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2021 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year	2021
Winners
Champions	Kerry (82nd win)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
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The 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2021 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. Kerry won the tournament beating Cork in the final.^[1]

Teams

The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Last previous success
Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and Blue		Colm Collins	?		1992
Cork	Red and white		Ronan McCarthy	Paul Kerrigan	2010	2012
Kerry	Green and gold		Peter Keane	Paul Murphy^[2]	2014	2019
Limerick	Green and white		Billy Lee	Donal O'Sullivan	1896	1896
Tipperary	Blue and gold		David Power	Conor Sweeney	1920	2020
Waterford	White and blue		Shane Ronayne	Paul Whyte		1898

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

		Cork	1-16
Limerick	4-18	Limerick	0-11
Waterford	0-12			Cork	1-9
				Kerry	4-22
		Tipperary	1-8
Kerry	3-22	Kerry	1-19
Clare	1-11

Quarter-finals

The four non-finalists from the 2020 championship entered this round. The lowest ranked county to play in the quarter-finals was Waterford of Division 4.

Summary

Div	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Div
3	Limerick	4-18 - 0-12	Waterford	4
1	Kerry	3-22 - 1-11	Clare	2

Matches

26 June 2021 15:00 Quarter-final	Limerick (3)	4-18 - 0-12	Waterford (4)	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
	Hugh Bourke 1-6 (0-3f), Iain Corbett (1-0 pen) and Robbie Bourke (0-1f) 1-2 each, Cillian Fahy 1-1, Cian Sheehan and Danny Neville 0-2 each, Tommie Childs, Brian Donovan, Josh Ryan 0-1 each	Report	Brian Lynch 0-4 (0-3f), Dermot Ryan 0-3, Jason Curry (0-2f) and Darragh Corcoran 0-2 each, Michael Kiely 0-1

26 June 2021 19:00 Quarter-final	Kerry (1)	3-22 - 1-11	Clare (2)	Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo) Man of the Match: Sean O'Shea (Kenmare Shamrocks)
	Sean O'Shea 1-7 (0-3f), David Clifford 1-6 (0-2f), Micheál Burns 1-0, Killian Spillane 0-3, Gavin White and Paudie Clifford 0-2 each, David Moran and Paul Geaney 0-1 each	Report	Eoin Cleary 0-6 (0-2f), David Tubridy 1-1 (0-1f), Darragh Bohannon 0-2, Podge Collins and Emmet McMahon 0-1 each

Semi-finals

The finalists from the 2020 championship entered this round along with the two quarter-final winners. The lowest ranked counties to play in the quarter-finals were Limerick and Tipperary of Division 3.

Summary

Div	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Div
2	Cork	1-16 - 0-11	Limerick	3
1	Kerry	1-19 - 1-08	Tipperary	3

Matches

10 July 2021 15:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final	Cork (2)	1-16 - 0-11	Limerick (3)	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Attendance: 500 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	John O'Rourke 1-3, Brian Hurley 0-6 (0-4f), Sean Powter and Cian Kiely 0-2 each, Sean Meehan, Mattie Taylor, Ian Maguire 0-1 each	Report	Hugh Bourke 0-5f, Iain Corbett and Danny Neville 0-2 each, Gordon Brown and Aaron O'Sullivan (1 '45) 0-1 each

10 July 2021 19:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final	Kerry (1)	1-19 - 1-8	Tipperary (3)	Semple Stadium, Thurles Attendance: 500 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Paudie Clifford (Fossa)
	Sean O'Shea 0-8 (0-5f, 1 '45), David Clifford 1-2 (0-1f), Killian Spillane 0-3, Tom O'Sullivan 0-2, David Moran, Diarmuid O'Connor, Paul Geaney, Paudie Clifford 0-1 each	Report	Conor Sweeney 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Jack Kennedy 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin Fahey 0-1

Final

25 July 2021 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Final	Kerry	4-22 - 1-9	Cork	Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Barry Cassidy, Bellaghy (Derry)
	Sean O'Shea 1-6 (0-3f), Paul Geaney 2-1, Paudie Clifford 0-3, Brian Ó Beaglaoich 1-0, Jack Barry, Killian Spillane, Tom O'Sullivan 0-2 each, Mike Breen, David Moran, David Clifford (0-1f), Stephen O'Brien, Tadhg Morley, Tommy Walsh 0-1 each.	Report	Brian Hurley 1-3 (0-1f), Michael Hurley 0-2, Brian Hartnett, Ian Maguire, Luke Connolly, Daniel Dineen (0-1 mark) 0-1 each.

Kerry advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals.

Stadia and locations

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Clare	Ennis	Munster	Cusack Park	19,000
Cork	Cork	Munster	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	45,000
Kerry	Tralee	Munster	Fitzgerald Stadium	40,000
Limerick	Limerick	Munster	Gaelic Grounds	44,203
Tipperary	Thurles	Munster	Semple Stadium	45,690
Waterford	Waterford	Munster	Fraher Field	15,000

Notes

^ ^a ^b The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

References

^ "Kerry hammer Cork by 22 points to land Munster football title in style". the42. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "Paul Murphy to captain Kerry senior footballers in 2021". RTÉ. 25 January 2021.

[Behind_closed_doors-3] The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

[Kerry_win-1] "Kerry hammer Cork by 22 points to land Munster football title in style". the42. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[2] "Paul Murphy to captain Kerry senior footballers in 2021". RTÉ. 25 January 2021.

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