Asian GAA


The Asian County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, also sometimes known as Asian GAA, is one of the county boards of the GAA outside Ireland. The Asian Gaelic Games have been running since 1996.The Middle Eastern Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Middle East GAA is one of the international county boards, and is responsible for organising Gaelic games in the Middle East.

Scope

The board is responsible for Gaelic games across Asia and Oceania except for Australia and New Zealand, which are under the auspices of Australasia County board. The county board is also responsible for Asian county teams.
The Asian GAA is headquartered at the Singapore Grounds, also known as the Singapore Polo Club.

Competitions

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 began in 2002.
The Derek Brady Cup is a Gaelic football cup awarded by the Asian County Board. The first tournament was held in 1996 in Manila, with eight teams competing. The tournament was named the Derek Brady Cup from 1997, after one of the founders of the Taiwan Celts, 21 year old Derek Brady, who died in 1996. The cup, a crystal replica of the Sam Maguire Cup, was commissioned by his family.

Men's football (Derek Brady Cup)

YearWinnerScoreRunner UpScoreVenue
2025Singapore Gaelic Lions5-6Thailand1-4
2018Seoul Gaels0-9Singapore Gaelic Lions0-8
2017Seoul Gaels
2016ShanghaiHong Kong
2015Singapore Gaelic Lions
2014Singapore Gaelic LionsSeoul GaelsMalaysia
2013Qatar1-8Dubai Celts0-8Malaysia
2012Singapore Gaelic Lions
2011Hong Kong
2010Dubai Celts1-7Qatar1-4Hong Kong
2009Hong KongSeoul Gaels
2008Hong KongSingapore Gaelic Lions
2007Hong Kong5-7Singapore Gaelic Lions3-4Singapore
2006Hong KongSingapore Gaelic Lions
2005Dubai Celts2-8Hong Kong2-6
2004Seoul GaelsSingapore Gaelic Lions
2003Seoul GaelsJapan
2002Seoul GaelsSingapore Gaelic Lions
2001JapanSingapore Gaelic Lions
2000JapanSingapore Gaelic Lions
1999Singapore Gaelic LionsJapan
1998Singapore Gaelic LionsHong Kong
1997Hong KongTaiwan CeltsPhilippines
1996Hong KongTaiwanPhilippines

Teams

As of 2019, there were approximately 25 club teams from 14 nations overseen by the county board:
ClubRegion
Bangkok Thai GAABangkok
Beijing DragonsBeijing
Cambodia GAASiam Reap, Phanom Phenn
Canton CeltsMacau
Dalian WolfhoundsDalian
Daegu FiannaDaegu
Exiles GAAAsia
Ho Chi MinhSaigon
Hong Kong DragonsHong Kong
Inis Jeju GAAKorea
India WolfhoundsNew Delhi, India
Jakarta DragonfliesJakarta
Japan GAAJapan
Tokyo SamuraiTokyo
Laochra BusanBusan
Manila GAAPhilippines
Mekong ShamrocksLaos
Myanmar CeltsYangon
Orang EireMalaysia
Penang PumasMalaysia
Qatar G.F.AQatar
Saigon GaelsSaigon
Seoul GaelsSeoul
Shanghai Saints and SirensShanghai
Shenzhen CeltsShenzhen
Singapore LionsSingapore
Suzhou EireSuzhou
Taiwan CeltsTaiwan
Viet CeltsVietnam