Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2020
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsLongford (3rd win)
ManagerPadraic Davis
CaptainMichael Quinn
Runners-up
Runners-upOffaly
ManagerJohn Maughan
CaptainEoin Rigney
Other
Matches played18

The 2020 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament played by county teams of Leinster GAA in December 2019 and January 2020.[1][2][3][4]

Longford were the surprise winners.[5][6]

Competition format

One team (Dublin) receives a bye to the semi-finals. The remaining ten teams are drawn to play in one group of four teams and two groups of three teams.

In the four-team group, each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

In the two three-team groups, each team plays the other teams in their group once. Each team also plays one game against a team from the other three-team group. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

The three group winners advance to the semi-finals.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Longford 3 2 0 1 50 39 +11 4 Advance to semi-final
2 Kildare 3 2 0 1 47 43 +4 4
3 Carlow 3 1 0 2 31 37 6 2
4 Wicklow 3 1 0 2 36 45 9 2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: Leinster GAA
  • Longford are ranked ahead of Kildare as they won the head-to-head match between the teams
  • Carlow are ranked ahead of Wicklow as they won the head-to-head match between the teams
7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) Round 1 Kildare 0-14 (14) (20) 2-14 Longford Newbridge  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: St. Conleth's Park
Report Referee: Chris Dwyer (Offaly)


7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) Round 1 Carlow 2-05 (11) (8) 0-08 Wicklow Carlow  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Dr Cullen Park
Report


14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) Round 2 Wicklow 2-07 (13) (20) 2-14 Kildare Aughrim  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Aughrim County Ground
Report Referee: Dan Stynes (Dublin)


15 December 2019 (2019-12-15) Round 2 Longford 1-13 (16) (10) 0-10 Carlow Longford  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Pearse Park
Report Referee: Ciarán Reilly (Dublin)


4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Round 3 Wicklow 2-09 (15) (14) 0-14 Longford Aughrim  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Aughrim County Ground
Report Referee: David Hickey


4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Round 3 Carlow 0-10 (10) (13) 1-10 Kildare Carlow  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: IT Carlow
Report Referee: Barry Tiernan


Three-team groups

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Offaly 3 3 0 0 57 41 +16 6 Advance to semi-final
2 Laois 3 1 0 2 51 62 11 2
3 Wexford 3 0 0 3 35 47 12 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: Leinster GAA
7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) Round 1 Laois 2-12 (18) (20) 1-17 Offaly Portarlington  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: McCann Park
Report Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)


14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) Round 2 Wexford 1-11 (14) (15) 1-12 Laois Enniscorthy  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: St Patrick's Park
Report Referee: Lee Moore (Kildare)


4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Round 3 Offaly 2-12 (18) (10) 1-07 Wexford Kilcormac  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Faithful Fields
Report Referee: Seamus Mulhare


Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Westmeath 3 2 1 0 46 38 +8 5 Advance to semi-final
2 Meath 3 1 1 1 54 44 +10 3
3 Louth 3 1 0 2 36 47 11 2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: Leinster GAA
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) Round 1 Meath 0-10 (10) (12) 1-09 Louth Navan  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Páirc Tailteann
Report Referee: Gary Hurley (Westmeath)


14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) Round 2 Westmeath 1-13 (16) (16) 1-13 Meath Mullingar  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Lakepoint Park
Report Referee: Fintan Pierce (Offaly)


4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Round 3 Louth 0-11 (11) (16) 1-13 Westmeath Drogheda  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Drogheda Park
Report Referee: Shay Farrelly


Cross-group games

The three teams in Group 2 play the three teams in Group 3 with each team having a single game.

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) Round 1 Wexford 0-11 (11) (14) 1-11 Westmeath Enniscorthy  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: St Patrick's Park
Report


14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) Round 2 Louth 1-10 (13) (19) 1-16 Offaly Drogheda  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Drogheda Park
Report Referee: Keith O'Brien (Westmeath)


4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Round 3 Meath 4-16 (28) (18) 1-15 Laois Navan  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Venue: Páirc Tailteann
Report Referee: Patrick Maguire


Knockout stage

Semi-finals

The three group winners plus the team given a bye (Dublin) compete in the semi-finals. The two winners advance to the final.

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11)
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Semi-Final
Longford 1-13 (16) (15) 3-06 Dublin
(HT: 0-06 – 1-03)
Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: A Coyne (Westmeath)
11 January 2020 (2020-01-11)
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Semi-Final
Offaly 0-16 (16) (11) 0-11 Westmeath
(HT: 0-08 – 0-07)
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: David Fedigan (Louth)

Final

18 January 2020
14:45 GMT (UTC±0)
Final
Offaly 0-11 (11) (15) 1-12 Longford
(HT: 0-06 – 1-03)

Pts: Bernard Allen 5 (2f), Anton Sullivan 3, Shane Horan 2, Aaron Leavy 1
Gls: Michael Quinn 1
Pts: Dessie Reynolds 2, Rian Brady 2(fs), Oran Kenny 2, Darren Gallagher 2 (1f), Darragh Doherty 2, Michael Quinn 1, Peter Lynn 1
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois)

References

  1. "Draw made for Laois footballers 2020 O'Byrne Cup campaign - Leinster Express". www.offalyexpress.ie.
  2. "Longford giving youth its fling as new season starts against Kildare". www.longfordleader.ie.
  3. "2020 O'Byrne Cup Fixtures". 26 October 2019.
  4. "Draw made for Laois footballers 2020 O'Byrne Cup campaign - Leinster Express". www.leinsterexpress.ie.
  5. "Longford lift O'Byrne Cup for first time in 20 years". 18 January 2020.
  6. "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
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