| 2016 Cavan IFC | |
| County: | Cavan |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Trophy: | Tommy Gilroy Cup |
| Sponsor: | Hotel Kilmore |
| Date: | 5 August - 15 October 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 14 |
| Winners: | Arva |
| Ordinal: | 3rd |
| Manager: | Peter Reilly |
| Captain: | Jonathan McCabe |
| Qualify For: | 2016 Ulster Club IFC |
| Runnersup: | Killinkere |
| Runnerupmanager: | Damien Donohoe |
| Runnerupcaptain: | Kevin McCabe |
| Promoted: | Arva |
| Relegated: | Drumalee Drung Templeport |
| Poty: | Kevin Bouchier (Arva) |
| Previous: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship was the 52nd edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.
The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The draw for the group stages was made on 12 April 2016.[1]
Arva and Killinkere reached the final, and the game ended in a draw.[2] Arva won the replay by a point to win their first Intermediate title for 33 years.[3] [4]
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.
Promoted from 2015 Cavan Junior Football Championship
Relegated from 2015 Cavan Senior Football Championship
Promoted to 2016 Cavan Senior Football Championship
All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the quarter-finals while the bottom 6 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shercock | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +25 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Bailieborough Shamrocks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +19 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Killinkere | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +17 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Butlersbridge | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Arva | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Swanlinbar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Redhills | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -7 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Templeport | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -14 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Drumlane | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Drung | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +4 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Belturbet | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -20 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Drumgoon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -14 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Drumalee | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -33 | 0 |
The teams placed 8–14 in the league phase will play off against each other. The 3 winners will maintain their intermediate status for 2017, while the three losers will be relegated to the 2017 J.F.C.