The 1981–82 National Football League was the 51st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Kerry defeated Cork in the final after a replay.
Format
Titles Teams in all four divisions competed for one league title.
Divisions Division One: 8 teams Division Two: 8 teams Division Three: 8 teams Division Four: 8 teams
Round-robin format Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away.
Points awarded 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
Knockout stage qualifiers Division One: top 4 teams"League play-offs cause confusion", Cork Examiner, 10 March 1982, p. 15 Division Two: top 2 teams Division Three: top team Division Four: top team
Knockout phase structure In the Preliminary quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows Preliminary Quarter-final 1: Fourth-placed team in Division One v First-placed team in Division Four Preliminary Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division Two v First-placed team in Division Three
In the quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows Quarter-final 1: Winner Preliminary Quarter-final 1 v First-placed team in Division Two Quarter-final 2: Winner Preliminary Quarter-final 2 v Third-placed team in Division One
The semi-final match-ups are: Semi-final 1: First-placed team in Division One v Winner Quarter-final 1 Semi-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One v Winner Quarter-final 2
Separation of teams on equal points
In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.
Group stage
Division One
Regulation games
Play-offs
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 4 2 1 10 Qualified for Knockout Stages 7 4 0 3 8 7 4 03 8 7 4 0 3 8 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 1 3 7 7 21 4 5 Relegated to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL 7 1 1 5 3 "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 01/03/1982, p. 9
Division Two
Play-offs
Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 7 5 1 1 11 Qualified for Knockout Stage; Promoted to Division One of the 1982–83 NFL 7 4 21 10 7 4 2 1 10 7 2 3 2 7 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 0 4 6 7 11 5 3 Relegated to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL 7 1 1 5 3
Division Three
Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 7 6 0 1 12 Qualified for Knockout Stage; Promoted to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL 7 5 11 11 Promoted to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 0 4 6 7 3 0 4 6 7 21 5 5 Relegated to Division Four of the 1982–83 NFL 7 1 0 6 2
Division Four
Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 7 7 0 0 14 Qualified for Knockout Stage; Promoted to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL 7 5 02 10 Promoted to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL 7 5 0 2 10 7 3 0 4 6 7 2 2 3 6 7 2 1 4 5 7 11 5 3 7 1 0 6 2
Knockout stages
Preliminary quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
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