The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 125th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny who only take part in the hurling championship), London and New York. The draw for the 2011 championship took place on 7 October 2010. The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final took place at Croke Park on 18 September 2011, with Dublin winning their 23rd title. Dublin and Donegal's All-Ireland semi-final in the 2011 championship was the lowest scoring in the era of 70-minute games (1975 onwards). Format Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played. Kilkenny did not contest the football championship. London and New York competed in Connacht. The four provincial champions advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. The sixteen teams eliminated before reaching a provincial semi-final competed in Round One of the Qualifiers (New York did not compete). The eight winners of Round One advanced to Round Two. Qualifiers, Round Two: The eight teams eliminated in provincial semi-finals each played one of the eight winners of Round One. Qualifiers, Round Three: The eight winners of Round Two played off to reduce the number to four. Qualifiers, Round Four: The four teams eliminated in provincial finals each played one of the four winners of Round Three. All-Ireland Quarter-finals: The four provincial champions each played one of the four winners of Round Four. The winners of the All-Ireland Quarter-finals then advanced to the Semi-finals, and the winners of the Semi-finals went on to the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Fixtures and results Munster Senior Football Championship Leinster Senior Football Championship Connacht Senior Football Championship Ulster Senior Football Championship All-Ireland qualifiers Round 1 On 12 June 2011, the draw was made for the first round of the All Ireland Qualifiers. This draw contained all the teams who had been knocked out of their provincial competitions prior to the semi final stage, apart from New York. Round 2 On 26 June 2011, the draw for Round 2 took place in Castlebar. This consisted of the winners of round one and losers of provincial semi-finals. Home advantage was given to the team drawn first. Round 3 On 10 July 2011, the draw for Rounds 3 and 4 took place. Round 3 consisted of the 8 winners of round two playing each other to reduce the number to 4. Round 4 consisted of losers of provincial