2020 Dr McKenna Cup

2020 Dr McKenna Cup
Tournament details
Province	Ulster
Year	2020
Dates	29 December 2019 – 18 January 2020
Teams	9
Defending champions	Tyrone
Winners
Champions	Tyrone (17th win)
Manager	Mickey Harte
Captain	Kieran McGeary
Runners-up
Runners-up	Monaghan
Manager	Séamus McEnaney
Captain	Ryan Wylie
Other
Matches played	11
Website	Ulster GAA
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The 2020 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 is held at the beginning of the GAA season.

The draw was made on 4 December 2019 with the fixtures confirmed following a meeting of Comhairle Uladh CCC later in the month. For the first time in many years, no third-level teams took part, due to the changed schedule for the Sigerson Cup.^[1]

Tyrone were the winners for the eighth time in nine years.^[2]

Competition format

Group Stage

The nine teams were 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).^[3] The competition will begin on Sunday 29 December 2019.^[4]

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	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Donegal	2	2	0	28	22	1.273	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Monaghan	2	1	1	34	29	1.172	2	Advance to semi-final
3	Derry	2	0	2	22	33	0.667	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2020. Source: Ulster GAA

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) Round 1	Monaghan	1-17 (20) – (14) 0-14	Derry	Inniskeen
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Inniskeen Grattans GAC
		Report		Referee: Padraig Hughes

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Round 2	Donegal	1-12 (15) – (14) 0-14	Monaghan	Ballybofey
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: MacCumhaill Park
		Report		Referee: Noel Mooney

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Round 3	Derry	0-08 (8) – (13) 1-10	Donegal	Derry
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Celtic Park
		Report

Section B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Down	2	2	0	37	21	1.762	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Antrim	2	1	1	28	36	0.778	2
3	Fermanagh	2	0	2	20	28	0.714	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2020. Source: Ulster GAA

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) Round 1	Fermanagh	0-07 (7) – (14) 1-11	Down	Enniskillen
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Brewster Park
		Report		Referee: Conor Dourneen

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Round 2	Antrim	2-08 (14) – (13) 0-13	Fermanagh	Ahoghill
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Fr McGuigan Park
		Report		Referee: Kevin Faloon

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Round 3	Down	2-17 (23) – (14) 0-14	Antrim	Newry
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report

Section C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Tyrone	2	2	0	46	37	1.243	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Armagh	2	1	1	47	43	1.093	2
3	Cavan	2	0	2	29	42	0.690	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2020. Source: Ulster GAA

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) Round 1	Cavan	1-13 (16) – (23) 2-17	Armagh	Cavan
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Niall McKenna

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Round 2	Tyrone	1-16 (19) – (13) 0-13	Cavan	Omagh
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Healy Park
		Report		Referee: Paul Faloon

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Round 3	Armagh	3-15 (24) – (27) 3-18	Tyrone	Armagh
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Athletic Grounds
		Report

Ranking of section runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Monaghan	2	1	1	34	29	1.172	2	Advance to semi-final
2	C	Armagh	2	1	1	47	43	1.093	2
3	B	Antrim	2	1	1	28	36	0.778	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2020. Source: Ulster GAA

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

12 January 2020
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Semi-Final 1

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Donegal	conc. – w/o	Monaghan

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

12 January 2020
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Semi-Final 2

Report

Down	1-10 (13) – (22) 2-16	Tyrone
(HT: 0-04 – 1-12)

Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Dan Mullan (Derry)

Final

18 January 2020
19:30 GMT (UTC±0)
Final

Report

Tyrone	0-11 (11) – (8) 1-05	Monaghan
(HT: 0-08 – 0-03)
Pts: R O'Neill 4 (1f), D McCurry 3, R O'Neill 3 (1f), K McGeary 1, F Burns 1, D Kerr 1, M O'Neill 1		Gls: B McBennett 1 Pts: C McCarthy 3, S Carey 2 (1f)

Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: C Branagan (Down)

References

^ "Start date confirmed for the 2020 Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup". 24 October 2019.
^ "Tyrone claim eighth McKenna Cup in nine years with victory over Monaghan". independent.
^ "McKenna Cup 2017 | Fermanagh GAA". Fermanagh GAA. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Start date confirmed for the 2020 Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup". Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ "Donegal 'regretfully' pull out of Dr McKenna Cup". RTÉ News. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[1] "Start date confirmed for the 2020 Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup". 24 October 2019.

[2] "Tyrone claim eighth McKenna Cup in nine years with victory over Monaghan". independent.

[3] "McKenna Cup 2017 | Fermanagh GAA". Fermanagh GAA. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[4] "Start date confirmed for the 2020 Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup". Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[5] "Donegal 'regretfully' pull out of Dr McKenna Cup". RTÉ News. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

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