2016 Dr. McKenna Cup

2016 Dr. McKenna Cup

Winners
Champions	Tyrone (14th win)
Captain	Mattie Donnelly
Manager	Mickey Harte
Runners-up
Runners-up	Derry
Captain	Cailean O'Boyle
Manager	Damian Barton
Other
Sponsor	Bank of Ireland
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The 2016 Dr. McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup, is an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Ulster. As well as the nine county teams, three colleges' teams competed: St Mary's University College, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University.^[1][2] It was won by Tyrone for the fifth year in a row.^[3]

Format

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. The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals.

Results

Section A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff	Notes
Tyrone	3	3	0	0	6	+25	Qualified for semi-final
Derry	3	2	0	1	4	+12
Antrim	3	1	0	2	2	–13
Queen's University Belfast	3	0	0	3	0	–24

Section B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff	Notes
Fermanagh	3	3	0	0	6	+25	Qualified for semi-final
Down	3	1	0	2	2	0
St Mary's University College, Belfast	3	1	0	2	2	–7
Donegal	3	1	0	2	2	–18

Section C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff	Notes
Cavan	3	2	1	0	5	+16	Qualified for semi-final
Ulster University	3	2	0	1	4	–2
Armagh	3	1	0	2	2	–3
Monaghan	3	0	1	2	1	–11

Finals

Tyrone v Fermanagh

17 January 2016 Semi-Final

Tyrone	1-13 – 0-10	Fermanagh

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Derry v Cavan

17 January 2016 Semi-Final

Derry	1-17 – 1-10	Cavan

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Tyrone v Derry

23 January 2016 7:30 p.m. Final

Tyrone	1-22 - 1-15 (a.e.t.)	Derry
	Report

Athletic Grounds, Armagh Attendance: 7,143

References

1. http://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2015/
2. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0124/675379-cavan-v-tyrone/
3. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0123/762483-tyrone-claim-mckenna-cup-in/?utm_source=Live+GAA+Results&utm_medium=twitter