16 teams go into the hat

The draw for the first round of the football championship qualifiers will take place tomorrow evening and will be shown on the…

The draw for the first round of the football championship qualifiers will take place tomorrow evening and will be shown on the Sunday Game (Network 2) after the game between Tipperary and Waterford.

There will be 16 teams involved in the draw - Down, Antrim, Monaghan, Derry, Sligo, London, Clare, Tipperary, Louth, Longford, Offaly, Carlow, Wicklow, Fermanagh or Tyrone, Dublin or Westmeath and Kildare or Wexford.

Games between sides who have already met in the championship aren't allowed. The first team drawn in each case will have home venue, except when a designated county is drawn against a non-designated one (the designated county will have home advantage).

The designated counties in tomorrow's draw are Wicklow, Carlow, Louth, Longford, Clare, Antrim, Tipperary, Monaghan, Derry and Fermanagh.

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The GAC will meet on Monday when times and venues for the games - scheduled for Saturday, June 12th - will be confirmed.