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.^[1]

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	Notes
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
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8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	Derry	3-10 - 2-12	Armagh	Owenbeg Referee: N Cullen
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15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2	Armagh	2-19 - 0-9	Queen's University Belfast	Athletic Grounds Referee: A Marron

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15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2	Down	0-15 - 0-14	Derry	Páirc Esler Referee: S Laverty

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18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3	Armagh	1-15 – 2-8	Down	Athletic Grounds Referee: TBC

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18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3	Derry	2-20 – 0-6	Queen's University Belfast	Owenbeg Referee: TBC

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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
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8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	Antrim	1-13 - 0-15	St Mary's University College, Belfast	Glenavy GAC Referee: D Mullan
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15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2	Fermanagh	2-13 – 0-13	St Mary's University College, Belfast	Brewster Park Referee: R Barry

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15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2	Antrim	0-9 – 2-20	Monaghan	Brewster Park Referee: Ciarán Branagan (Down)
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18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3	Monaghan	1-13 – 0-10	St Mary's University College	Iniskeen Referee: TBC

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18 January 2017 20:00 Round 3	Fermanagh	0-19 – 0-5	Antrim	Brewster Park Referee: TBC

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Group C

Group C Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Ave	Notes
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
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8 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	Donegal	4-13 - 2-20	Ulster University	MacCumhaill Park Referee: C Dourneen
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15 January 2017 Round 2	Tyrone	2-17 – 1-7	Ulster University	Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore
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15 January 2017 14:00 Round 2	Donegal	1-6 – 2-14	Cavan	MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
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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

Knock-out Stage

References