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.

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.^[1][2]

Tyrone won for the fifth year in a row.^[3]

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.

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

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

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

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

23 January 2016

7:30 p.m.

Final

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

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 7,143