| 2017 O'Byrne Cup | |
| Trophy: | O'Byrne Cup |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Manager: | Paul Clarke |
| Captain: | Ciaran Reddin |
| Winners: | Dublin |
| Ordinal: | 9 |
| Runnersup: | Louth |
| Runnerupmanager: | Colin Kelly |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 O'Byrne Cup was played by county and further education college teams of Leinster GAA in January 2017 and was won by Dublin.[1] [2]
16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams (DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU–Dóchas Éireann and Maynooth University).
The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners compete in the semi-finals.
| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 4 | |
| Wexford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 45 | -1 | 3 | |
| UCD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 3 | |
| DCU–Dóchas Éireann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 2 |
| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 21 | +53 | 6 | |
| Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 4 | |
| Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 2 | |
| IT Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 95 | –72 | 0 |
| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meath | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-50 | 1-35 | +30 | 5 | |
| Laois | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-48 | 3-29 | +22 | 5 | |
| DIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1-28 | 4-37 | –18 | 2 | |
| Wicklow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-24 | 3-49 | –34 | 0 |
| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 6 | |
| Westmeath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 4 | |
| Carlow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 2 | |
| Maynooth University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 67 | –21 | 0 |