The 2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 6 August 2016 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kerry and Mayo, in what was their fourth ever meeting in the final and a second successive meeting. Kerry won the match by 2–18 to 2–11 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a second consecutive title.^[2]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Kerry v Cork

29 June 2016[3] Final	Kerry	0–14 - 0–13	Cork	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
				Referee: D. Grogan (Tipperary)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Wexford v Louth

21 June 2016[4][5] Final	Wexford	2–12 - 0–09	Louth	St Brigid's Park, Dundalk
	Ryan 2-2, Sinnott 0-6 (2f), Harney 0-3, I. Carty 0-1		Maguire 0-3, Lafferty 0-2 (2f), Carroll, Hand (1f), Corcoran, O'Connell 0-1 each	Referee: P. Maguire (Longford)

GK 1 Philip Murphy (Bannow–Ballymitty) RCB 2 Páraic O'Keeffe (St Anne's) (c) FB 3 Jason Barron (St James') LCB 4 Johnny Connors (Adamstown) RHB 5 Robbie Vallejo (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) CHB 6 Shane Doyle (Ballyhogue) LHB 7 Paul Curtis (Clongeen) MF 8 Niall Hughes (Kilanerin) MF 9 Eoin Roche (Sarsfields) RHF 10 Jake Firman (St Martin's) CHF 11 Glen Malone (Shelmaliers) LHF 12 Niall Harney (Bannow–Ballymitty) RCF 13 Conor Sinnott (St Fintan's) FF 14 Seán Ryan (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) LCF 15 Ian Carty (Taghmon–Camross) Substitutes: 16 Jamie Carty (St Martin's) for Roche 17 Tom Byrne (Kilmore) for Hughes 18 James Stafford (Glynn–Barntown) for Malone 19 Shane Byrne (Ballyhogue) for I. Carty 20 Graham Carty (St Mary's, Maudlintown) for Harney 21 Tony Smith (Shelmaliers) for Sinnott Manager: David Power

GK 1 Kevin Brennan (Seán O'Mahony's) RCB 2 Ciarán Ward (St Colmcille's, Meath) FB 3 David Finn (Hunterstown Rovers) LCB 4 Hugh Osborne (Naomh Fionnbarra) RHB 5 Conall Hoey (Geraldines) CHB 6 Robbie Curran (Clan na Gael) LHB 7 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) MF 8 Tony McKenna (Hunterstown Rovers) MF 9 Daniel O'Connell (Roche Emmets) RHF 10 Darragh Hamill (Geraldines) CHF 11 Seán Hand (Kilkerley Emmets) LHF 12 Dean Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands) RCF 13 Tadhg McEneaney (Kilkerley Emmets) FF 14 Darragh Lafferty (St Patrick's) LCF 15 Cathal Bellew (Kilkerley Emmets) Substitutes: 16 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) for Hamill 17 Patrick Kirk (St Patrick's) for Curran 18 Conor Branigan (Newtown Blues) for McEneaney 19 Matt Corcoran (Geraldines) for McKenna 20 Ciarán Bellew (Kilkerley Emmets) for Sharkey 21 John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtín) for Hoey Manager: Colin Kelly

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Mayo v Galway

22 May 2016[6] Final	Mayo	1–11 - 0–12	Galway	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
				Referee: B. Judge (Sligo)

All-Ireland semifinals

Mayo v Wexford

23 July 2016[7]	Mayo	2–10 - 0–10	Wexford	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
				Referee: B. Tiernan (Dublin)

Kerry v Lancashire

23 July 2016[8]	Kerry	4–17 - 3–10	Lancashire	Old Bedians, Manchester
				Referee: N. McKenna (Monaghan)

All-Ireland Final

Kerry v Mayo

6 August 2016[9]	Kerry	2–18 - 2–11	Mayo	Croke Park, Dublin
	N. O'Shea 2-0, M.S. Ó'Conchúir 0-5 (2f), K. Hurley, D. Foran, P. O'Donoghue (1'45)(1f) 0-3 each, J. Foley, A. Barry, A. Spillane, D. Roche 0-1 each		D. Coen 0-5 (4f), C. Keane 0-4, M. Forde 1-1, R. Holian 1-0, J. Kelly 0-1	Referee: S. McLaughlin (Donegal)

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