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2022 Dr McKenna Cup

Tournament details
Province	Ulster
Year	2022
Date	6–22 January 2022
Teams	9
Defending champions	Tyrone
Winners
Champions	Monaghan (15th win)
Manager	Séamus McEnaney
Captain	Ryan Wylie
Runners-up
Runners-up	Donegal
Manager	Declan Bonner
Captain	Eoghán Bán Gallagher
Other
Matches played	12
Website	Ulster GAA
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The 2022 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 teams. It took place in January 2022.

The McKenna Cup was cancelled in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The 2022 tournament was initially cancelled, but then restored. As in 2020, only county teams will compete, with no college teams. The group draw took place on 15 December 2021. Monaghan were the winners, defeating Donegal in the final.

Competition format

Group Stage

The nine teams are 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).

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. Drawn games are decided by penalty shoot-out without any extra time being played.

Group stage

Section A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Donegal	2	2	0	0	31	26	1.192	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Antrim	2	1	0	1	27	28	0.964	2
3	Down	2	0	0	2	27	31	0.871	0

7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) Round 1	Donegal	1-13 (16) – (14) 2-08	Down	Ballybofey
19:30 GMT (UTC)				Venue: MacCumhaill Park
				Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) Round 2	Down	1-10 (13) – (15) 1-12	Antrim	Newry
20:15 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly (Cavan)

15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) Round 3	Antrim	1-09 (12) – (15) 0-15	Donegal	Portglenone
13:30 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Kelly Park
		Report		Referee: Niall Mc Kenna (Monaghan)

Section B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Armagh	2	2	0	0	36	29	1.241	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Cavan	2	1	0	1	31	20	1.550	2
3	Tyrone	2	0	0	2	23	41	0.561	0

6 January 2022 (2022-01-06) Round 1	Cavan	0-11 (11) – (15) 1-12	Armagh	Cavan
19:45 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Breffni Park
				Referee: Anthony Marron (Monaghan)

11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) Round 2	Cavan	1-17 (20) – (05) 0-05	Tyrone	Cavan
20:15 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Breffni Park
				Referee: Kevin Faloon (Armagh)

15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) Round 3	Tyrone	1-15 (18) – (21) 2-15	Armagh	Omagh
13:30 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Healy Park
		Report		Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

Section C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Monaghan	2	1	1	0	28	23	1.217	3	Advance to semi-final
2	Derry	2	1	1	0	29	25	1.160	3
3	Fermanagh	2	0	0	2	24	33	0.727	0

7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) Round 1	Derry	0-12 (12) – (12) 0-12	Monaghan	Owenbeg
19:45 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Derry GAA Centre of Excellence
				Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim)

9 January 2022 (2022-01-09) Round 2	Monaghan	0-16 (16) – (11) 0-11	Fermanagh	Clones
13:00 GMT (UTC)				Venue: St Tiernach's Park
		Report		Referee: Kieran Eannetta (Tyrone)

15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) Round 3	Fermanagh	1-10 (13) – (17) 0-17	Derry	Roslea
13:30 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Shamrock Park
		Report		Referee: Enda Mc Feely (Donegal)

Ranking of section runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Derry	2	1	1	0	29	25	1.160	3	Advance to semi-final
2	B	Cavan	2	1	0	1	31	20	1.550	2
3	A	Antrim	2	1	0	1	27	28	0.964	2

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

Armagh	0-15 (15) – (15) 0-15 (4–5 pen)	Monaghan
(HT: 0-08 – 0-04)
Penalty kicks
Rian O'Neill Aidan Nugent Rory Grugan Stefan Campbell Jemar Hall N		Conor McCarthy Jack McCarron Shane Carey Aaron Mulligan Davy Garland

Donegal	2-09 (15) – (11) 0-11	Derry
(HT: 2-05 – 0-06)

Final

Monaghan	1-11 (14) – (13) 0-13	Donegal
(HT: 1-07 – 0-04)

References

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5. Loughran, Neil (2 December 2021). "Friday night lights as McKenna Cup gets county season under way". The Irish News.
6. Loughran, Neil (16 December 2021). "Team holiday forces Tyrone to miss Dr McKenna Cup opener". The Irish News.
7. "Tyrone to play Armagh in McKenna Cup". BBC Sport. 15 December 2021.
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