2022 Dr McKenna Cup

The 2022 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, is a Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster for county teams. It will take place in January 2022.[1]

2022 Dr McKenna Cup
Tournament details
Province Ulster
Year2022
Date7–22 January 2022
Teams9
Defending champions Tyrone
Other
Matches played12
WebsiteUlster GAA

The tournament was initially cancelled, but then restored.[2][3]

As in 2020, only county teams will compete, with no college teams.[4]

The group draw will take place in December 2021.[5]

Competition Format

Group Stage

The nine teams are drawn into three sections of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their section once, either home or away. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The points-ratio method (points for divided by points against) is used to determine the ranking of teams who are level on section points (as opposed to the more typical scoring differential).[6]

Knock-out Stage

The winners of the three sections and the best of the runners-up in the three sections compete in the semi-finals with the two winners meeting in the final.

Group stage

Section A
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PR Pts Qualification
1 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advance to semi-final
2 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Possible advance to semi-final
3 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 January 2022. Source: Ulster GAA
7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) v  
11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) v  
15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) v  

Section B
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PR Pts Qualification
1 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advance to semi-final
2 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Possible advance to semi-final
3 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 January 2022. Source: Ulster GAA
7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) v  
11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) v  
15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) v  

Section C
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PR Pts Qualification
1 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advance to semi-final
2 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Possible advance to semi-final
3 tbc 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 January 2022. Source: Ulster GAA
7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) v  
11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) v  
15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) v  

Ranking of section runners-up
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L PF PA PR Pts Qualification
1 A A 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Advance to semi-final
2 B B 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
3 C C 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 January 2022. Source: Ulster GAA

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)
Semi-Final 1
Group winner v Group winner
18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)
Semi-Final 2
Group winner v Best runner-up

Final
22 January 2022 (2022-01-22)
Final
Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2

References
  1. "2022 McKenna Cup to get underway on January 7th - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  2. "Sheedy joins Monaghan footballers". BBC Sport. December 2, 2021.
  3. "Brian McEniff: Donegal must be careful against a steadily improving Armagh". www.donegallive.ie.
  4. "Ulster GAA confirm dates for Dr. Mc Kenna Cup". NorthernSound.
  5. Loughran, Neil (December 2, 2021). "Friday night lights as McKenna Cup gets county season under way". The Irish News.
  6. "McKenna Cup 2017 | Fermanagh GAA". Fermanagh GAA. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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