2020 O'Byrne Cup
# 2020 O'Byrne Cup

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

Longford were the surprise winners.

## 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 | |

* 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

### 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 | |

**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 | |

**Cross-group games**

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

## 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
* Report

| 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
* Report

| 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
* Report

| 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)
