The 1980–81 National Football League was the 50th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Galway defeated Roscommon in an all-Connacht final.Terrace Talk 1981GAA Archive 1981
Format
Titles Teams in all four divisions competed for one league title.
Divisions Division One: 8 teams Division Two: 8 teams Division Three: 8 teams Division Four: 8 teams
Round-robin format Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away.
Points awarded 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
Knockout stage qualifiers Division One: top 4 teams "League play-offs cause confusion", Cork Examiner, 10 March 1982, p. 15 Division Two: top 2 teams Division Three: top team Division Four: top team
Knockout phase structure In the Preliminary quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows Preliminary Quarter-final 1: Fourth-placed team in Division One v First-placed team in Division Four Preliminary Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division Two v First-placed team in Division Three
In the quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows Quarter-final 1: Winner Preliminary Quarter-final 1 v First-placed team in Division Two Quarter-final 2: Winner Preliminary Quarter-final 2 v Third-placed team in Division One
The semi-final match-ups are: Semi-final 1: First-placed team in Division One v Winner Quarter-final 1 Semi-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One v Winner Quarter-final 2
Separation of teams on equal points
In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.
League stage
Division One
Regulation Games
Division One play-offs
Tables TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 5 1 1 11 Qualified for Knockout Stages 7 4 2 1 10 7 4 1 2 9 7 4 12 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 2 2 3 6 7 11 5 3 Relegated to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL 7 0 0 7 0 "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
Division Two
Division Two Regulation Games
Tables TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 5 2 0 12 Promoted to Division One of the 1981–82 NFL and qualified for Knockout Stages 7 3 4 0 10 7 3 22 8 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 1 3 7 7 2 1 4 5 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL 7 1 1 5 3 "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
Division Three TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 6 1 0 13 Promoted to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL and Qualified for Knockout Stages 7 5 0 2 10 Promoted to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL 7 3 22 8 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 0 4 6 7 3 0 4 6 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Four of the 1981–82 NFL 7 1 0 6 2 "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
Division Four TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL and Qualified for Knockout Stages 7 6 0 1 12Promoted to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL 7 4 12 9 7 3 1 3 7 7 2 1 4 5 7 2 1 4 5 7 20 5 4 7 0 0 7 0 "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
Knockout stage
Preliminary quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
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