1999 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1999 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Waterford (1st win)
Captain	Alfie Kirwan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Meath
Captain	Enda Grogan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Waterford
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Roscommon
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kerry in the Munster quarter-final.^[1][2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 7 August 1999 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Waterford and Meath, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Waterford won the match by 2–12 to 2–11 to claim their first ever championship title.^[3][4][5]

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Warwickshire v Meath

24 July 1996 Semi-final

Warwickshire

0-06 - 6-20

Meath

Páirc na hÉireann

Waterford v Roscommon

24 July 1999 Semi-final

Waterford

2-11 - 1-09

Roscommon

O'Moore Park

All-Ireland final

Waterford v Meath

7 August 1999 Final	Waterford	2-12 - 2-11	Meath	O'Moore Park
	C Power 1-4, P Ferncombe 1-4, P Queally 0-1, D Whelan 0-1, S Bergin 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.		M Crampton 1-3, J Carey 0-6, P Nestor 1-0, F McMahon 0-2.	Referee: H Beirne (Roscommon)

References

1. "Who fears to speak of '98? The story of the Tipperary junior football team, Munster and All-Ireland champions 1998". Friends of Tipperary Football. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
2. "Tipperary profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. "Waterford profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
4. "Junior football". Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
5. "Meath and Waterford's football history". Munster GAA website. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2021.