2017 O'Byrne Cup

2017 O'Byrne Cup

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Tournament details
County	O'Byrne Cup
Province	Leinster
Year	2017

The 2017 O'Byrne Cup is a gaelic football competition played by county and further education college teams of Leinster GAA. The winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level.

Format

16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams (DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU–Dóchas Éireann and Maynooth University).

The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners compete in the semi-finals.

Group Stage

Group 1

Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Dublin	3	2	0	1	46	38	8	4
Wexford	3	1	1	1	44	45	-1	3
UCD	3	1	1	1	47	51	-4	3
DCU–Dóchas Éireann	3	1	0	2	39	42	-3	2

Group 2

Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Kildare	3	3	0	0	74	21	+53	6
Longford	3	2	0	1	55	45	+10	4
Offaly	3	1	0	2	50	41	+9	2
IT Carlow	3	0	0	3	23	95	–72	0

Group 3

Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Meath	3	2	1	0	6-50	1-35	+30	5
Laois	3	2	1	0	4-48	3-29	+22	5
DIT	3	1	0	3	1-28	4-37	–18	2
Wicklow	3	0	0	3	2-24	3-49	–34	0

• Meath finish 1st due to their better score difference.

Group 4

Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Louth	3	3	0	0	51	40	+11	6
Westmeath	3	2	0	1	57	49	+8	4
Carlow	3	1	0	3	62	60	+2	2
Maynooth University	3	0	0	3	46	67	–21	0

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals

22 January 2017 Semi-Final	Kildare	v	Dublin	Kildare venue

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22 January 2017 Semi-Final	Meath	v	Louth	Meath venue

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Final

29 January 2017 Final		v

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