Mayo GAA fans await Tuesday's round robin draw with great anticipation

The draws for the All-Ireland SFC round-robin series takes place on Tuesday at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the GAAGO website.

A total of 16 teams will compete for the Sam Maguire – the eight provincial finalists, the next seven best placed teams at the conclusion of this year’s National League, and Westmeath as a result winning the 2022 Tailteann Cup.

Four of the eight provincial finalists are already known: Galway, Sligo, Kerry and Clare.

Following this weekend’s games, they will be joined by two from Leinster (Dublin or Kildare/Louth or Offaly) and two from Ulster (Derry or Monaghan/Armagh or Down).

Based on seedings at the end of the league, the seven teams occupying the remaining positions are Mayo, Roscommon, Tyrone, Donegal, Louth, Cork, Kildare.

That could be altered by the outcomes of Sunday’s provincial semi-finals.

The 16 qualifying teams will be drawn to compete in four groups of four in the All-Ireland round-robin series.

The provincial champions will be first seeds, the beaten provincial finalists will be second seeds, with the third and fourth pots determined by league standings.

Mayo will be in pot three.

Each county will play three games – one at home, one away and one at a neutral venue.

The first seeds will be granted home advantage in their opening game, with the initial round of matches taking place on the weekend of May 20/21.

So Kevin McStay's charges can expect to be playing away on that date.

Three teams from all four groups will ultimately advance to the knockout stages.

The top team at the end of the round-robin phase will progress straight to the All-Ireland quarterfinals.

The four second placed teams will be drawn to face a third placed team from a different group in a preliminary quarter-final.

The second placed team will have home advantage in those games.

The four winners there will subsequently be drawn to face the group winners in quarterfinals that will take place at neutral venues on the weekend of July 1 and 2.

The All-Ireland semi-finals are scheduled for the weekend of July 15/16, with the final set to July 30.