Champions Tyrone (14th win) Manager Mickey Harte Captain Cailean O'Boyle | Captain Mattie Donnelly Runners-up Derry Manager Damian Barton | |
The 2016 Dr. McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup, was an inter-county and university gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster.
Twelve teams take 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.
Tyrone won for the fifth year in a row.
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.
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.
References
2016 Dr. McKenna Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA