2016 Dr McKenna Cup

The 2016 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was an inter-county and university Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster.

2016 Dr McKenna Cup

Tournament details
Province	Ulster
Year	2016
Trophy	Dr. McKenna Cup
Sponsor	Bank of Ireland
Teams	12
Winners
Champions	Tyrone (14th win)
Manager	Mickey Harte
Captain	Mattie Donnelly
Runners-up
Runners-up	Derry
Manager	Damian Barton
Captain	Cailean O'Boyle

Twelve teams take 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.

Tyrone won for the fifth year in a row.

Format

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.

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

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

Group 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

Group 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

Knock-out Stage

Semi-finals

17 January 2016

Semi-Final

Tyrone	1-13 – 0-10	Fermanagh

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

17 January 2016

Semi-Final

Derry	1-17 – 1-10	Cavan

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Final

23 January 2016

7:30 p.m.

Final

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

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 7,143