2011 O'Byrne Cup

The 2011 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The holders of the O'Byrne Cup were DCU. This edition of the O'Byrne Cup began on 9 January 2011.

2011 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2011
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsKildare (9th win)

O'Byrne Cup
First round
9/12/13 January 2011 		Quarter-finals
16 January 2011 		Semi-finals
23 January 2011 		Final
30 January 2011
Westmeath 0-12
Dublin 1-08 Westmeath 1-09
Wexford 0-04 D.I.T. 0-08
D.I.T. 2-18 Westmeath 0-08
Kildare 0-16 Kildare 0-12
Longford 0-08 Kildare 1-11
Offaly 0-08 D.C.U. 0-09
D.C.U. 0-17 Kildare 3-09
Meath 0-10 Louth 2-09
U.C.D. 1-09 U.C.D. 0-13
Carlow 5-13 Carlow 0-10
Kilkenny 0-08 U.C.D. 0-16
Louth 2-15 Louth 2-11
Athlone I.T. 0-04 Louth 2-13
Laois 1-09 Wicklow 1-12
Wicklow 1-10

First round

The eight winning teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup went on to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round went on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals. All the first round matches were originally scheduled to take place on 9 January 2011, however several were postponed due to frozen pitched at the scheduled venues.[1]

Carlow5-13 - 0-08Kilkenny
Kildare0-16 - 0-08Longford
Laois1-09 - 1-10Wicklow
Louth2-15 - 0-04Athlone I.T.
Meath0-10 - 1-09U.C.D.
Offaly0-08 - 0-17D.C.U.
Westmeath0-12 - 1-08Dublin
Wexford0-04 - 2-18D.I.T.

Quarter-finals
Westmeath1-09 - 0-08D.I.T
Kildare1-11 - 0-09D.C.U.
U.C.D.0-13 - 0-10Carlow
Louth2-13 - 1-12Wicklow

Semi-finals
Westmeath0-08 - 0-12Kildare
U.C.D.0-16 - 2-11Louth

Final
Kildare3-09 - 2-09Louth

O'Byrne Shield

The O'Byrne Shield consists of the 8 losing teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.

Quarter-finals
16 January 2011 		Semi-finals
22 January 2011 		Final
30 January 2011
Dublin 6-10
Wexford 1-08 Dublin 3-13
Longford 1-08 Offaly 0-07
Offaly 1-09 Dublin 2-16
Meath 0-13 Meath 2-14
Kilkenny 1-03 Meath 0-11
Athlone I.T. 0-12 Laois 0-08
Laois 1-11

Quarter-finals
Dublin6-10 - 1-08Wexford
Meath0-13 - 1-03Kilkenny
Longford1-08 - 1-09Offaly
Athlone I.T.0-12 - 1-11Laois

Semi-finals
Dublin3-13 - 0-07Offaly
Meath0-11 - 0-08Laois

Final
Dublin2-16 - 2-14
(A.E.T.)		Meath

See also

References
  1. "Kildare, Wicklow and Louth progress in O'Byrne Cup". Irish Examiner. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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