2017 Dr McKenna Cup

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2017 Dr McKenna Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceUlster
Year2017
Trophy Dr. McKenna Cup
Sponsor Bank of Ireland
Teams12
Winners
Champions Tyrone (15th win)
Manager Mickey Harte
Captain Peter Harte
Runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Manager Damian Barton
CaptainEnda Lynn
  2016
2018  

The 2017 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was a Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster for county and university teams.

Contents

Twelve teams took 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.

On 28 January 2017, Tyrone won their sixth title in a row, beating Derry by 2-13 to 1-7 in the final. [1]

Format

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.

Ties are broken by score average (total scored divided by total conceded).

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.

Group stage

Group A

Group A Table

TeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 320141.513
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 320141.452
Colours of Down.svg Down 320141.000
Colours of London.svg Queen's University Belfast 300300.400

Group A Rounds 1 to 3

8 January 2017
14:00
Round 1
Down 1-11 - 1-8 Queen's University Belfast Downpatrick
Referee: M Farrelly
Report

8 January 2017
14:00
Round 1
Derry 3-10 - 2-12 Armagh Owenbeg
Referee: N Cullen
Report

15 January 2017
14:00
Round 2
Armagh 2-19 - 0-9 Queen's University Belfast Athletic Grounds
Referee: A Marron

15 January 2017
14:00
Round 2
Down 0-15 - 0-14 Derry Páirc Esler
Referee: S Laverty

18 January 2017
20:00
Round 3
Armagh 1-15 – 2-8 Down Athletic Grounds
Referee: TBC

18 January 2017
20:00
Round 3
Derry 2-20 – 0-6 Queen's University Belfast Owenbeg
Referee: TBC

Group B

Group B Table

TeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 330061.706
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 320141.559Best runners-up
Colours of Westmeath.svg St Mary's University College, Belfast 310220.776
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 300300.484

Group B Rounds 1 to 3

8 January 2017
14:00
Round 1
Monaghan 1-13 - 0-15 Fermanagh St Tiernach's Park
Referee: N Mooney
Report

8 January 2017
14:00
Round 1
Antrim 1-13 - 0-15 St Mary's University College, Belfast Glenavy GAC
Referee: D Mullan
Report

15 January 2017
14:00
Round 2
Fermanagh 2-13 – 0-13 St Mary's University College, Belfast Brewster Park
Referee: R Barry

15 January 2017
14:00
Round 2
Antrim 0-9 – 2-20 Monaghan Brewster Park
Referee: Ciarán Branagan (Down)
Report

18 January 2017
20:00
Round 3
Monaghan 1-13 – 0-10St Mary's University CollegeIniskeen
Referee: TBC

18 January 2017
20:00
Round 3
Fermanagh 0-19 – 0-5 Antrim Brewster Park
Referee: TBC

Group C

Group C Table

TeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 320142.103
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 320141.275
Colours of Dublin.svg Ulster University 320140.873
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 300300.533

Group C Rounds 1 to 3

8 January 2017
14:00
Round 1
Cavan 1-13 - 0-12 Tyrone Kingspan Breffni Park
Referee: M McNally
Report

8 January 2017
14:00
Round 1
Donegal 4-13 - 2-20Ulster University MacCumhaill Park
Referee: C Dourneen
Report

15 January 2017
Round 2
Tyrone 2-17 – 1-7 Ulster University Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore
Report

15 January 2017
14:00
Round 2
Donegal 1-6 – 2-14 Cavan MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
Report

Ranking of runners-up

GrpTeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes
B Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 320141.559Best runners-up
A Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 320141.452
C Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 320141.275

Knock-out Stage

Semi-finals

Semi-Final
Derry 2-12 – 1-13 Monaghan
Semi-Final
Tyrone 0-14 – 0-11 Fermanagh

Final

Final
Tyrone 2-13 – 1-7 Derry
Report
Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: S Laverty (Antrim)

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References

  1. "Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup 2017 - Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh" . Retrieved 13 May 2017.