2020 O'Byrne Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2020
Trophy	O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions	Longford (3rd win)
Manager	Padraic Davis
Captain	Michael Quinn
Runners-up
Runners-up	Offaly
Manager	John Maughan
Captain	Eoin Rigney
Other
Matches played	18
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The 2020 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament played by county teams of Leinster GAA in December 2019 and January 2020. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Longford were the surprise winners. ^{[5] [6]}

Competition format

One team (Dublin) receives a bye to the semi-finals. The remaining ten teams are drawn to play in one group of four teams and two groups of three teams.

In the four-team group, each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

In the two three-team groups, each team plays the other teams in their group once. Each team also plays one game against a team from the other three-team group. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

The three group winners advance to the semi-finals.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Longford	3	2	0	1	50	39	+11	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Kildare	3	2	0	1	47	43	+4	4
3	Carlow	3	1	0	2	31	37	−6	2
4	Wicklow	3	1	0	2	36	45	−9	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: Leinster GAA

• Longford are ranked ahead of Kildare as they won the head-to-head match between the teams
• Carlow are ranked ahead of Wicklow as they won the head-to-head match between the teams

Kildare v Longford

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)Round 1	Kildare	0-14 (14)–(20) 2-14	Longford	Newbridge
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: St. Conleth's Park
		Report		Referee: Chris Dwyer (Offaly)

Carlow v Wicklow

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)Round 1	Carlow	2-05 (11)–(8) 0-08	Wicklow	Carlow
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Dr Cullen Park
		Report

Wicklow v Kildare

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)Round 2	Wicklow	2-07 (13)–(20) 2-14	Kildare	Aughrim
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Aughrim County Ground
		Report		Referee: Dan Stynes (Dublin)

Longford v Carlow

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)Round 2	Longford	1-13 (16)–(10) 0-10	Carlow	Longford
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Pearse Park
		Report		Referee: Ciarán Reilly (Dublin)

Wicklow v Longford

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)Round 3	Wicklow	2-09 (15)–(14) 0-14	Longford	Aughrim
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Aughrim County Ground
		Report		Referee: David Hickey

Carlow v Kildare

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)Round 3	Carlow	0-10 (10)–(13) 1-10	Kildare	Carlow
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: IT Carlow
		Report		Referee: Barry Tiernan

Three-team groups

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Offaly	3	3	0	0	57	41	+16	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Laois	3	1	0	2	51	62	−11	2
3	Wexford	3	0	0	3	35	47	−12	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: Leinster GAA

Laois v Offaly

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)Round 1	Laois	2-12 (18)–(20) 1-17	Offaly	Portarlington
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: McCann Park
		Report		Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)

Wexford v Laois

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)Round 2	Wexford	1-11 (14)–(15) 1-12	Laois	Enniscorthy
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: St Patrick's Park
		Report		Referee: Lee Moore (Kildare)

Offaly v Wexford

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)Round 3	Offaly	2-12 (18)–(10) 1-07	Wexford	Kilcormac
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Faithful Fields
		Report		Referee: Seamus Mulhare

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Westmeath	3	2	1	0	46	38	+8	5	Advance to semi-final
2	Meath	3	1	1	1	54	44	+10	3
3	Louth	3	1	0	2	36	47	−11	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: Leinster GAA

Meath v Louth

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)Round 1	Meath	0-10 (10)–(12) 1-09	Louth	Navan
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Páirc Tailteann
		Report		Referee: Gary Hurley (Westmeath)

Westmeath v Meath

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)Round 2	Westmeath	1-13 (16)–(16) 1-13	Meath	Mullingar
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Lakepoint Park
		Report		Referee: Fintan Pierce (Offaly)

Louth v Westmeath

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)Round 3	Louth	0-11 (11)–(16) 1-13	Westmeath	Drogheda
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Drogheda Park
		Report		Referee: Shay Farrelly

Cross-group games

The three teams in Group 2 play the three teams in Group 3 with each team having a single game.

Wexford v Westmeath

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)Round 1	Wexford	0-11 (11)–(14) 1-11	Westmeath	Enniscorthy
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: St Patrick's Park
		Report

Louth v Offaly

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)Round 2	Louth	1-10 (13)–(19) 1-16	Offaly	Drogheda
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Drogheda Park
		Report		Referee: Keith O'Brien (Westmeath)

Meath v Laois

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)Round 3	Meath	4-16 (28)–(18) 1-15	Laois	Navan
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Páirc Tailteann
		Report		Referee: Patrick Maguire

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

The three group winners plus the team given a bye (Dublin) compete in the semi-finals. The two winners advance to the final.

Longford v Dublin

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final

Report

Longford	1-13 (16)–(15) 3-06	Dublin
(HT: 0-06 – 1-03)

Pearse Park , Longford Referee: A Coyne (Westmeath)

Offaly v Westmeath

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final

Report

Offaly	0-16 (16)–(11) 0-11	Westmeath
(HT: 0-08 – 0-07)

O'Connor Park , Tullamore Referee: David Fedigan (Louth)

Final

Offaly v Longford

18 January 2020 14:45 GMT (UTC±0) Final

Report

Offaly	0-11 (11)–(15) 1-12	Longford
(HT: 0-06 – 1-03)
Pts: Bernard Allen 5 (2f), Anton Sullivan 3, Shane Horan 2, Aaron Leavy 1		Gls: Michael Quinn 1 Pts: Dessie Reynolds 2, Rian Brady 2(fs), Oran Kenny 2, Darren Gallagher 2 (1f), Darragh Doherty 2, Michael Quinn 1, Peter Lynn 1

O'Connor Park , Tullamore Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois)

References

1. "Draw made for Laois footballers 2020 O'Byrne Cup campaign - Leinster Express". www.offalyexpress.ie. 3 November 2019.
2. "Longford giving youth its fling as new season starts against Kildare". www.longfordleader.ie. 6 December 2019.
3. "2020 O'Byrne Cup Fixtures". 26 October 2019.
4. "Draw made for Laois footballers 2020 O'Byrne Cup campaign - Leinster Express". www.leinsterexpress.ie. November 2019.
5. "Longford lift O'Byrne Cup for first time in 20 years". 18 January 2020.
6. "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.

External links

• Official site