegation play-offs play in the 2020 intermediate championship.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs
Westmeath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2020.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Dublin and Galway. Dublin defeated Galway in a low scoring game, hindered by poor weather conditions. It rained throughout most of the game. Dublin led 1-00 to 0-01 at half-time. Hannah O'Neill provided the assist as Sinéad Goldrick scored a goal for Dublin in the 22nd minute. Galway remained competitive throughout the game and three minutes later, Sarah Conneally scored their opening point. Just fifteen seconds into the second half, Lyndsey Davey scored Dublin's first point. Davey would also provide the assist when Hannah O'Neill scored Dublin's second goal.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Galway continued to remain in touch with Dublin thanks to two points via free kicks from their captain, Tracey Leonard. A point from her cousin, Roisín Leonard, made it a one-score game in the 54th minute. However a point each from Sinéad Aherne and Noëlle Healy subsequently secured the win for Dublin. Having started the decade without a single title, the result saw Dublin complete a three-in-a-row, winning their fourth title during the 2010s.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Attendance record
The 2019 final was watched by a record breaking attendance of crowd of 56,114. After the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final with 57,900, it was second largest attendance at any women's sporting final during 2019. For the seventh year in a row the attendance increased, with the figures more than doubling since 2013. It was also claimed that the record attendance was the largest ever attendance at a women's amateur sporting event in Europe. Despite this, it was not held to be an enjoyable spectacle.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, TV audience
The 2019 final was broadcast live by TG4. 666,000 tuned in to watch TG4's coverage, with an average audience of 252,500 watching the final. This was an increase of more than 70,000 compared to 2018. This represented the second highest viewing figure for an All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final on TG4 since it first started to broadcast the fixture in 2001. The numbers of viewers peaked at 5.19pm with 358,400 tuning in. In addition to TG4's live coverage, on 16 September Sky Sports broadcast a full replay of the final for the first time. It featured commentary by Mike Finnerty and Angela Walsh.


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Dublin1 Ciara Trant2 Éabha Rutledge3 Niamh Collins4 Martha Byrne5 Aoife Kane6 Sinéad Goldrick 7 Olwen Carey8 Lauren Magee9 Siobhán McGrath10  Carla Rowe11 Niamh McEvoy12 Lyndsey Davey13 Sinéad Aherne (c)24 Hannah O'Neill15 Jennifer Dunne


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:14 Noëlle Healy for Jennifer Dunne (HT) 19 Caoimhe O'Connor for Niamh McEvoy (42)22 Oonagh Whyte for Hannah O'Neill (51)18 Rachel Ruddy for Aoife Kane (64)23 Niamh Hetherton for Carla Rowe (60)


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Galway1 Lisa Murphy2 Sinéad Burke3 Nicola Ward4 Sarah Lynch5 Orla Murphy6 Barbara Hannon 7 Shauna Molloy8 Louise Ward9 Áine McDonagh10 Olivia Divilly11 Megan Glynn 12 Mairéad Seoighe13 Tracey Leonard (c)14 Sarah Conneally15 Roisín Leonard


2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:19 Fabienne Cooney for Sarah Conneally (42)22 Charlotte Cooney for Orla Murphy (46)20 Leanne Coen (Corofin) for Mairead Seoighe (48)29 Andrea Trill for Roisin Leonard (66)18 Mairead Coyne for Barbara Hannon (67)


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 22 June 2019 and ended on 3 August 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Kildare entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Laois in the Leinster Championship.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 August 2019 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Cork and Dublin, in what was their first meeting in a final in 39 years. Cork won the match by 3-16 to 1-14 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2009.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Dublin's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 9-35.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. Prior to 2019 an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship was held. The championship began on 25 May 2019 and ended on 24 August 2019.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
On 24 August 2019, Tipperary won the championship following a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 11th All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
Offaly's Cathal Kiely was the championship's top scorer with 0-44.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
The Leinster champions play the Munster beaten finalists and the Munster champions play the Leinster beaten finalists.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship final is a hurling match that was played on 24 August 2019 to determine the winners of the 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship - the inaugural season of the All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship and the 56th season overall - a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion and runner-up teams of Leinster and Munster. The final will be contested by Cork and Tipperary, who both represent the province of Munster.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
The final was the second time that teams from the same province played each other in a decider. It was also the second successive All-Ireland final to feature both Cork and Tipperary.


2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
The final was broadcast live as part of GAA Beo on TG4, presented by Mícheál Ó Domhnaill.


2019 All-Pro Team
The 2019 All-Pro teams were named by the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), and Sporting News (SN) for performance in the 2019 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2020 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and also part of the language of the 2011 NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player selected to the first-team of any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro."


2019 All-Pro Team
The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. The Sporting News All-NFL team was voted on by NFL players and executives. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.


2019 All-Pro Team, Teams
PFWA and SN did not separate the tackles and guards into more specific positions as the AP or PFF did.


2019 All-SEC football team
The 2019 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2019 Southeastern Conference football season.


2019 All-SEC football team
LSU won the conference, beating Georgia 37–10 in the SEC Championship.


2019 All-SEC football team
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow was voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Auburn defensive tackle Derrick Brown was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2019 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2019 Allan Cup
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2019 Allan Cup
The 2019 Allan Cup was the 2019 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey and the 111th year the trophy was awarded. The tournament played in Lacombe, Alberta from April 8–13, 2019. The Lacombe Generals defeated the Innisfail Eagles 5–2 in the final to win the national championship.


2019 Allan Cup, Information
Hockey Canada named the Lacombe Generals and city of Lacombe, Alberta and the host team and city of the 2019 Allan Cup on January 17, 2018. The Generals previously hosted the 2013 Allan Cup in Red Deer.


2019 Allerdale Borough Council election
The 2019 Allerdale Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all 49 members of Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, United Kingdom. The number of councillors had been reduced from 56 at the previous election, meaning several seats were combined. Four seats were uncontested, all of which were won by members of the Conservative Party. The result was a change in administration of the council, from a Labour Party minority to a coalition of Conservatives and independents. However, the council technically remains in No Overall Control.


2019 Allerdale Borough Council election, Results
Results shown above are compared to the results of the previous election in 2015 and may not take into account by-elections, crossing the floor, and other changes.


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200
The 2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 4, 2019, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 200 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 10th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. This was the season's fourth and final Dash 4 Cash race.


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Background, Track
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Background, Dash 4 Cash
For the final Dash 4 Cash race, Tyler Reddick, Gray Gaulding, Christopher Bell, and Chase Briscoe had qualified for prize eligibility at the previous race.


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Practice, First practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 23.089 seconds and a speed of 155.918 mph (250.926 km/h).


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Practice, Final practice
Austin Cindric was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.568 seconds and a speed of 152.749 mph (245.826 km/h).


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Qualifying
Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.882 seconds and a speed of 157.329 mph (253.196 km/h).


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Race, Summary
Cole Custer started on the pole and dominated the two stages, leading the first 156 laps. Kaz Grala spun after a bump by John Hunter Nemechek with 47 laps to go, causing a caution. Custer lost the race on pit road to Christopher Bell, and was unable to retake the lead due to dirty air. After restarting on the bottom lane, Custer was overtaken by Tyler Reddick and struggled to recover.


2019 Allied Steel Buildings 200, Race, Summary
Riley Herbst spun and brought out the next caution. On the restart, Bell pulled away while Reddick and Justin Allgaier nearly wrecked battling for second place. The final caution occurred when Gray Gaulding spun out shortly afterwards, also collecting Vinnie Miller. Bell managed to pull away on the restart and held off Allgaier to win the race and Dash 4 Cash prize money.


2019 Allsvenskan
The 2019 Allsvenskan, part of the 2019 Swedish football season, was the 95th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. AIK were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.


2019 Allsvenskan
Djurgårdens IF won the Allsvenskan title, their first since 2005, their 8th overall and their 12th Swedish championship overall, in the 30th and final round on 2 November 2019 by playing a 2–2 tie in their away fixture against IFK Norrköping. This was also the second consecutive year that a team from Stockholm clinched the title.


2019 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2018 Superettan and one team from the 2018 Allsvenskan play-offs.


2019 Allsvenskan, Teams
Dalkurd FF and Trelleborgs FF were relegated at the end of the 2018 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2018 Superettan champions Helsingborgs IF and runners-up Falkenbergs FF. Helsingborg make their return to Allsvenskan after a two-year absence, this will be their 67th season in the top flight. Falkenberg will take part in Allsvenskan for the fourth time, returning to Allsvenskan after a two-year absence.


2019 Allsvenskan, Teams
The play-off spot was taken by AFC Eskilstuna, replacing IF Brommapojkarna. The team made it back to Allsvenskan after just one season in the second division, having been relegated in 2017.


2019 Allsvenskan, Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2019 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


2019 Almaty Challenger
The 2019 Almaty Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 3 and 9 June 2019.


2019 Almaty Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:


2019 Almaty Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Almaty Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Rankings:


2019 Almaty Challenger – Doubles
Zdeněk Kolář and Lukáš Rosol were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Almaty Challenger – Doubles
Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik Castillo won the title after defeating Gonçalo Oliveira and Andrei Vasilevski 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–8] in the final.


2019 Almaty Challenger – Singles
Denis Istomin was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Federico Coria.


2019 Almaty Challenger – Singles
Lorenzo Giustino won the title after defeating Coria 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Alpine Elf Europa Cup
The 2019 Alpine Elf Europa Cup was the second season of the Alpine Elf Europa Cup, the one-make sports car racing series organized by Alpine for Alpine A110 Cup cars. It began on 20 April at Nogaro and finished on 13 October, at Le Castellet after six double-header meetings.


2019 Alpine Elf Europa Cup, Championship Standings, Drivers' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 20 drivers. If less than 75% of the race distance is completed then half points are awarded. If less than two laps are completed then no points are given.


2019 Alps Tour
The 2019 Alps Tour was the 19th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2019 Alps Tour, Schedule
The season started with a "winter series" featuring five tournaments in Egypt.


2019 Alps Tour, Graduates
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2020.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol)
The 2019 Alsco 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on April 6, 2019, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 300 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete short track, it was the seventh race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. This was also the season's first Dash 4 Cash race, which would award extra money to the race winner.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Background, Track
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Background, Dash 4 Cash
The Dash 4 Cash is a series of races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The 2019 format included four races where only the top four points eligible drivers in the previous race could be eligible to win a $100,000 bonus on top of their race winnings if they won the race. In addition, Cup Series regulars were not permitted to compete in the races.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Background, Dash 4 Cash
For this race, Michael Annett, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick were eligible for Dash 4 Cash as they placed in the top four in the 2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 amongst regular season drivers. The highest-finishing Dash 4 Cash eligible driver at Bristol would receive the bonus and move on to have a shot at the prize at the next race, along with the top three finishing series regulars from this race. This format continued for the two races afterwards at Talladega and Dover.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Practice, First practice
John Hunter Nemechek was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.632 seconds and a speed of 122.748 mph (197.544 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Practice, Final practice
Cole Custer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.509 seconds and a speed of 123.722 mph (199.111 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Qualifying
Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.168 seconds and a speed of 126.503 mph (203.587 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Race, Summary
Cole Custer began on pole, but Justin Allgaier overtook him and would dominate the first two stages and lead the most laps. In Stage 1, Jeff Green got loose under Ross Chastain, causing heavy damage and eliminating both cars. Allgaier would later suffer from mechanical problems and crash out of the race despite his early dominance.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Race, Summary
A caution with 40 laps to go occurred after Harrison Burton cut a tire in his first Xfinity series race. Brandon Jones stayed out and assumed the lead. Christopher Bell, sporting newer tires, passed Jones with 17 laps to go and battled with Tyler Reddick. In the end, Bell would win the race and extra prize money after holding off Reddick, who would finish second for the second consecutive race.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Race, Summary
At the next race, Bell, Reddick, Custer, and Briscoe would have the chance at the extra prize money for placing in the top 4 for this race.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Race, Final Stage Results
. – Won the Dash 4 Cash prize money and subsequently qualified for the Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.


2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol), Race, Final Stage Results
. – Qualified for Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.


2019 Alsco 300 (Charlotte)
The 2019 Alsco 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 25, 2019, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 Alsco 300 (Charlotte), Background, Track
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR, as many race teams are based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI), with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.


2019 Alsco 300 (Charlotte), Practice, First practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.000 seconds and a speed of 180.000 mph (289.682 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Charlotte), Practice, Final practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.911 seconds and a speed of 180.536 mph (290.545 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Charlotte), Qualifying
Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.298 seconds and a speed of 184.313 mph (296.623 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky)
The 2019 Alsco 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on July 12, 2019, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway, it was the 17th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Background, Track
The track is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 69,000.


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Practice, First practice
Christopher Bell was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.409 seconds and a speed of 177.579 mph (285.786 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Practice, Final practice
Cole Custer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.965 seconds and a speed of 180.210 mph (290.020 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Qualifying
Austin Cindric scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.995 seconds and a speed of 180.030 mph (289.730 km/h).


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Race, Summary
Austin Cindric started on pole. Christopher Bell overtook him and remained in the lead. Tyler Reddick got loose next to Brandon Jones, but managed to save it. The first caution occurred after Jairo Avila Jr. slammed the wall hard. Bell retook the lead after the caution and won Stage 1.


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Race, Summary
Justin Haley exited pit road first after only taking two tires as opposed to four. He was unable to hold the lead and was passed by Jones. Cindric got loose next to Haley, turning the rear of Cindric's car into the wall and causing damage to Haley's car. Bell took the lead from Jones until Ronnie Bassett Jr. spun out and brought out the next caution. Bell charged to the front and won Stage 2.


2019 Alsco 300 (Kentucky), Race, Summary
Jones was leading the race with half of the race completed when his engine blew, eliminating him from the race and giving the lead to Chase Briscoe. Later, Cole Custer and Bell passed Briscoe and remained in their positions. Custer continued his dominating lead, lapping the majority of the field. He won the race with a one second lead over Bell. Custer's strong run resulted in only five cars finishing on the lead lap.


2019 Altamira prison riot
The Altamira prison riot occurred on 29 July 2019, when a riot broke out at the Centro de Recuperação Regional de Altamira prison in Altamira, Pará, Brazil, due to drug turf disputes between rival gangs within the prison.


2019 Altamira prison riot
Over the five-hour conflict, 62 people died. Sixteen people were beheaded, and a fire lit at the beginning of the riot killed 46 more people due to smoke inhalation.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Background
Gang violence in Brazilian prisons is common. However, officials reported that the inmates had shown no signs prior to the riot that they would start something of such magnitude.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Background
The Altamira prison is supposed to hold 200 inmates, but was reportedly holding over 450 at the time of the riot. It was later revealed that the prison only had 33 guards, with the municipality admitting this was nowhere near enough to ensure security. A new structure at the prison was being built to house the excess prisoners, though prison officials deny there was overcrowding, and many inmates were held in old container units. The design of these supposedly made the fire worse.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Background
The gangs involved were Comando Classe A (CCA) and Comando Vermelho (CV), with CCA attacking CV. Comando Vermelho is a large Rio de Janeiro-based gang that has a longstanding history of violent confrontation with Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), another large national group. Comparatively, the CCA is a small regional gang in Pará. According to The Guardian, the attack was part of a longstanding drug trade turf war that is ultimately between CV and PCC.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Attack
At around 07:00, while breakfast was being served, violence broke out after members from the CCA gang housed in one block set fire to another block, which housed members of the Comando Vermelho gang, according to local official Jarbas Vasconcelos. Two prison guards were initially taken hostage, but released soon after the fire had been lit; the gang intended to stop the officers from preventing their targeted attack, but did not want to harm them.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Attack
Police forces could not enter the building due to the fire. The violence lasted five hours, ending at noon. During prison searches, no firearms were found, only homemade blades. It was reported that gunshots could be heard at the nearby Altamira Airport, with one worker saying that the shooting lasted 30 minutes.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Attack
Fifty-seven people were initially reported dead. Sixteen of these were beheaded, while the others died as a result of smoke inhalation from the fire. The prison's poor design meant the fire could spread more rapidly. A charred body was later found buried under the rubble by the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Pará. The death toll rose to 62 after officials found four suffocated inmates inside a prison bus. The bus had been carrying the prison's most violent inmates, who were being transferred to a new prison after the riots.


2019 Altamira prison riot, Response
The Ministry of Justice told media that the main perpetrators will be moved to secure prisons. The total number to be transferred is supposedly 46, with 10 of these going to high-security facilities.


2019 Amangeldi Taspihov presidential campaign
Amangeldi Taspihov, Chairman of the West Kazakhstan Region's Trade Unions and former MP of Mazhilis was nominated by the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (QRKF) to be the presidential candidate on 24 April 2019. On 4 May 2019, Taspihov became registered candidate by the Central Election Commission after gathering about 120,000 signatures. On 13 May, Taspihov's campaign published their own electoral platforms.


2019 Amangeldi Taspihov presidential campaign, Campaign
Throughout the campaign, Taspihov's campaign emphasized on protecting the rights and interests of working Kazakhstanis.


2019 Amangeldi Taspihov presidential campaign, Campaign
On 27 May 2019, he proposed amendments to the labor code, saying “these are people who received education, were born here, became specialists. When there should be a return for their homeland, they are forced to leave for other countries, as they are in demand in other countries, they do not receive a decent salary - this is a big problem, I think this problem can be solved. This issue should be dealt with especially by local executive bodies, akims in order to create better conditions in rural areas, create jobs."


2019 Amangeldi Taspihov presidential campaign, Campaign
During the presidential debates, Taspihov talked about being from large family and didn't attend rallies but worked and wasn't a life-long Mazhilis MP.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
The 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires season saw a year-to-year surge in fires occurring in the Amazon rainforest and Amazon biome within Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru during that year's Amazonian tropical dry season. Fires normally occur around the dry season as slash-and-burn methods are used to clear the forest to make way for agriculture, livestock, logging, and mining, leading to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Such activity is generally illegal within these nations, but enforcement of environmental protection can be lax. The increased rates of fire counts in 2019 led to international concern about the fate of the Amazon rainforest, which is the world's largest terrestrial carbon dioxide sink and plays a significant role in mitigating global warming.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
The increasing rates were first reported by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE) in June and July 2019 through satellite monitoring systems, but international attention was drawn to the situation by August 2019 when NASA corroborated INPE's findings, and smoke from the fires, visible from satellite imagery, darkened the city of São Paulo despite being thousands of kilometers from the Amazon.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
As of August 29, 2019, INPE reported more than 80,000 fires across all of Brazil, a 77% year-to-year increase for the same tracking period, with more than 40,000 in the Brazil's Legal Amazon (Amazônia Legal or BLA), which contains 60% of the Amazon. Similar year-to-year increases in fires were subsequently reported in Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru, with the 2019 fire counts within each nation of over 19,000, 11,000 and 6,700, respectively, as of August 29, 2019.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
It is estimated that over 906 thousand hectares (2.24×10^6 acres; 9,060 km2; 3,500 sq mi) of forest within the Amazon biome has been lost to fires in 2019. In addition to the impact on global climate, the fires created environmental concerns from the excess carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) within the fires' emissions, potential impacts on the biodiversity of the Amazon, and threats to indigenous tribes that live within the forest. Ecologists estimated that the dieback from the Amazon rainforest due to the fires could cost Brazil US$957 billion to US$3.5 trillion over a 30-year period.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
The increased rate of fires in Brazil has raised the most concerns as international leaders, particularly French president Emmanuel Macron, and environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) attributed these to Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's pro-business policies that had weakened environmental protections and have encouraged deforestation of the Amazon after he took office in January 2019. Bolsonaro initially remained ambivalent and rejected international calls to take action, asserting that the criticism was sensationalist. Following increased pressure at the 45th G7 summit and a threat to reject the pending European Union–Mercosur free trade agreement, Bolsonaro dispatched over 44,000 Brazilian troops and allocated funds to fight the fires, and later signed a decree to prevent such fires for a sixty-day period.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
Other Amazonian countries have been affected by the wildfires in higher or lesser degree. The number of hectares of Bolivian rainforest affected by the wildfires were roughly equal to those of Brazil, being the area of Bolivia only about one-eighth of Brazil's. Bolivian president Evo Morales was similarly blamed for past policies that encouraged deforestation, Morales has also taken proactive measures to fight the fires and seek aid from other countries. At the G7 summit, Macron negotiated with the other nations to allocate US$22 million for emergency aid to the Amazonian countries affected by the fires.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
There are 670 million ha (1.7 billion acres; 6.7 million km2; 2.6 million sq mi) of Amazon rainforest. Human-driven deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has been a major concern for decades as the rainforest's impact on the global climate has been measured. From a global climate perspective, the Amazon has been the world's largest carbon dioxide sink, and estimated to capture up to 25% of global carbon dioxide generation into plants and other biomass. Without this sink, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations would increase and contribute towards higher global temperatures, thus making the viability of the Amazon a global concern.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
Further, when the forest is lost through fire, additional carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere, and could potentially contribute significantly to the total carbon dioxide content. The flora also generates significant quantities of water vapor through transpiration which travel large distances to other parts of South America via atmospheric rivers and contribute to the precipitation in these areas. Due to ongoing global climate change, environmental scientists have raised concerns that the Amazon could reach a "tipping point" where it would irreversibly die out, the land becoming more savanna than forest, under certain climate change conditions which are exacerbated by anthropogenic activities.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
Human-driven deforestation of the Amazon is used to clear land for agriculture, livestock, and mining, and for its lumber. Most forest is typically cleared using slash-and-burn processes; huge amounts of biomass are removed by first pulling down the trees in the Amazon using bulldozers and giant tractors during the wet season (November through June), followed by torching the tree trunks several months later in the dry season (July through October). Fires are most common in July through August. In some cases, workers performing the burn are unskilled, and may inadvertently allow these fires to spread. While most countries in the Amazon do have laws and environmental enforcement against deforestation, these are not well enforced, and much of the slash-and-burn activity is done illegally.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
Deforestation leads to a large number of observed fires across the Amazon during the dry season, usually tracked by satellite data. While it is possible for naturally-occurring wildfires to occur in the Amazon, the chances are far less likely to occur, compared to those in California or in Australia. Even with global warming, spontaneous fires in the Amazon cannot come from warm weather alone, but warm weather is capable of exacerbating the fires once started as there will be drier biomass available for the fire to spread.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
Alberto Setzer of INPE estimated that 99% of the wildfires in the Amazon basin are a result of human actions, either on purpose or accidentally. Man-made fires in the Amazon also tend to elevate their smoke into the higher atmosphere due to the more intense burn of the dry biomass, compared with naturally occurring wildfires. Further evidence of the fires being caused by human activity is due to their clustering near roads and existing agricultural areas rather than remote parts of the forest.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
On November 18, 2019 Brazilian authorities announced the official deforestation figures, based on the PRODES satellite monitoring system for the 2019 forest year — from August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019. The rate of deforestation was the "worst in more than a decade" with 970,000 hectares (2,400,000 acres) lost.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Amazon forest and deforestation
In August 2020 Brazil's National Institute for Space Research reported that satellite data shows that the number of fires in the Amazon increased by 28% to ~6,800 fires in July compared to the ~5,300 wildfires in July 2019. This indicated a, potentially worsened, repeat of 2019's accelerated destruction of one of the world's largest protectable buffers against global warming in 2020.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Broad types of fire in the Amazon
Amazon fires can be separated into three broad categories. First, deforestation-related fires are those used to prepare the area for agriculture after a primary forest being felled and the vegetation left to dry. Second, there are those agricultural burns, when fires are used to clear existing pastureland and/or by smallholders and traditional people in rotational agriculture. Finally, the previous fire types can escape beyond intended limits and invade standing forests. When a forest burns for the first time, fire intensity is usually low and flames are mostly restricted to the understory while repeated fire events have higher intensity.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Broad types of fire in the Amazon
Forest fires are a threat to the Amazonian biodiversity  and jeopardize the ability of forest trees to mitigate climate change by storing carbon. When studying Amazonian fires, it is important to consider the marked spatial differences in precipitation patterns across the Amazon Basin, which does not have a single dry season.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Fires in Brazil, Past deforestation and fires in Brazil
Brazil's role in deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has been a significant issue since the 1930s, as 60% of the Amazon is contained within Brazil, designated as the Brazil's Legal Amazon (Amazônia Legal, BLA). Since the 1970s, Brazil has consumed approximately 12 percent of the forest, representing roughly 77.7 million ha (192 million acres)—an area larger than that of the US state of Texas. Most of the deforestation has been for natural resources for the logging industry and land clearing for agricultural and mining use.


2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, Fires in Brazil, Past deforestation and fires in Brazil
Forest removal to make way for cattle ranching was the leading cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from the mid-1960s on. The Amazon region has become the largest cattle ranching territory in the world. According to the World Bank, some 80% of deforested land is used for cattle ranching. Seventy percent of formerly forested land in the Amazon, and 91% of land deforested since 1970, is used for livestock pasture.