2012 O'Byrne Cup

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2012 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2012
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsDCU
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The 2012 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The winners of the 2011 O'Byrne Cup were Kildare. The O'Byrne Cup began on 8 January 2012. Prior to the start of the competition, Kilkenny announced that they would not be participating in the competition this year.[1]

O'Byrne Cup[edit]

First round
8 January 2012
Quarter-finals
15 January 2012
Semi-finals
22 January 2012
Final
29 January 2012
Meath 1-13
Wexford 1-10 Meath 0-11
Louth 0-05
Meath 0-06
Wicklow 1-14 D.C.U. 2-08
D.C.U. 0-18 D.C.U. 2-11
Longford 0-13 Longford 0-12
Athlone I.T. 1-09 D.C.U. 3-07
Kildare 2-11 Kildare 1-12
D.I.T. 0-09 Kildare 0-17
Offaly 3-06 Offaly 0-04
Westmeath 0-07 Kildare 1-11
Carlow 0-10 Dublin 0-08
Dublin 0-17 Dublin 4-14
Laois 0-11 U.C.D. 0-12
U.C.D. 0-15

First round[edit]

The first round winners Meath, DCU, Longford, Kildare, Offaly, Dublin and UCD went on to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round went on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals. All the first round matches took place on 8 January 2012.[2]

Meath1-13 - 1-10Wexford
Wicklow1-14 - 0-18D.C.U.
Longford0-13 - 1-09Athlone I.T.
Kildare2-11 - 0-09D.I.T.
Offaly3-06 - 0-07Westmeath
Carlow0-10 - 0-17Dublin
Laois0-11 - 0-15U.C.D.

Quarter-finals[edit]

Meath0-11 - 0-05Louth
D.C.U.2-11 - 0-12Longford
Kildare0-17 - 0-4Offaly
Dublin4-14 - 0-12U.C.D.

Semi-finals[edit]

Meath0-06 - 2-08D.C.U.
Kildare1-11 - 0-08Dublin

Final[edit]

The final of the O'Byrne Cup was originally supposed to take place on 29 January 2012. However, due to the venue (St Conleth's Park) being waterlogged, it was postponed. The new date was Friday 17 February in Portlaoise.[3]

D.C.U.3-07 - 1-12Kildare
D. Rock (2-3), P. McMahon (1-0), R. Hennelly, P. Flynn, C. Cregg, A. McFadden (0-1 each) Report E. Callaghan (1-1), C. McDonnell (0-3), D. Lawlor, S. Hanafin (0-2 each), S. Bergin, H. McGrillen, A. Smith, K. Donnelly (0-1 each)

O'Byrne Shield[edit]

The O'Byrne Shield consists of the 7 losing teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.

Quarter-finals
15 January 2012
Semi-finals
22 January 2012
Final
29 January 2012
Wexford 1-15
Wicklow 1-12 Wicklow 0-17
Athlone I.T. 1-09 Wexford 1-06
D.I.T. 0-16 Laois 1-15
Westmeath 0-13 D.I.T. 0-07
Carlow 1-07 Laois 0-15
Laois 1-14

Quarter-finals[edit]

Wicklow1-12 - 1-09Athlone I.T.
D.I.T.0-16 - 0-13Westmeath
Carlow1-14 - 1-07Laois

Semi-finals[edit]

Wexford1-15 - 0-17Wicklow
D.I.T.0-07 - 0-15Laois

Final[edit]

Wexford1-06 - 1-15Laois
Report

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kilkenny withdraw from O'Byrne Cup". SportsNews Ireland. 5 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ^ "O'Byrne Cup round-up". RTÉ Sport. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Waterlogged pitch hits O'Byrne Cup final". Irish Examiner. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.