2016 FBD Insurance League

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2016 FBD Insurance League
Tournament details
ProvinceConnacht
Year2016
Sponsor FBD
Winners
Champions Galway (7th win)
Manager Kevin Walsh
Captain Adrian Varley
Runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Manager Kevin McStay & Fergal O'Donnell
Captain Niall Daly
  2015
2017  

The 2016 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and colleges Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. As well as the five county teams, three colleges' teams competed: Institute of Technology, Sligo, NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). [1] Galway won. [2]

Contents

Format

The teams are drawn into two 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. The two group winners play in the final.

Results

Section A

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 33006+20
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 32014+10
Colours of Galway.svg NUI Galway 31022+10
Colours of Sligo.svg IT Sligo 30030–40

Section B

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 33006+14
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 32014+18
Colours of GMIT.svg GMIT 31022–23
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 30030–9

Final

Final
Roscommon 0-13 – 2-8 Galway
Report

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References

  1. http://www.shannonside.ie/sport/fbd-insurance-league-2016-fixture-list-announced//%5B%5D
  2. "Galway victorious over Roscommon in entertaining FBD League final". 24 January 2016.