2002 O'Byrne Cup

2002 O'Byrne Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2002
Trophy	O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions	Carlow (1st win)
Manager	Pat Roe
Captain	Andrew Corden
Runners-up
Runners-up	Wicklow
Manager	John O'Leary
Captain	Ronan Coffey

The 2002 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the county teams of Leinster GAA between November 2001 and January 2002.

The tournament was noted for featuring one of the first inter-county Gaelic football games under floodlights, when Meath played Longford in Simonstown Gaels' ground.

It was won by Carlow, their first and (so far) only win. Captain Andrew Corden died in a car crash just three months after.

Format

The eleven teams are drawn into three groups of 4, 4 and 3 teams respectively.

Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning two points for a win and one for a draw.

The 3 group winners advance the semi-finals.

The runners-up in the two groups of 4 teams play a playoff, with the winner advancing to the semi-finals.

Results

Group stage

Key to colours

	Advance to semi-finals
	Advance to playoff

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Carlow	3	2	0	1	+4	4
Offaly	3	2	0	1	+3	4
Meath	3	1	0	2	+1	2
Longford	3	1	0	2	–8	2

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Laois	3	2	0	1	+2	4
Wicklow	3	2	0	1	–4	4
Kildare	3	1	1	1	+4	3
Wexford	3	0	1	2	–2	1

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Louth	2	2	0	0	+6	4
Westmeath	2	1	0	1	–4	2
Dublin	2	0	0	2	–2	0

Finals

Playoff

2 December 2001

Wicklow	2-12 – 2-9	Offaly
	Report

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Semi-finals

13 January 2002

Wicklow	0-16 – 2-8	Louth
	Report

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

13 January 2002

Carlow	2-11 – 1-13	Laois
	Report

McCann Park, Portarlington

Final

20 January 2002

Carlow	2-10 – 0-8	Wicklow
Brian Carbery (1-4, 1-0pen), John Nevin (1-1), Brian Kelly (0-3), Johnny Kavanagh and Garvin Ware (0-1 each)	Report

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

External links

• Leinster G.A.A. Results 2002