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.
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.
Ties are broken by score average (total scored divided by total conceded).
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.
Group stage
Group A
Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes 32 0 1 4 1.513 32 0 1 4 1.452 32 0 1 4 1.000 Queen's University Belfast30 0 3 0 0.400
Group A Rounds 1 to 3
Group B
Group B Table TeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes 33 0 0 6 1.706 32 0 1 4 1.559 Best runners-up St Mary's University College, Belfast31 0 2 2 0.776 30 0 3 0 0.484
Group B Rounds 1 to 3
Group C
Group C Table TeamPldWDLPtsAveNotes 32 0 1 4 2.103 32 0 1 4 1.275 Ulster University32 0 1 4 0.873 30 0 3 0 0.533
Group C Rounds 1 to 3
Ranking of runners-up GrpTeamPldWDLPtsAveNotesB 32 0 1 4 1.559 Best runners-upA 32 0 1 4 1.452 C 32 0 1 4 1.275
Knock-out Stage
Semi-finals
Final
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