| Year: | 2020 |
| Type: | Under-20 |
| Dates: | 7 February – 19 December 2020 |
| Teams: | 31 |
| Team: | Galway |
| Titles: | 6th |
| Captain: | Jack Glynn |
| Manager: | Dónal Ó Fátharta |
| Team2: | Dublin |
| Captain2: | Rory Dwyer |
| Manager2: | Tom Gray |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Leinster: | Dublin |
| Ulster: | Tyrone |
| Connacht: | Galway |
| Matches: | 30 |
| Totalgoals: | 50 (1.67 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 593 (19.77 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Ciarán Archer (1–25) |
| Poty: | Jack Glynn |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 57th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship ran from 7 February to 19 December 2020.
were the defending champions,[1] but were beaten by in the Munster final.[2]
The final took place on 19 December 2020, between and . Galway won the match by 1–11 to 0–13 to win their sixth title and their first since 2013.[3]
's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 1–25. Galway captain Jack Glynn was named U20 Footballer of the Year.[4]
At the start of the championship footballers aged under 20 cannot play for both their county's senior and under-20 championship teams. Initially a footballer must opt to play for either the senior or the under-20 team. Once a county's senior team exits the senior championship all of their under-20 players are then eligible to play for the county under-20 team.
This rule was introduced to prevent player burnout and avoid scheduling conflicts when the senior and under-20 championships are played in the same summer months as both county teams have distinct panels of players. Inevitably some county under-20 teams play without their best under-20 footballers as a result of the player eligibility rule.
Provincial Championships format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Each province decides the format for their championship – the format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.
All-Ireland format
The four provincial winners play in two All-Ireland Under-20 Football Semi-finals, with the winners of those matches playing in the All-Ireland Final.
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciarán Archer | 1–25 | 28 | 6 | 4.67 | |
| 2 | Matthew Tierney | 1–18 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 | |
| 3 | Tiarnan Quinn | 2–12 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 | |
| 4 | Mark McInerney | 2–9 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 | |
| Blake Murphy | 1–12 | |||||
| 6 | Tomo Culhane | 2–8 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 | |
| Lorcan O'Dell | 6 | 2.33 | ||||
| Aaron Doherty | 3 | 4.67 | ||||
| 9 | Mark Lavin | 0–11 | 11 | 6 | 1.83 | |
| Ethan Jordan | 4 | 2.75 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomo Culhane | 1–6 | 9 | ||
| Paul Towey | 0–9 | ||||
| Blake Murphy | |||||
| 4 | Shane Meehan | 2–2 | 8 | ||
| Mark McInerney | 1–5 | ||||
| Alex Doherty | |||||
| 7 | Ciarán Archer | 1–4 | 7 | ||
| Tiarnan Quinn | |||||
| Mark McInerney | |||||
| Ethan Harkin | |||||
| Ciarán Archer | 0–7 |