The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The draw for the group stages was made on 12 April 2016.[1]
Arva and Killinkere reached the final, and the game ended in a draw.[2] Arva won the replay by a point to win their first Intermediate title for 33 years.[3][4]
Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.
To Championship
Promoted from 2015 Cavan Junior Football Championship
All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the quarter-finals while the bottom 6 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff.
Emmett Fitzsimons 0-5 (0-4f), Jason McMahon 0-2, Kevin McCabe 0-1, Liam McCabe 0-1, Peter McCabe 0-1
Attendance: 3,686 Referee: Kieran McCarville Man of the Match: Conal Sheridan (Arva)
Relegation play-offs
The teams placed 8–14 in the league phase will play off against each other. The 3 winners will maintain their intermediate status for 2017, while the three losers will be relegated to the 2017 J.F.C.