2022 O'Byrne Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2022
Trophy	O'Byrne Cup
Date	8–22 January 2022
Teams	11
Defending champions	Longford
Winners
Champions	Dublin (10th win)
Manager	Dessie Farrell
Captain	Ciarán Kilkenny
Runners-up
Runners-up	Laois
Manager	Billy Sheehan
Captain	Kieran Lillis
Other
Matches played	15
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The 2022 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament played by eleven county teams of Leinster GAA in January 2022; ^[1] Kilkenny did not take part. ^[2] Longford were the holders. ^{[3] [4]}

A new rule limits the number of substitutions a team can make; players taken off cannot return, capping the number of changes at 11.^{[ citation needed ]}

Dublin were the winners. ^[5]

The opening round game between Meath and Wicklow was called off, with Wicklow infected by COVID-19. ^[6]

Also Carlow vs Westmeath game was cancelled for the same reason.

Competition format

The eleven teams are drawn to play in two groups of four teams and one group of three teams.

Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

The three group winners advance to the knockout stage, with one of the winners of a four-team group playing the winners of the three-team group in the semi-final, and the other four-team-group winners advancing directly to the final. Drawn games are decided by penalty shoot-out without any extra time being played. ^[7]

Group stage

Games took place 8–15 January 2022. ^[8]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	3	3	0	0	74	39	+35	6	Advance to final
2	Offaly	3	2	0	1	51	54	−3	4
3	Longford	3	1	0	2	53	52	+1	2
4	Louth	3	0	0	3	40	73	−33	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. Source: Leinster GAA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Laois	3	2	0	1	48	51	−3	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Meath	3	2	0	1	27	28	−1	4
3	Wicklow	3	1	0	2	28	30	−2	2
4	Wexford	3	1	0	2	51	45	+6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. Source:

• Meath received a walkover from Wicklow.
• Since Meath and Laois finished on the same number of points, head to head was used as the tiebreaker.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kildare	2	2	0	0	50	21	+29	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Westmeath	1	0	0	1	8	19	−11	0
3	Carlow	1	0	0	1	13	31	−18	0

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2022. Source: Leinster GAA

• Carlow v. Westmeath was not played. ^[9]

Knockout stage

Laois v Kildare

19 January 2022 (2022-01-19) 19:45 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final

Report

Laois	0-09 (9)–(9) 1-06 (6–5 pen)	Kildare
(HT: 0-05 – 1-03)
Penalty kicks
Mark Barry Gary Walsh Sean Moore Cormac Murphy N Brian Daly N Gary Walsh Mark Barry N Sean Moore N Brian Daly Cormac Murphy		N Paddy Woodgate Mark Donnellan Paul Cribbin N Daniel Flynn Jimmy Hyland Jimmy Hyland N Paddy Woodgate N Paul Cribbin Mark Donnellan N Daniel Flynn

Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow Referee: David Hickey (Carlow)

Laois v Dublin

TG4

22 January 2022 (2022-01-22) 15:00 GMT (UTC±0) Final

Report

Laois	0-11 (11)–(16) 1-13	Dublin
(HT: 0-06 – 1-05)

Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

References

1. "O'Byrne Cup 2022 groups revealed". LMFM.
2. Nolan, Pat (25 November 2021). "Fixtures revealed for 2022 O'Byrne Cup". Irish Mirror.
3. "Longford lift O'Byrne Cup for first time in 20 years". 18 January 2020.
4. "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
5. Keane, Paul (22 January 2022). "14-man Dublin beat Laois to lift O'Byrne Cup" – via www.rte.ie.
6. "O'Byrne Cup clash between Wicklow and Meath called off". Hogan Stand. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
7. "Longford to play Louth, Offaly and Dublin in the 2022 O'Byrne Cup". www.longfordleader.ie. 26 November 2021.
8. "2022 O'Byrne and Kehoe Cup fixtures confirmed - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
9. Duffy, Emma (14 January 2022). "Tomorrow's O'Byrne Cup clash between Westmeath and Carlow off". The42.

External links

• Official site Archived 29 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine