2020 Meath Intermediate Football Championship

Due to the short window (11 weeks) to complete the 2020 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, some changes were made to the initial championship format. The championship will consist of five groups with each containing four teams. However, only the group winners will progress to the knockout stages while the bottom team in each group will contest the relegation playoffs.

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.

The teams taking part in the 2020 Meath Intermediate Football Championship are:

Club	Location	Management	2019 Championship Position	2020 Championship Position
Ballinabrackey	Ballinabrackey	Gordon McDonnell	Preliminary Quarter-Finalist	Champions
Ballinlough	Ballinlough & Kilskyre	Kieran Shankey	Non Qualifier	Relegation Playoff
Bective	Navan	John Brady	Non Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
Blackhall Gaels	Batterstown and Kilcloon	Martin Whelan	Non Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
Castletown	Castletown	John Tiernan	Semi-Finalist	Relegated to 2021 JFC
Clann na nGael	Athboy and Rath Cairn	Tom Hanley	Junior 'A' Champions	Quarter-Finalist
Drumbaragh Emmets	Drumbaragh, Kells	Ciarán O'Malley	Non Qualifier	Relegation Playoff
Duleek/Bellewstown	Duleek & Bellewstown	Anthony Malone	Quarter-Finalist	Non-Qualifier
Dunderry	Dunderry	David Callaghan	Quarter-Finalist	Non-Qualifier
Kilmainham	Kilmainham, Kells	Martin McGovern	Non Qualifier	Semi-Finalist
Longwood	Longwood	David Flynn	Relegated from 2019 SFC	Non-Qualifier
Meath Hill	Meath Hill	Paddy Martin	Quarter-Finalist	Non-Qualifier
Moylagh	Moylagh	Kevin Dowd	Junior 'A' Runners-up	Non-Qualifier
Oldcastle	Oldcastle	Leo McEnroe	Semi-Finalist	Relegation Playoff
Rathkenny	Rathkenny and Stackallan	Dudley Farrell	Relegated from 2019 SFC	Non-Qualifier
St. Michael's	Carlanstown & Kilbeg	David Wright	Non Qualifier	Semi-Finalist
St. Patrick's	Stamullen	Mark Gibson	Relegated from 2019 SFC	Relegation Playoff
Syddan	Lobinstown	Davy Cahill	Non Qualifier	Non-Qualifier
Trim	St Lomans Park, Trim	Brendan Murphy	Finalists	Finalists
Walterstown	Navan	Martin O'Connell	Quarter-Finalist	Non-Qualifier

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There are five groups of four teams called Group A, B, C, D and E. The 1st placed teams in Groups A, B and C automatically qualify for the semi-finals. The 1st placed teams in Groups D and E qualify for the quarter-final with the winner progressing to the semi-finals. The last placed teams in Groups A, B and C progress to the relegation Semi-Finals while the last placed teams in Groups D and E will playoff in a relegation Quarter-Final with the loser the playing in the relegation Semi-Finals. The losers of the relegation Semi-Finals playoff in the relegation final with the loser relegated to the 2021 Meath Junior Football Championship.

Tiebreakers: If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria would be applied:

All Football Championships and Leagues shall be run on a combination of a league and knockout basis under Rule 6.21 T.O. Where teams finish equal with points for qualification or relegation process for concluding stages, the positioning shall be decided as follows;

• (i) Where three teams are involved - the outcome of the meetings of the three teams in their previous games in the competition. If three teams finish level on points for three places and one team has beaten the other two teams that team qualifies in first place and other places are determined by the specified order. If there are two positions and one team has beaten the other two teams that team qualifies and the second place is determined by the specified order. If there is one position and one team has beaten the other two team that team qualifies;
• (ii) Where two teams are involved - the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the previous game in the competition;
• (iii) Scoring Difference;
• (iv) Highest total scores for;
• (v) A play-off.

The 1st placed teams in Groups A, B and C qualify for the semi-finals. The 1st place teams in Groups D and E qualify for the quarter-final with the winner progressing to the semi-finals

The 4th placed teams in each group contest the relegation playoff. The 4th placed teams from groups D and E compete in the relegation Quarter-Final. The loser of the relegation Quarter-Final proceeds to the relegation Semi-Finals along with the 4th placed teams from groups A, B and C. The losers of the relegation Semi-Finals will then contest the relegation final. The loser of the relegation final will be relegated to the Junior Football Championship while all other teams retain their Intermediate status.