2018 Fitzgibbon Cup

2018 Fitzgibbon Cup

Tournament details
Year	2018
Trophy	Fitzgibbon Cup
Sponsor	Electric Ireland
Winners
Champions	University of Limerick
Captain	John McGrath
Runners-up
Runners-up	DCU
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The 2018 Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup was the 102nd staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. In the final on 24 February, the University of Limerick defeated DCU by 2-21 to 2-15. ^{[1] [2]}

2017-18 Group A Qualifying

Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Where Played	Date
Rd1	Cork Institute of Technology	0-12	University College Cork	1-19	Cork IT	18 January 2018
Rd2	University College Cork	0-13	University College Dublin	11-15	Mardyke, Cork	24 January 2018
Rd3	University College Dublin	1-17	Cork Institute of Technology	1-12	Belfield, Dublin	30 January 2018

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Qualifiers: University College Dublin; University College Cork

2017-18 Group B Qualifying

Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Where Played	Date
Rd1	University of Limerick	3-29	Dublin Institute of Technology	4-17	UL Grounds, Limerick	21 January 2018
Rd2	Dublin Institute of Technology	3-19	Waterfor d Institute of Technology	1-19	Grangegorman, Dublin	25 January 2018
Rd3	Waterford Institute of Technology	1-8	University of Limerick	2-19	WIT Sports Campus	1 February 2018

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Qualifiers: University of Limerick; Dublin Institute of Technology

2017-18 Group C Qualifying

Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Where Played	Date
Rd1	Limerick Institute of Technology	2-17	DCU Dóchas Éireann	3-15	Limerick IT	22 January 2018
Rd2	DCU Dóchas Éireann	2-22	Garda College	0-8	DCU Sports Grounds, Dublin	25 January 2018
Rd3	Garda College	1-7	Limerick Institute of Technology	3-18	Templetuohy	1 February 2018

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Qualifiers: DCU Dóchas Éireann; Limerick Institute of Technology

2017-18 Group D Qualifying

Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Where Played	Date
Rd1	IT Carlow	1-22	Mary Immaculate College Limerick	0-22	Heywood, Ballinakill	21 January 2018
Rd1	Trinity College Dublin	0-13	NUI Galway	2-22	Abbotstown - GAA Centre of Excellence	21 January 2018
Rd2	N.U.I. Galway	1-16	IT Carlow	2-16	Dangan, Galway	25 January 2018
Rd2	Mary Immaculate College Limerick	3-20	Trinity College Dublin	3-12	UL Grounds, Limerick	25 January 2018
Rd3	Mary Immaculate College Limerick	1-20	N.U.I. Galway	2-16	MICL Grounds, Limerick	1 February 2018
Rd3	Trinity College Dublin	0-14	IT Carlow	1-19	TCD Grounds, Santry, Dublin	1 February 2018

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Qualifiers: IT Carlow; Mary Immaculate College Limerick

2017-18 Finals Tournament

	Quarter-finals 7/8 February					Semi-finals 13 February					Final 24 February
	University of Limerick		4-18
	University College Cork		0-8
						University of Limerick		4-16
						Institute of Technology Carlow		0-19
	Institute of Technology Carlow		1-19
	Limerick Institute of Technology		0-18
											University of Limerick		2-21
											DCU Dóchas Éireann		2-15
	University College Dublin		0-17
	Dublin Institute of Technology		0-19
						Dublin Institute of Technology		1-12
						DCU Dóchas Éireann		2-20
	DCU Dóchas Éireann		0-20
	Mary Immaculate College Limerick		2-12

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Team of the Year

• 1 Dave McCarthy
• 2 Conor Cleary
• 3 Eoghan O'Donnell
• 4 Seán Finn
• 5 Gearóid Hegarty
• 6 Brian Hogan
• 7 David Fitzgerald
• 8 Colin Dunford
• 9 Joe O'Connor
• 10 John Donnelly
• 11 Martin Kavanagh
• 12 Donal Burke
• 13 Niall O'Brien
• 14 Jason Forde
• 15 John McGrath

References

1. "Star-studded UL claim Fitzgibbon Cup despite spirited DCU effort". Irish Independent. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
2. "Much-fancied UL seal Fitzgibbon title win despite battling DCU display". The 42. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
3. "Higher Education GAA". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.

External links

• gaa.ie Higher Education Fixtures