2024 Ladies' National Football League
The 2024 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, is a ladies' Gaelic football competition taking place in early 2024.[1][2][3]
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 January – 7 April, 2024 |
| Teams | 32 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Armagh (1st win) |
| Captain | Clodagh McCambridge |
| Manager | Greg McGonigle |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kerry |
| Captain | Niamh Carmody |
| Manager | Declan Quill |
| Other division winners | |
| Division 2 | Kildare |
| Division 3 | Clare |
| Division 4 | Carlow |
← 2023 2025 → | |
League structure
The 2024 Ladies' National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams, Each team plays every other team in its division once, either home or away. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
| Teams by Province | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Total |
| Connacht | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Leinster | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Munster | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ulster | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
Tiebreakers for league ranking
If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:
- winners of the head-to-head game are ranked ahead
- if the head-to-head match was a draw, then whichever team scored more points in the game is ranked ahead (e.g. 1-15 beats 2–12)
- if the head-to-head match was an exact draw, ranking is determined by the points difference (i.e. total scored minus total conceded in all games)
- if the points difference is equal, ranking is determined by the total scored
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.
Finals, promotion and relegation
The top two teams in Division 1 contest the Ladies' National Football League final.
The top two teams in Divisions 2 and 3 contest the respective division finals and are promoted.
The bottom two teams in divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.
The top four teams in Divisions 4 contest the division semi-finals and final; the two division finalists are promoted.
Division 1
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armagh | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 93 | +3 | 18 | Advance to LNFL final |
| 2 | Kerry | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 72 | +35 | 16 | |
| 3 | Dublin | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 77 | +37 | 15 | |
| 4 | Meath | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 97 | −6 | 12 | |
| 5 | Mayo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 89 | 97 | −8 | 10 | |
| 6 | Waterford | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 96 | −11 | 6 | |
| 7 | Cork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 100 | −43 | 3 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 8 | Galway | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 79 | −7 | 3 |
Division 2
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kildare | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 53 | +45 | 19 | Advance to Division 2 final and promoted to Division 1 |
| 2 | Tyrone | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 84 | +23 | 17 | |
| 3 | Donegal | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 103 | 74 | +29 | 13 | |
| 4 | Westmeath | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 86 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5 | Tipperary | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 56 | +19 | 9 | |
| 6 | Monaghan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 102 | 100 | +2 | 7 | |
| 7 | Cavan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 99 | −55 | 6 | Relegated to Division 3 |
| 8 | Laois | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 113 | −63 | 1 |
Division 3
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roscommon | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 66 | +34 | 19 | Advance to Division 3 final and promoted to Division 2 |
| 2 | Clare | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 60 | +55 | 16 | |
| 3 | Down | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 69 | +22 | 15 | |
| 4 | Offaly | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 91 | −1 | 10 | |
| 5 | Wexford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 10 | |
| 6 | Louth | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 87 | 104 | −17 | 7 | |
| 7 | Antrim | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 87 | 129 | −42 | 3 | Relegated to Division 4 |
| 8 | Sligo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 79 | 119 | −40 | 1 |
Division 4
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fermanagh | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 69 | +68 | 19 | Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; division finalists are promoted to Division 3 |
| 2 | Leitrim | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 78 | +84 | 18 | |
| 3 | Limerick[lower-alpha 1] (P) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 11 | |
| 4 | Carlow[lower-alpha 1] (P) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 107 | 84 | +23 | 11 | |
| 5 | Wicklow | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 95 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | Longford | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 111 | 122 | −11 | 8 | |
| 7 | Derry | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 84 | 117 | −33 | 3 | |
| 8 | Kilkenny | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 170 | −140 | 0 |
- Limerick are ranked ahead of Carlow because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.
References
- Cahill, Jackie (April 14, 2023). "Time to crown the champions! 2023 Lidl National Football League Final previews".
- "Defeat sees Tipp remain in Division 2 for 2024". Nenagh Guardian.
- "Emphatic victory keeps Mayo in top flight for 2024". Connaught Telegraph.
- "Kerry ladies relinquish National League title as Armagh hold on for their first Division One title". Irish Independent. April 7, 2024.