28 July 2016 Etihad GAA World Games Update Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! The Etihad GAA World Games are coming up quickly and the excitement is building for what will be a great celebration of all that is good about gaelic games. 58 teams from right around the globe will play in the tournament that will be hosted at the University College of Dublin with the action getting underway on Tuesday, August 12th at 9:30am. The finals of this competition will be played at Croke Park on Friday, August 12th in what is an additional source of encouragement for all of the teams that will be taking part. Ladies Gaelic Football will be playing a huge part in the proceedings as 17 teams will take part in the competition. The 17 teams will be split into 2 competitions, one for Irish born players and one for native born players. The Ladies Football action will get underway on Tuesday, August 9th when the Irish born teams from Asia, Australia, the Middle East, New York, Abu Dhabi and Britain get the action underway in a round robin tournament. The Top 3 from each group will then go into the Cup competition with the bottom two from each group going into the cup competition. It will be a similar structure for the Native born players competition as the two European teams will join France, Glaicia, the Middle East, New York, South Africa and Canada Western in two groups with the top 2 from each group going into the Cup competition and the bottom 2 going into the Shield competition. Friday the 12th of August will see the finals of the competitions taking place in Croke Park which will be an amazing occasion. The full list of teams and competitions is available below: LADIES Football IRISH born players – 9 teams Tuesday 9th 2 Groups – 1 of 5 (Group A) 1 of 4 (Group B) and playing on a round robin basis – 16 games. GROUP A GROUP B Asia Australia Father Murphy’s Tir Chonail Gaels Canada Eastern New York Middle East GAA Abu Dhabi Na Fianna Parnells Team 1 Wednesday 10th CUP Competition – Top 3 in group of Group A and Top 2 in Group B form a group of 5 teams (Group C) and play in a round robin series. – 10 Games. SHIELD Competition – Bottom 2 in Group A & Group B form a group of 4 and play in a round robin series (Group D) – 6 games. GROUP C (CUP) GROUP D (SHIELD) 1st Group A 4th Group A 2nd Group A 5th Group A 3rd Group A 3rd Group B 1st Group B 4th Group B 2nd Group B Thursday 11th PLATE Competition (5 Teams) – Knock-out competition between 5 teams who have not qualified for the CUP or SHIELD finals. Quarter Final – 5th Group C v 4th Group D Semi Finals – 3rd Group D v 4th Group C & 3rd Group C v Quarter Final Winner Final – Semi Final Winner v Semi Final Winner SHIELD Competition Final – 1st Group D v 2nd Group D Friday 12th CUP Competition Final – 1st Group C v 2nd Group C (CROKE PARK) LADIES Football NATIVE born players – 8 teams Tuesday 9th 2 Groups of 4 (Group A & Group B) playing on a round robin basis – 12 games. GROUP A GROUP B Europe 1 Europe 2 France Galicia Middle East New York South Africa Gaels Canada Western Wednesday 10th CUP Competition – Top 2 in Group A & Group B form a group of 4 teams (Group C) and play in a round robin series. – 6 games. SHIELD Competition – Bottom 2 in Group A Group B each of the 2 groups form a group of 4 (Group D) and play in a round robin series. – 6 games. GROUP C (CUP) GROUP D (SHIELD) 1st Group A 3rd Group A 2nd Group A 4th Group A 1st Group B 3rd Group B 2nd Group B 4th Group B Thursday 11th PLATE Competition (4 Teams) – Knock-out competition between 4 teams who have not qualified for the CUP or SHIELD finals. Semi Finals – 4th Group C v 3rd Group D; 3rd Group C v 4th Group D Final – Semi Final Winner v Semi Final Winner SHIELD Competition Final – 1st Group D v 2nd Group D Friday 12th CUP Competition Final – 1st Group C v 2nd Group C (CROKE PARK) Share this Article 0 0