All-China Gaelic Games


The All-China Gaelic games is a Gaelic games tournament held annually in China between club teams under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association and the Asian County Board. The Asian County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, is one of the county boards of the GAA set up and running outside the island of Ireland. This county board is responsible for Gaelic games across Asia-Pacific Region, other than Australia and New Zealand.
The annual tournament is a one-day event, with both men's and ladies' teams competing in Gaelic football. The tournament is the highlight of the mid-season for the Gaelic Athletic Association Clubs in mainland China. Exhibition games have also been held in International rules and Hurling during the event.

History

The All-China Games began in 2002, and feature GAA teams from across China, such as the
Shanghai Gaelic Athletic Association, the Hong Kong Gaelic Athletic Association and the Beijing Gaelic Athletic Association. After being cancelled in 2003 due to the outbreak of SARS, they returned in 2004.
In April 2012 it was decided by the Beijing Gaelic Athletic Association to host the 2012 All-China Games as part of the 10th Anniversary celebration of Beijing GAA. Beijing GAA hosted the 2012 North Asian Games from June 8–10, 2012. It was the first year that the previous All-Asia games are being expanded to include participants from across northern Asia. Beijing invited teams from various Chinese cities, such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Dalian and Suzhou and for the first time, also invited teams from Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Participants

Teams sanctioned by the Asian GAA can participate in the competition. As of 2012, Chinese based teams included Beijing GAA, Canton Celts, Dalian Wolfhounds, Hong Kong GAA, Shanghai Gaelic Football Club, Shenzhen Celts and Suzhou Eire Og.
Participant players in the competition are primarily Irish diaspora, but they also draw participants from other countries who learn the sport. For example, players from 22 separate nations competed in the 2005 All-China Gaelic games.
The cumulative top competition winners in the competition to date have been Hong Kong and Shanghai.

All China Games - A Competition Winners

Host LocationYearMen's A CupLadies A Cup
1Shanghai2002Hong Kong GAAShanghai Sirens
22003Cancelled due to SARS
3Shanghai2004Hong Kong GAAHong Kong GAA
4Beijing2005Beijing GAAHong Kong GAA
5Shenzhen2006Hong Kong GAAHong Kong GAA
5Dalian2007Shanghai SaintsBeijing GAA
7Beijing2008Shanghai SaintsBeijing GAA
7Shanghai2009Hong Kong GAAShanghai Sirens
9Shenzhen2010Hong Kong GAAShanghai Sirens
10Shanghai2011Shanghai SaintsShanghai Sirens
11Beijing2012Seoul GaelsBeijing GAA
12Beijing2013Shanghai Saints Shanghai Saints
13Shanghai2014XXShanghai
14Hong Kong2015SeoulHong Kong
15Beijing2016SeoulXX
16Beijing2017BeijingHong Kong
17Shanghai2018ShanghaiHong Kong

All China Games - Non-A Competition Winners

Host LocationYearMen's PlateMen's Bowl Ladies PlateLadies Bowl
1Shanghai2002
22003Cancelled due to SARS--
3Shanghai2004
4Beijing2005Shenzhen CeltsShanghai SaintsShanghai Saints
5Shenzhen2006Shanghai Saints
5Dalian2007Dalian / Shenzhen
7Beijing2008Shenzhen CeltsDalian Wolfhounds
7Shanghai2009Beijing GAASuzhou GAAHong Kong GAAShenzhen Celts
9Shenzhen2010Suzhou Eire OgBeijing GAADalian WolfhoundsBeijing GAA
10Shanghai2011Shenzhen CeltsBeijing GAADalian Wolfhoundsn/a
11Beijing2012Shanghai BDalian WolfhoundsDalian/Suzhoun/a
12Beijing2013n/aDalian Wolfhoundsn/an/a
13Shanghai2014XXXXDalianXX

All China Games - Most Valuable Players

Host LocationYearMen's MVPLadies MVP
1Shanghai2002
22003Cancelled due to SARS
3Shanghai2004
4Beijing2005Sean Chiang Antje Keim
5Shenzhen2006Edward Cosgrove Antje Keim
5Dalian2007Davey Hayes Catherine Tulauskas
7Beijing2008Davey Hayes Catherine Tulauskas
7Shanghai2009Fran Kevlihan Niamh Furey
9Shenzhen2010Barry Waters Aisling Smith
10Shanghai2011Enda Winters Mei Lin
11Beijing2012Enda Winters Aine Deasy
12Beijing2013Enda Winters
13Shanghai2013XXXX