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.^[1]

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.^[2]

It was won by Carlow, their first and (so far) only win. Captain Andrew Corden died in a car crash just three months after.^[3][4][5]

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

References

1. "Leinster GAA Results 2001".
2. "Night-time matches under the spotlight". The Irish Times.
3. "Leinster GAA Results 2002".
4. "O'Byrne Cup Final Carlow vs Wicklow 20/1/2002 Oisi - 61681 - Inpho Photography". inpho.ie.
5. "County Call".

External links

• Leinster G.A.A. Results 2002