Tournament details | |
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Province | Ulster |
Year | 2016 |
Trophy | Dr. McKenna Cup |
Sponsor | Bank of Ireland |
Teams | 12 |
Winners | |
Champions | Tyrone (14th win) |
Manager | Mickey Harte |
Captain | Mattie Donnelly |
Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Derry |
Manager | Damian Barton |
Captain | Cailean O'Boyle |
The 2016 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was an inter-county and university Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster.
Twelve teams take part – the nine Ulster county teams and three university' teams i.e. St Mary's University College, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. [1] [2]
Group Stage
The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
Knock-out Stage
The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals with the two winners progressing to the final.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | Notes |
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Tyrone | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +25 | Qualified for semi-final |
Derry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +12 | |
Antrim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –13 | |
Queen's University Belfast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | –24 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fermanagh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +25 | Qualified for semi-final |
Down | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
St Mary's University College, Belfast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –7 | |
Donegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –18 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | Notes |
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Cavan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +16 | Qualified for semi-final |
Ulster University | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | –2 | |
Armagh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –3 | |
Monaghan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | –11 |
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