The 2022 Fitzgibbon Cup was the 105th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. It is sponsored by Electric Ireland, and known as the Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup for sponsorship purposes. The draw for the group stage fixtures took place on 14 December 2020. The 2022 Fitzgibbon Cup started with the group stage on 19 January 2022 and ended on 19 February 2022.
University College Cork were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Institute of Technology, Carlow at the quarter-final stage.
The final was played on 19 February 2022 at the Institute of Technology, Carlow, between the University of Limerick and NUI Galway, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. The University of Limerick won the match by 1–21 to 2–15 to claim their seventh Fitzgibbon Cup title overall and a first title since 2018.
NUI Galway's Evan Niland was the top scorer with 0-79.
Group stage Group A Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffNUI Galway33007049216University College Cork32016959104Mary Immaculate College30126680-141University College Dublin30127188-171
Group A fixtures and results
Group B Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffIT Carlow3210716655Waterford IT32018062184DCU Dóchas Éireann3111585623Maynooth University30035681-250
Group B fixtures and results
Group C Group C table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffGalway-Mayo IT22005731264MTU Cork2101454142Trinity College Dublin20023060-300
Group C fixtures and results
Group D Group D table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffUniversity of Limerick22008531544TUS Midwest21013861-232TU Dublin20023364-310
Group D fixtures and results
Knockout stage Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Evan NilandNUI Galway0-7979613.162Kevin CooneyGMIT2-3844411.003Gearóid O'ConnorUniversity of Limerick1-363957.804Martin KavanaghIT Carlow3-283757.405Eoin O'SheaWaterford IT1-303348.256Devon RyanMary Immaculate College2-2430310.007Donal O'SheaUCD0-292939.66Liam O'SheaMTU Cork0-292939.669Michael KielyUniversity of Limerick4-162855.6010Mark RodgersUniversity of Limerick5-092446.00Billy SeymourTUS Midwest1-212438.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Evan NilandGMIT0-1616GMIT2Séamus CaseyIT Carlow1-1114University of LimerickEvan NilandGMIT0-1414University of LimerickEvan NilandNUI Galway0-1414Waterford IT5Devon RyanMary Immaculate College2-0713UCDKevin CooneyGMIT1-1013NUI GalwayMartin KavanaghIT Carlow0-1313Waterford ITKevin CooneyGMIT0-1313Waterford ITEvan NilandNUI Galway0-1313UCC10Evan NilandNUI Galway0-1212UCD
Awards Team of the Year Darach Fahy Podge Delaney T. J. Brennan Jack Fitzpatrick Cianan Fahy Bryan O'Mara Niall Brassil Ciarán Connolly Fionán Mackessy Cian Lynch Gearóid O'Connor John Fleming Mikey Kiely Mark Rodgers Evan Niland
References
External links Higher Education fixtures and results