Live updates from All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final draw
The 2025 All-Ireland SFC has already delivered a series of thrilling contests and surprise results and four teams exited the Championship over the weekend to leave 12 teams left standing in the race to capture the Sam Maguire.
Derry, Roscommon, Clare and Mayo are all gone after finishing bottom of their respective groups while defending champions Armagh had already secured their place in the quarter-finals with a game to spare.
They are joined by Ulster rivals Tyrone and Monaghan as well as Meath in the last eight after they emerged as top winners. Crucially, the group winners have fortnight to prepare for the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
The remaining eight teams have one more round to negotiate and they'll learn their fate this morning as the draw for the preliminary quarter-finals take place.
The four teams who finished second in their groups will have home advantage for the preliminary quarter-finals and will be drawn against a third-placed team with the ties scheduled for this coming weekend, June 21/22.
All-Ireland second placed teams: Dublin, Donegal, Down, Kerry.All-Ireland third placed teams: Cavan, Cork, Galway, Louth.
This morning's draw will take place live on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland after the 8.30am news.
The draws will be presided over by CCCC Chairperson Brian Carroll and Feargal McGill, GAA Director Player, Club and Games Administration.
In the Sam Maguire competition, the four second-placed teams from the group stages will be drawn to play at home against the four third-placed teams, subject in the first instance to the avoidance of repeat provincial final pairings and, where possible, repeat pairings from the group stage.
The following pairings won't be permitted in the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals: Dublin v Galway, Donegal v Cavan, Down v Louth, Kerry v Cork.
The fixture details will be finalised by the CCCC later today with the four games scheduled for this coming weekend.
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