Gaelic football competition
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.
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]
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
Group A Rounds 1 to 3
8 January 2017
Derry 3-10 - 2-12
Armagh Owenbeg
Report
Group B
Group B Table
Group B Rounds 1 to 3
18 January 2017
Monaghan 1-13 – 0-10
St Mary's University College
Iniskeen
Group C
Group C Table
Group C Rounds 1 to 3
Ranking of runners-up
Grp
Team
Pld
W
D
L
Pts
Ave
Notes
B
Fermanagh
3
2
0
1
4 1.559
Best runners-up
A
Armagh
3
2
0
1
4 1.452
C
Cavan
3
2
0
1
4 1.275
Knock-out Stage
Semi-finals
Final
References
2017 GAA season
Football
Hurling
