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]
| 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 |
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]
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
editThe 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
editGames took place 8–15 January 2022.[8]
Group A
edit| 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 |
Group B
edit| 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 |
- 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
edit| 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 |
- Carlow v. Westmeath was not played.[9]
Knockout stage
edit| 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  Brian Daly Gary Walsh Mark Barry Sean Moore Brian Daly Cormac Murphy
|
Paddy Woodgate Mark Donnellan Paul Cribbin Daniel Flynn Jimmy Hyland Jimmy Hyland Paddy Woodgate Paul Cribbin Mark Donnellan Daniel Flynn
| |
References
edit- ^ "O'Byrne Cup 2022 groups revealed". LMFM.
- ^ Nolan, Pat (25 November 2021). "Fixtures revealed for 2022 O'Byrne Cup". Irish Mirror.
- ^ "Longford lift O'Byrne Cup for first time in 20 years". 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ Keane, Paul (22 January 2022). "14-man Dublin beat Laois to lift O'Byrne Cup" – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "O'Byrne Cup clash between Wicklow and Meath called off". Hogan Stand. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Longford to play Louth, Offaly and Dublin in the 2022 O'Byrne Cup". www.longfordleader.ie.
- ^ "2022 O'Byrne and Kehoe Cup fixtures confirmed - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
- ^ Duffy, Emma (14 January 2022). "Tomorrow's O'Byrne Cup clash between Westmeath and Carlow off". The42.
External links
edit- Official site Archived 29 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine