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Groupings confirmed for new look Ladies' Football championship

Siobhán Woods, left, and Lucy Collins of Dublin lift the Brendan Martin Cup
Siobhán Woods, left, and Lucy Collins of Dublin lift the Brendan Martin Cup

The Ladies Gaelic Football Association has confirmed the groupings for the revamped 2020 TG4 All-Ireland Senior championship. 

The 2020 All-Ireland series will be consist of two groups, with six teams in each, and the top two teams from each group will progress straight through to the All-Ireland semi-finals, following a minimum of five games.

Holders Dublin, who are aiming for a fourth successive title, have been drawn in Group 2 alongside next year's Munster Champions, the beaten Ulster and Connacht finalists, Ulster’s fifth team, and a Munster semi-final loser.

Group 1 will contain the 2020 Ulster and Connacht champions, the beaten Munster finalists, a Munster semi-final loser, and the beaten Ulster semi-finalists.

The bottom team in each group will contest a relegation play-off, unless they are a provincial winner, and thereby exempt from relegation. 

The provincial championships must be organised on a knock-out basis, with the winners placed accordingly in the All-Ireland series groups. 

The championship will commence on Saturday, 4 July, and culminate with the All-Ireland final on Sunday, 13 September.

Both semi-finals have been scheduled for Sunday, 23 August, with the top two teams in each group featuring.

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