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Inter County Rankings
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GAAinfo has created the first ever ranking system for inter-county hurling and football teams. It draws on over 4,500 results over the last 17 years - including the complete results of the All-Ireland Football and Hurling Championships from 1991 until the present. The system has been retrospectively calculated from to 1991 to 2007 - allowing us to compare the current champions with the best teams from the past.
The system is based on the Elo ranking system which is used by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to rank the best chess players. The system has been adapted to rank national teams in soccer and teams in Ice Hockey, American Football and Basketball. The official FIFA rankings for Women's soccer uses the Elo system. More information about the Elo ranking system can be found on Wikipedia.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Are All-Ireland Championship more important than other matches? Of course. We use a weighting system that gives more importance to All-Ireland matches, then National League matches and then to other competitions like the Walsh Cup and the McKenna Cup.
- Why is team X ranked below team Y despite beating them? The system uses a points rating system to rank teams. It means that regular good results will lead to improved ranking but not freak results. So Donegal Footballers' strong run in the 2007 NFL has more effect than Sligo's two wins to capture the 2007 Connacht SFC.
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Recent Inter-County Results |
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| 1 |  | Kilkenny | 2 |  | Tipperary | | 3 |  | Galway | 4 |  | Waterford | | 5 |  | Cork | 6 |  | Clare | | 7 |  | Dublin | 8 |  | Limerick | | 9 |  | Wexford | 10 |  | Offaly | | 11 |  | Antrim | 12 |  | Carlow | | 13 |  | Laois | 14 |  | Down | | 15 |  | Meath | 16 |  | Westmeath | | 17 |  | Kildare | 18 |  | Kerry | | 19 |  | Mayo | 20 |  | Derry | | 21 |  | London | 22 |  | Armagh | | 23 |  | Wicklow | 24 |  | Roscommon | | 25 |  | Louth | 26 |  | Donegal | | 27 |  | Sligo | 28 |  | Longford | | 29 |  | Tyrone | 30 |  | Monaghan | | 31 |  | New York | 32 |  | Fermanagh | | 33 |  | Leitrim | 34 |  | Warwickshire | | 35 |  | Cavan |
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| 1 |  | Cork | 2 |  | Kerry | | 3 |  | Dublin | 4 |  | Tyrone | | 5 |  | Mayo | 6 |  | Derry | | 7 |  | Donegal | 8 |  | Galway | | 9 |  | Meath | 10 |  | Kildare | | 11 |  | Monaghan | 12 |  | Armagh | | 13 |  | Down | 14 |  | Laois | | 15 |  | Fermanagh | 16 |  | Wexford | | 17 |  | Westmeath | 18 |  | Louth | | 19 |  | Limerick | 20 |  | Antrim | | 21 |  | Sligo | 22 |  | Offaly | | 23 |  | Cavan | 24 |  | Roscommon | | 25 |  | Wicklow | 26 |  | Tipperary | | 27 |  | Longford | 28 |  | Leitrim | | 29 |  | Clare | 30 |  | Carlow | | 31 |  | Waterford | 32 |  | London | | 33 |  | New York | 34 |  | Kilkenny |
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