# 2017 Dr McKenna Cup

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.

## 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.
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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Ave |
| Derry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.513 |
| Armagh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.452 |
| Down | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Queen's University Belfast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 |

#### Group A Rounds 1 to 3

| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | Down | 1-11 - 1-8 | Queen's University Belfast | Downpatrick Referee: M Farrelly |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | | Report | | Downpatrick Referee: M Farrelly |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | Derry | 3-10 - 2-12 | Armagh | Owenbeg Referee: N Cullen |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | | Report | | Owenbeg Referee: N Cullen |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | Armagh | 2-19 - 0-9 | Queen's University Belfast | Athletic Grounds Referee: A Marron |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | Down | 0-15 - 0-14 | Derry | Páirc Esler Referee: S Laverty |
| 18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3 | Armagh | 1-15 – 2-8 | Down | Athletic Grounds Referee: TBC |
| 18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3 | Derry | 2-20 – 0-6 | Queen's University Belfast | Owenbeg Referee: TBC |

### Group B
#### Group B Table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Ave | Notes |
| Monaghan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.706 | |
| Fermanagh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.559 | Best runners-up |
| St Mary's University College, Belfast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.776 | |
| Antrim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.484 | |

#### Group B Rounds 1 to 3

| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | Monaghan | 1-13 - 0-15 | Fermanagh | St Tiernach's Park Referee: N Mooney |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | | Report | | St Tiernach's Park Referee: N Mooney |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | Antrim | 1-13 - 0-15 | St Mary's University College, Belfast | Glenavy GAC Referee: D Mullan |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | | Report | | Glenavy GAC Referee: D Mullan |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | Fermanagh | 2-13 – 0-13 | St Mary's University College, Belfast | Brewster Park Referee: R Barry |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | Antrim | 0-9 – 2-20 | Monaghan | Brewster Park Referee: Ciarán Branagan (Down) |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | | Report | | Brewster Park Referee: Ciarán Branagan (Down) |
| 18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3 | Monaghan | 1-13 – 0-10 | St Mary's University College | Iniskeen Referee: TBC |
| 18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3 | Fermanagh | 0-19 – 0-5 | Antrim | Brewster Park Referee: TBC |

### Group C
#### Group C Table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Ave |
| Tyrone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.103 |
| Cavan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.275 |
| Ulster University | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.873 |
| Donegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.533 |

#### Group C Rounds 1 to 3

| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | Cavan | 1-13 - 0-12 | Tyrone | Kingspan Breffni Park Referee: M McNally |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | | Report | | Kingspan Breffni Park Referee: M McNally |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | Donegal | 4-13 - 2-20 | Ulster University | MacCumhaill Park Referee: C Dourneen |
| 8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 | | Report | | MacCumhaill Park Referee: C Dourneen |
| 15 January 2017 Round 2 | Tyrone | 2-17 – 1-7 | Ulster University | Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore |
| 15 January 2017 Round 2 | | Report | | Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | Donegal | 1-6 – 2-14 | Cavan | MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey |
| 15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2 | | Report | | MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey |

### 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 | |