The under seventeen championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.

The formats for the 2019 provincial championships are explained in the sections below.

All five Connacht counties compete in a single round robin format.

[1] The top three teams in the round robin table meet again in the Connacht semi-final and final.

The four weakest Munster teams compete in a league known as Phase 1.

The winner of Phase 1 competes in a further league known as Phase 2[3] Phase 1 Round 1 Clare 3-15 Limerick 0-10 10/4 Newcastlewest Brendan Griffin (Kerry) Phase 1 Round 1 Tipperary 4-13 Waterford 0-7 10/4 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town John Ryan (Cork) Phase 1 Round 2 Clare 1-10 Tipperary 0-6 17/4 Cusack Park Ennis Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry) Phase 1 Round 2 Waterford 1-7 Limerick 0-10 17/4 Fraher Field Dungarvan Sean Lonergan (Tipperary) Phase 1 Round 3 Tipperary 0-10 Limerick 0-10 24/4 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town Chris Maguire (Clare) Phase 1 Round 3 Waterford 2-7 Clare 1-9 24/4 Fraher Field Dungarvan Jonathan Hayes (Limerick) Phase 1 Final Clare 3-12 Tipperary 0-6 8/5 LIT Gaelic Grounds Sean Joy (Kerry) Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores For Scores Against Score Difference Points Clare 3 2 0 1 5-34 (49) 2-23 (29) +20 4 Tipperary 3 1 1 1 4-29 (41) 1-27 (30) +11 3 Waterford 3 1 1 1 3-21 (30) 5-32 (47) -17 3 Limerick 3 0 2 1 0-30 (30) 4-32 (44) -14 2 Phase 2 Round 1 Kerry 3-19 Cork 1-9 7/5 Páirc Uí Rinn Alan Kissane (Waterford) Phase 2 Round 2 Cork 3-9 Clare 0-14 15/5 Cusack Park Ennis Brendan Griffin (Kerry) Phase 2 Round 3 Kerry 1-16 Clare 0-11 23/5 Austin Stack Park Tralee Donnacha O’Callaghan (Limerick) 2019 Munster Minor Football Championship Table Phase 2 Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores For Scores Against Score Difference Points Kerry 2 2 0 0 4-35 (47) 1-20 (23) +24 4 Cork 2 1 0 1 4-18 (30) 3-33 (42) -12 2 Clare 2 0 0 2 0-25 (25) 4-25 (37) -12 0 For official fixtures and results see Ulster Minor Football Championship at ulstergaa.ie In 2018 the Ulster Championship changed to a double-elimination format, which replaced the straight knockout style of previous years.

The four remaining teams who lost only one match in the preliminary round or round 1 met in two matches with the two losing teams being eliminated,

For official fixtures and results see All Ireland Minor Football Championship @ gaa.ie