Scoreboard and Table

Group Stage Table

Note: Table calculated automatically from results in [reference: S-1]

Knockout Stage Scoreboard

Note: Scoreboard compiled from results and fixtures in [References: S-1 to S-2] For Official Scoreboard please visit the GAA World Games Ladies Football Open Page at: https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/ladies-football-open/ [Last accessed 8 August 2023]

Group Stage Scoreboard

Note: Scoreboard compiled from results and fixtures in [References: S-1 to S-2] For Official Scoreboard please visit the GAA World Games Ladies Football Open Page at: https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/ladies-football-open/ [Last accessed 8 August 2023]

Report

Group Stage Report

The top three in the Group Stage were highly competitive with two draws in the three games between them. In the end the three teams were separated by a victory for Australasia over Parnells of London by 2-8 to 0-3 in the last game of the Group Stage. Middle East proved a revelation, drawing with both of the 2019 LGFA World Finalists. Asia were the fourth qualifier for the Cup Semi-Finals having defeated Round Towers of London, Central & Eastern Europe and Iberia (Spain, Portugal and Catalonia).

Knockout Stage Report: Shield

The Shield featured teams placing fifth to seventh in the Group Stage Table with sixth and seventh (Central & Eastern Europe and Iberia) playing off in the Semi-Final for the right to play fifth-placed Round Towers of London in the Shield Final. Central & Eastern Europe defeated Iberia for the second time in the competition (4-13 to 0-0) and advanced to the Shield Final where they lost by only two points (2-8 to 2-6) to London club Round Towers.

Knockout Stage Report: Cup

A fiercely competitive Middle East lost by just three points to 2019 finalists Parnells of London (1-7 to 2-7) in the Cup Semi-Finals and were to play a repeat of that Final as Australasia triumphed by 7-18 to 1-3 over neighbours Asia in the first Semi-Final.

The Final itself was a second victory in as many World Games finals for Australasia over Parnells, by the surprisingly wide margin of 3-10 to 0-5. [References: S-1 to S-2]

About

About the GAA World Games

The GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) World Council organised the first GAA World Games in Abu Dhabi in 2015, with 28 teams from 7 World County Boards in GAA terms playing over 2 days. The 2016 GAA World Games was the first held in Ireland, showcasing to the Irish public the growth around the World of the GAA’s two main sports. The third edition was held in 2019 and the 2023 edition was the fourth ever, held in Derry.

The GAA World Council organises the GAA internationally, in Britain and the World. There were at the time of the 2023 games, Units affiliated to the Association in Argentina, Asia, Australia & New Zealand (Australasia GFHA), Britain, Canada, Europe, Middle East, New York, North America (United States GAA) and South Africa. [Reference: A-1]

An Image from World LGFA

About the LGFA and Ladies Football

The LGFA (Ladies Gaelic Football Association) is the affiliate governing body of the GAA assigned to run Ladies Gaelic Football in Ireland. Ladies Gaelic Football, or sometimes just referred to as Ladies Football or Ladies Gaelic, is a version of Gaelic Football for women with a few modifications. The game is 15-a-side traditionally, and the LGFA was founded in 1974, 90 years after the GAA [Reference: A-2]

World Games 2023 Rules (Simplified)

1. World Games 2023 matches were played under the full playing rules of Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie and Ladies Gaelic Football with the exceptions below in 2-10.
2. All matches to be played 9-a-side rather than traditional 15-a-side.
3. Group Stage games shall consist of two 9-minute halves and a two minute interval.
4. Knockout Stage games shall consist of two 12-minute halves plus a two-minute interval.
5. The Finals of the competition shall consist of two 15-minute halves plus a five-minute break at half-time.
6. Kickouts and puckouts can be taken from either the ground or the hands. Ball to be kicked or pucked out of the small rectangle and all players must be outside the 13m line except the player taking the kickout or puckout. A player cannot score from the puckout in Hurling and Camogie.
7. Rules governing substitution replaced by unlimited interchange, which must take place from the interchange area (see World Games 2023 Programme page 36-37 for more details).
8. The rules governing the lift in Gaelic Football and Ladies Gaelic Football are changed for Gaelic Football International Division 2 and Ladies Gaelic Football to allow players to lift the ball from the ground with the hands providing the player lifting the ball has at least one foot on the ground when lifting the ball.
9. Extra-Time: There shall be no Extra-Time for games played during the Group Stages. There shall be Extra-Time in the Knockout Stages consisting of two 3-minute halves with a one-minute interval. If the game is still level on points after Extra-Time a further period of Extra-Time is played until one team scores either a goal or point in which case they are declared the winners. A team may start with the full 9 players during Extra-Time even if one player has received a Black or Red Card during normal time, subject to the rule that the player who received the Black or Red Card is not on the field during Extra-Time. Black Card (Sin-Bin) infractions do not carry over into the next game.
10. Sin-Bin. As in the GAA there are Black Cards. A player who commits a cynical infraction shall receive a Black Card and be ordered off the field of play of three minutes (Sent to the Sin-Bin). As in the LGFA and Camogie players commiting a Yellow Card Offence shall be ordered off the field for 3 minutes. (For more details please see GAA World Games Programme page 36-37 in Reference: A-3]

References

Scoreboard References

[S-1] GAA (2023) World Games Ladies Football (Open) > Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/ladies-football-open/ [Accessed 29 July 2023][Last Accessed 8 August 2023]

[S-2] GAA (2023) World Games Programme 2023 [Internet] Available from: gaa.ie/worldgames/worldgamesprogramme2023 [Accessed 29 July 2023]

Image References

[I-3] Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (2019) Gaelic_Football_Match_Delhi_2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dfa.ie/media/missions/india/newsevents/Gaelic_Football_Match_Delhi_2.jpg[Accessed 30 March 2021][Photo Credit: India Wolfhounds GAA] [Used with permission of DFA]

About References

[A-1] GAA (2023) World Games Programme 2023 – Shane Flanagan: Director of Coaching and Games Development Message [Internet] Available from: gaa.ie/worldgames/worldgamesprogramme2023 [Accessed 29 July 2023][Page 5 in PDF]

[A-2] LGFA (2023) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://ladiesgaelic.ie/the-lgfa/about-us/ [Accessed 9 August 2023]

[A-3] GAA (2023) World Games Programme 2023 – The Rules Made Simple [Internet] Available from: gaa.ie/worldgames/worldgamesprogramme2023 [Accessed 29 July 2023][Pages 36-37 in PDF]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe

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