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2017 Dr. McKenna Cup

2017 Dr. McKenna Cup
Winners
Champions Tyrone (15th win)
Captain Peter Harte
Manager Mickey Harte
Runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Captain Enda Lynn
Manager Damian Barton
Other
Sponsor Bank of Ireland
2016
2018

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.

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.


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