Big Weekend of Football Action from Budapest

Budapest hosted Men's and Ladies' Gaelic Football Championships last weekend, October 10 with teams from Warsaw, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Munich, Luxembourg, Brussels, The Hague, Amsterdam, Paris and Guernsey.

Nine European Ladies Gaelic Football teams also contested the European Championship Round 6. This included teams from Warsaw, Holland, Vienna, Warsaw, Belgium, Munich, Viking Gaels (from Copenhagen) and hosts Budapest.

In the Men's Championship and Shield competitions, there were seven teams contesting each grade. The Championship saw Guernsey, Belgium and The Hague making up the first group, while Stockholm, Luxembourg, Paris and hosts Budapest forming the second pool of Championship teams.

The Men's Shield saw Gaelic Football teams from Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Belgium(B), Vienna, Frankfurt, Prague and Warsaw.

Warsaw in their first year in existence won the Shield Final, where they met Prague in the final. In a pulsating final, the Polish side scored 11 fantastic points. However, Prague's 2-5 saw the Czech side draw level at the final whistle. The tie went to a penalty shoot-out where Warsaw won on Penalties 5-4.

The Men's Championship Final saw Belgium pipped by 2 points by The Hague (0-4 to 0-6). The Hague also won the Championship's first round tournament defeating Paris in Munich last month, so will take a convincing lead into the final round in Maastricht next month.

Winners of the European Ladies Gaelic Football Championship Round 6 was Paris. Paris defeated Austrian side Vienna in the Final, Belgium and hosts Budapest reached the Semi-Final stage.

The final round of competition comes to Maastricht next month where all eyes will be on who tops the European GAA charts!