2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games

The 2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games was a global competition of Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie ran by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), featuring teams from six continents. This was the 2nd GAA World Games and the first to be played in Ireland, with the first ever tournament played in Abu Dhabi last summer. The opening ceremony and throw in was held on August 6 at Croke Park, while the majority of the games were held at University College Dublin from August 9 to August 11, 2016, with the finals being played on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Croke Park.

2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games
Dates09 August 2016
– 12 August 2016
SponsorEtihad Airways

The GAA's four main sports (men's Gaelic football), ladies' Gaelic football, hurling and camogie (women's version of hurling) were featured at the event. Each sport consisted of two separate tournaments: one for native players (born and raised in the country they are competing for) and one for Irish born players (born in Ireland before emigrating to whatever team they are playing for), creating a total of 8 separate competitions.

Each game has 9 players a side with 9 minutes a half. As the tournament progresses the game time increases to 12 minutes a half in the knockout and then 15 minutes a half in the shield, plate and final games. This is different to the usual game which has 15 players a side with 30 minutes a half. During the four days 254 games were played with the 8 finals being played in Croke Park. With the games at UCD having free entry

The games were not broadcast live but Irish language public broadcaster TG4 later broadcast highlights, features and interviews of the tournament in December that year. The program was also made available on TG4 Player, the broadcasters on demand streaming network.[1] The opening and closing ceremonies were televised around the world.

Teams

Over 1,100 competitors from 56 teams within 20 countries, stretching 6 continents took part in the event. Most of these competitors are Irish people living abroad, but up to a third of them are foreign born players. China and South Africa competed with completely non-Irish teams.[2]

Africa
  1. South Africa Gaels

Middle East
  1. Abu Dhabi na Fianna
  2. Middle East
  3. Oman GAA

Asia
  1. Beijing
  2. Asia

Australia
  1. Australasia

Europe
  1. Britain
  2. Brittany (France)
  3. Croydon (London)
  4. Europe
  5. Father Murphy's (London)
  6. France
  7. Galicia (Spain)
  8. Germany
  9. Jersey
  10. Parnells (London)
  11. Tara (London)
  12. Thomas McCurtains
  13. Tir Chonail Gaels (London)

North America
  1. Canada Eastern
  2. Canada Toronto
  3. Canada Western
  4. NACB Chicago
  5. NACB Eire Og San Francisco
  6. New York
  7. North America

South America
  1. Argentina

Format

Preliminary Round Robin

Teams were put into groups of 3 or 4 for the preliminary stage and played off in a double or single round robin format respectively. The top team from each group of three and the top two from each group of four would go into the Cup Play-offs on Wednesday while any team that did not qualify for the Cup Play-offs would go into the Shield Play-offs on Wednesday. The hurling competitions were the only exceptions, where there was only one group of three in both the native and Irish divisions, therefore there was no shield competition, and the top two from each of those groups went into the finals on Friday.

Wednesday Cup Play-offs

In both ladies' football divisions, camogie and the men's football Irish division, there was only one Cup Play-off group. The teams in it competed in a round robin format with the top two going into the finals on Friday. Any team that did not finish in the top 2 went into the Plate Play-offs on Thursday. Due to the large number of teams in the men's native football, there were two Cup Play-off groups with the top team from each going into the final on Friday, all other teams to not qualify for the final went into the Plate Play-offs on Thursday.

Wednesday Shield Play-offs

Similar to the Cup Playoffs, the Shield Play-offs were contested in a round robin format with the top team in each group going into the Shield final on Thursday, any team that did not qualify for the Shield final went into the Plate Playoffs on Friday.

Friday Cup Finals

The Cup Finals were played on Friday, August 12 at Croke Park. Eight finals were played in total from going from 11AM to 5PM.

Results

The results show are all the results for the camogie and men's native hurling games. Then also all the results of the finals.

Camogie

Group A
9 August 2016 First round Australasia 5-12 - 0-00 Thomas McCurtains UCD
9 August 2016 First round New York 4-05 - 0-05 Thomas McCurtains UCD
9 August 2016 First round Australasia 7-11 - 0-02 New York UCD
9 August 2016 Second round Australasia 3-10 - 0-01 Thomas McCurtains UCD
9 August 2016 Second round New York 0-12 - 2-01 Thomas McCurtains UCD
9 August 2016 Second round Australasia 2-08 - 0-02 New York UCD
Key to colours
     Advance to Cup Play-offs
     Advance to Shield Play-offs
Team Pld W D L Pts
Australasia 44008
New York 42024
Thomas McCurtains 40040

Group B
9 August 2016 First round Croydon 2-00 - 2-05 Tara UCD
9 August 2016 First round Europe 4-11 - 0-00 North America Native UCD
9 August 2016 First round Europe 2-06 - 1-02 Croydon UCD
9 August 2016 First round Tara 5-13 - 0-00 North America Native UCD
9 August 2016 First round Croydon 6-02 - 0-01 North America Native UCD
9 August 2016 First round Europe 3-04 - 0-05 Tara UCD
Team Pld W D L Pts
Europe 33006
Tara 32014
Croydon 31022
North America Native 30030

Group C
9 August 2016 First round Canada Toronto 4-06 - 0-01 Father Murphy's UCD
9 August 2016 First round Middle East 6-08 - 0-00 Britain Native UCD
9 August 2016 First round Middle East 0-09 - 1-00 Father Murphy's UCD
9 August 2016 First round Canada Toronto 6-04 - 0-00 Britain Native UCD
9 August 2016 First round Father Murphy's 4-00 - 0-01 Britain Native UCD
9 August 2016 First round Middle East 2-04 - 0-00 Canada Toronto UCD
Team Pld W D L Pts
Middle East 33006
Canada Toronto 32014
Father Murphy's 31022
Britain Native 30030

Cup Play-offs
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Australasia 3-09 - 1-00 Europe UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Middle East 1-05 - 0-01 Canada Toronto UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Middle East 1-03 - 2-04 Tara UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Canada Toronto 0-02 - 2-03 Europe UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Europe 1-03 - 2-02 Tara UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Australasia 4-08 - 0-00 Canada Toronto UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Australasia 6-05 - 0-02 Middle East UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Tara 2-08 - 0-01 Canada Toronto UCD
10 August 2016 Cup Play-off Australasia 5-04 - 0-01 Tara UCD
Key to colours
     Advance to Cup Final
     Advance to Shield Final
     Advance to Plate Play-offs
Team Pld W D L Pts
Australasia 44008
Tara 43016
Middle East 42024
Europe 41032
Canada Toronto 40040

Native Cup Final
12 August 2016 Native Cup Final North America 1-04 - 0-04 Britain Native Croke Park

Cup Final
12 August 2016 Cup Final Australasia 5-17 - 1-08 Tara Croke Park

Shield Play-offs
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off New York 4-06 - 0-03 Thomas McCurtains UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Croydon 4-04 - 0-00 Britain Native UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off North America Native 1-02 - 0-01 Father Murphy's UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Croydon 2-05 - 0-00 North America Native UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Britain Native 0-00 - 3-07 New York UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Thomas McCurtains 4-06 - 0-00 Father Murphy's UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Britain Native 3-01 - 1-02 North America Native UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Thomas McCurtains 1-02 - 3-03 Croydon UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off New York 5-04 - 1-01 Father Murphy's UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off New York 3-07 - 0-02 North America Native UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Father Murphy's 0-02 - 1-09 Croydon UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Thomas McCurtain's 1-06 - 0-00 Britain Native UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off Father Murphy's 2-05 - 0-00 Britain Native UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off New York 2-05 - 1-04 Croydon UCD
10 August 2016 Shield Play-off North America Native 0-04 - 1-02 Thomas McCurtains UCD
Team Pld W D L Pts
New York 550010
Croydon 54018
Thomas McCurtains 53026
North America Native 51042
Father Murphy's 51042
Britain Native 51042

Shield Final
11 August 2016 Shield Final New York 4-03 - 3-05 Croydon UCD

Quarter-Finals
11 August 2016 Plate Quarter-final Middle East 4-14 - 0-01 Britain Native UCD
11 August 2016 Plate Quarter-final Canada Toronto 2-11 - 0-01 North America Native UCD
11 August 2016 Plate Quarter-final Europe 1-10 - 1-00 Father Murphy's UCD

Semi-Finals
11 August 2016 Plate Semi-final Middle East 2-07 - 0-04 Europe UCD
11 August 2016 Plate Semi-final Canada Toronto 2-07 - 0-04 Thomas McCurtain UCD

Plate Final
11 August 2016 Plate Final Middle East 1-07 - 2-03 Canada Toronto UCD

Hurling

Native
9 August 2016 First Round New York 6-09 - 0-01 Germany UCD
9 August 2016 First Round New York 3-04 - 1-05 NACB Chicago UCD
9 August 2016 First Round NACB Chicago 6-08 - 0-04 Germany UCD
9 August 2016 First Round New York 5-07 - 1-01 Germany UCD
9 August 2016 First Round New York 1-04 - 2-02 NACB Chicago UCD
9 August 2016 First Round NACB Chicago 3-06 - 0-01 Germany UCD
10 August 2016 First Round New York 7-08 - 1-01 Germany UCD
10 August 2016 First Round New York 0-05 - 1-04 NACB Chicago UCD
10 August 2016 First Round NACB Chicago 4-09 - 1-02 Germany UCD
Key to colours
     Advance to Cup Final
Team Pld W D L Pts
NACB Chicago 650110
New York 64028
Germany 60068

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12 August 2016 Cup Final New York 1-06 - 2-06 NACB Chicago Croke Park

All Final Cup Results

Native Cup Final
12 August 2016 Native Cup Final North America 1-04 - 0-04 Britain Native Croke Park

Cup Final
12 August 2016 Cup Final Australasia 5-17 - 1-08 Tara Croke Park

Native Cup Final
12 August 2016 Native Cup Final New York 2-04 - 0-05 Eastern Canada Croke Park

Cup Final
12 August 2016 Cup Final Parnells 3-07 - 0-08 Australasia Croke Park

Native Cup Final
12 August 2016 NativeCup Final Middle East 2-12 - 2-10 Australasia Croke Park

Cup Final
12 August 2016 Cup Final New York 1-06 - 2-06 NACB Chicago Croke Park

Native Cup Final
12 August 2016 Native Cup Final New York 4-05 - 1-09 France Croke Park

Cup Final
12 August 2016 Cup Final Middle East 1-12 - 1-11 Abu Dhabi Croke Park

References
  1. https://gaelicgameseurope.com/tg4-broadcast-gaa-world-games-programme-dec-4th/
  2. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/gaa-world-games-bringing-whole-new-ball-game-back-home-1.2750893
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