2018 Dr McKenna Cup
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The 2018 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. It is normally held at the beginning of the GAA season.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Province |  Ulster |
| Year | 2018 |
| Sponsor | Bank of Ireland[1] |
| Dates | 3 January — 17 February |
| Teams | 12 |
| Defending champions |  Tyrone |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Donegal (11th win) |
| Manager | Declan Bonner |
| Captain | Hugh McFadden |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Tyrone |
| Manager | Mickey Harte |
| Captain | Mattie Donnelly |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Website | Ulster GAA |
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 at Jordanstown (UUJ).
The draw took place on Thursday 30 November in the Balmoral Hotel, Belfast [2] with the fixtures confirmed following a meeting of Comhairle Uladh CCC on Tuesday 5 December 2017. [3]
After many postponements due to bad winter weather, the tournament ended on 17 February 2018 with Donegal the winners, ending a six-year Tyrone winning streak.
Format
Group Stage
The twelve teams are drawn into three sections of four teams, with each section containing three county teams and one university team. Each team plays the other teams in its section once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. A "scoring-average/points-ratio" method is used to determine the ranking of teams who are level on section points (as opposed to "scoring differential").[4]
Knock-out Stage
The winners of the three sections and the best runner-up compete in the semi-finals with the two winners meeting in the final.
Group stage
Section A
| 3 January 2018 Round 1 | Tyrone |
4-20 (32) – (17) 2-11 |  Antrim |
Armagh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 1-10 – 0-04) | Venue: Athletic Grounds | |||
| Referee: Enda McFeely (Donegal)
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| 3 January 2018 Round 1 | Cavan  |
0-15 (15) – (12) 0-12 |  St. Mary's |
Cavan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 0-05 – 0-08) | Venue: Breffni Park 3G | |||
| Referee: Kevin Faloon (Down)
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| 7 January 2018 Round 2 | Tyrone |
1-16 (19) – (14) 1-11 | St. Mary's |
Coalisland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:15pm | (HT: 1-07 – 1-05) | Venue: Fr Peter Campbell Park | |||
| Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
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| 10 January 2018 Round 3 | Cavan |
0-07 (07) – (28) 2-22 | Tyrone |
Cavan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 0-01 – 0-11) | Venue: Breffni Park | |||
| Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
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| 10 January 2018 Round 3 | Antrim |
0-15 (15) – (20) 4-08 | St. Mary's |
Belfast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 0-04 – 1-04) | Venue: Woodlands | |||
| Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
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Section B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PR | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Armagh |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 38 | 1.237 | 5 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 |  Derry |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 52 | 0.962 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Down |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 44 | 1.045 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Ulster University |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 49 | 0.816 | 1 |
| 3 January 2018 Round 1 | Down |
0-13 (13) – (18) 2-12 | Armagh |
Newry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 0-05 – 0-09) | Venue: Páirc Esler | |||
| Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim)
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| 3 January 2018 Round 1 | Derry |
2-14 (20) – (19) 3-10 | Ulster University |
Derry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 1-06 – 0-08) | Venue: Celtic Park | |||
| Referee: Kieran Mooney (Down)
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| 14 January 2018 Round 2 | Armagh |
1-15 (18) – (13) 0-13 | Derry |
Armagh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm | (HT: 1-08 – 0-05) | Venue: Athletic Grounds | ||||
| Report | Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
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Note: This game was originally scheduled to take place on 7 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch. | ||||||
| 14 January 2018 Round 2 | Down |
1-14 (17) – (09) 0-09 | Ulster University |
Burren | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm | Venue: St. Mary's Park | |||||
| Referee: Karol Doherty (Antrim)
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Note: This game was originally scheduled to take place on 7 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch. | ||||||
| 10 January 2018 Round 3 | Armagh |
0-12 (12) – (12) 1-09 | Ulster University |
Armagh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 0-04 – 1-06) | Venue: Athletic Grounds | |||
| Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)
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Section C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PR | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fermanagh |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 1.243 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 |  Donegal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 41 | 1.537 | 4 | Advance to semi-final (best runner-up) |
| 3 |  Monaghan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 53 | 0.943 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Queen's University Belfast |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 53 | 0.472 | 0 |
| 3 January 2018 Round 1 | Donegal |
2-15 (21) – (06) 0-06 | Queen's University Belfast |
Ballybofey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 2-05 – 0-02) | Venue: Páirc MacCumhaill | |||
| Referee: James Lewis (Fermanagh)
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| 3 January 2018 Round 1 | Fermanagh |
2-11 (17) – (12) 0-12 | Monaghan |
Enniskillen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 0-05 – 0-06) | Venue: Brewster Park | |||
| Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
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| 7 January 2018 Round 2 | Fermanagh |
1-10 (13) – (12) 1-09 | Queen's University Belfast |
Enniskillen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:15pm | (HT: 0-06 – 1-04) | Venue: Brewster Park | |||
| Referee: Stephen Campbell (Tyrone)
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| 14 January 2018 Round 2 | Monaghan |
0-19 (19) – (29) 4-17 | Donegal |
Clones | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm | (HT: 0-10 – 2-09) | Venue: St Tiernach's Park | |||
| Report | Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
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| 10 January 2018 Round 3 | Monaghan |
2-13 (19) – (07) 0-07 | Queen's University Belfast |
Castleblayney | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 2-08 – 0-02) | Venue: St Mary's Park | |||
| Referee: Pat Clarke (Cavan)
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| 10 January 2018 Round 3 | Donegal |
1-10 (13) – (16) 1-13 | Fermanagh |
Ballybofey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00pm | (HT: 1-05 – 0-05) | Venue: Páirc MacCumhaill | |||
| Referee: Dan Mullan (Derry)
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Ranking of second-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PR | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Donegal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 41 | 1.537 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | B | Derry |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 52 | 0.962 | 4 | |
| 3 | A | St. Mary's |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 49 | 0.939 | 2 |
Knock-out Stage
Semi-finals
| 14 January 2018 Semi-Final | Fermanagh |
0-04 (04) – (08) 0-08 | Tyrone |
Enniskillen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm | (HT: 0-03 – 0-06) | Venue: Brewster Park | |||
Pts: Ryan Jones, Barry Mulrone, Aidan Breen, Seamus Quigley (f) |
Report | Pts: Darren McCurry (3, 3f), Conor McAliskey (2, 1f), Richard Donnelly, Declan McClure, Ronan O'Neill |
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
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| 20 January 2018 Semi-Final | Donegal |
0-20 (20) – (13) 1-10 | Armagh |
Derry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00pm | (HT: 0-09 – 1-06) | Venue: Celtic Park | |||
Pts: Patrick McBrearty (8, 3f), Darach O'Connor (3, 1f), Niall O’Donnell (3), Stephen McBrearty (3), Nathan Mullins (2), Ciarán Thompson |
Report | Gls: Eamon McGeown Pts: Eamon McGeown (3), Michael Stevenson (3, 1 '45), Stephen Sheridan, Edward English, Conor White, Oisin Mac Íomhair |
Referee: Niall McKenna (Monaghan)
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Final
17 February 2018 6:00pm Final |
| Donegal |
1-16 (19) – (15) 1-12 | Tyrone |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-09 – 1-06) | ||
| Gls: M McElhinney Pts: N O'Donnell (3), M Murphy (3, 2f), M Reilly (2, 1f), D Ó Baoill (2), P Brennan (2), M McElhinney, F McGlynn, O MacNiallais, C Thompson |
Gls: H Loughran Pts: R O'Neill (6, 5f), H Loughran, C McCarron, K McGeary, C McCann, D McClure, D McCurry | |