The 2020 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 89th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929. The championship began on 17 October 2020 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, didn't end until 18 July 2021.
Cork were the defending champions, but lost to Kerry in the Munster semi-final.
The final took place on 18 July 2021, between Kerry and Derry. Derry won the match by 2–12 to 1–14 to win their fifth title, and their first since 2002.
Monaghan's Stephen Mooney and Derry captain Matthew Downey were the championship's joint-top scorers. Downey was also named Minor Footballer of the Year.
Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Minor Football Championship First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Matthew DowneyDerry3–243356.60Stephen MooneyMonaghan2–273348.253Cian McMahonKerry2–192546.25Eoghan FrayneMeath1–222555.005Eoin DoyleWicklow1–151829.006Conor HandRoscommon2–111735.67David O'ShaughnessyLimerick1–141728.508Keith EvansKerry2–91543.759Lachlan MurrayDerry1–111452.80Diarmuid FahyClare1–111434.67
Top scorers in a single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Stephen MooneyMonaghan1–811AntrimEoin DoyleWicklow1–811Longford3Stephen MooneyMonaghan1–710Cavan4Cillian Ó CurraoinGalway2–39LeitrimDiarmuid FahyClare1–69TipperaryColin DunneLaois1–69CarlowDavid O'ShaughnessyLimerick0–99Clare8Matthew DowneyDerry2–28TyroneCillian McGroaryDerry2–28LimerickCian McMahonKerry1–58RoscommonKeith EvansKerry1–58RoscommonConor HanlonCork1–58KerryDavid O'ShaughnessyLimerick1–58WaterfordOisin O'SullivanKildare2–28OffalyMatthew DowneyDerry0–88MeathCian McMahonKerry0–88Cork
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