# 2022 Fitzgibbon Cup

The 2022 Fitzgibbon Cup was the 105th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. It is sponsored by Electric Ireland, and known as the Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup for sponsorship purposes. The draw for the group stage fixtures took place on 14 December 2020. The 2022 Fitzgibbon Cup started with the group stage on 19 January 2022 and ended on 19 February 2022.
University College Cork were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Institute of Technology, Carlow at the quarter-final stage.
The final was played on 19 February 2022 at the Institute of Technology, Carlow, between the University of Limerick and NUI Galway, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. The University of Limerick won the match by 1–21 to 2–15 to claim their seventh Fitzgibbon Cup title overall and a first title since 2018.
NUI Galway's Evan Niland was the top scorer with 0-79.

## Group stage
### Group A
#### Group A table

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| NUI Galway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 49 | 21 | 6 |
| University College Cork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 59 | 10 | 4 |
| Mary Immaculate College | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 80 | -14 | 1 |
| University College Dublin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 88 | -17 | 1 |

#### Group A fixtures and results
### Group B
#### Group B table

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| IT Carlow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 5 |
| Waterford IT | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 62 | 18 | 4 |
| DCU Dóchas Éireann | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 3 |
| Maynooth University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 81 | -25 | 0 |

#### Group B fixtures and results
### Group C
#### Group C table

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Galway-Mayo IT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 4 |
| MTU Cork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 2 |
| Trinity College Dublin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 60 | -30 | 0 |

#### Group C fixtures and results
### Group D
#### Group D table

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| University of Limerick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 31 | 54 | 4 |
| TUS Midwest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 61 | -23 | 2 |
| TU Dublin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 64 | -31 | 0 |

#### Group D fixtures and results
## Statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-79 | 79 | 6 | 13.16 |
| 2 | Kevin Cooney | GMIT | 2-38 | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
| 3 | Gearóid O'Connor | University of Limerick | 1-36 | 39 | 5 | 7.80 |
| 4 | Martin Kavanagh | IT Carlow | 3-28 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
| 5 | Eoin O'Shea | Waterford IT | 1-30 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 |
| 6 | Devon Ryan | Mary Immaculate College | 2-24 | 30 | 3 | 10.00 |
| 7 | Donal O'Shea | UCD | 0-29 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
| 7 | Liam O'Shea | MTU Cork | 0-29 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
| 9 | Michael Kiely | University of Limerick | 4-16 | 28 | 5 | 5.60 |
| 10 | Mark Rodgers | University of Limerick | 5-09 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 10 | Billy Seymour | TUS Midwest | 1-21 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Evan Niland | GMIT | 0-16 | 16 | GMIT |
| 2 | Séamus Casey | IT Carlow | 1-11 | 14 | University of Limerick |
| 2 | Evan Niland | GMIT | 0-14 | 14 | University of Limerick |
| 2 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-14 | 14 | Waterford IT |
| 5 | Devon Ryan | Mary Immaculate College | 2-07 | 13 | UCD |
| 5 | Kevin Cooney | GMIT | 1-10 | 13 | NUI Galway |
| 5 | Martin Kavanagh | IT Carlow | 0-13 | 13 | Waterford IT |
| 5 | Kevin Cooney | GMIT | 0-13 | 13 | Waterford IT |
| 5 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-13 | 13 | UCC |
| 10 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-12 | 12 | UCD |

## Awards

Team of the Year
* Darach Fahy
* Podge Delaney
* T. J. Brennan
* Jack Fitzpatrick
* Cianan Fahy
* Bryan O'Mara
* Niall Brassil
* Ciarán Connolly
* Fionán Mackessy
* Cian Lynch
* Gearóid O'Connor
* John Fleming
* Mikey Kiely
* Mark Rodgers
* Evan Niland