1943–44 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

1943–44 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Shamrock Rovers
Final positions
Champions	Glentoran (1st title)
Runner-up	Belfast Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	87 (3.35 per match)
	← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the 3rd edition of the Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Teams from outside Dublin and Belfast competed, but played their home matches in either Dublin (if based in the Republic of Ireland) or Belfast (if based in Northern Ireland).^[1]

Glentoran won the title for the 1st time, defeating Belfast Celtic 5–4 on aggregate in the two-legged final.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

First round

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Distillery	1–0	Cork United	1–0	0–0
Dundalk¹	1–2	Derry City	1–0	0–2
Linfield	3–5	Bohemians	0–4	3–1
Shamrock Rovers	4–5	Belfast Celtic	1–1	3–4
Shelbourne	4–1	Cliftonville	3–0	1–1
St James's Gate	2–7	Glentoran	1–2	1–5

¹Despite losing their ties, Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".

Quarter-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Derry City	2–5	Bohemians	0–2	2–3
Distillery	5–2	Dundalk	4–1	1–1
Glentoran	2–2¹	Shelbourne	2–2	0–0
Shamrock Rovers	4–8	Belfast Celtic	1–4	3–4