The 2016 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 100th staging of the

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup () is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideac ...

since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by Cork IT on 26 and 27 February 2016 where

Mary Immaculate College Mary Immaculate College (''Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál''), also known as MIC and Mary I, is a College of Education and Liberal Arts. Founded in 1898, the university level College of Education and the Liberal Arts is academically linked with the ...

won their first ever title.

Format

Group stage Fifteen institutes of higher education compete in three groups of four and one group of three. Each team in a group plays all the other teams in the group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. Knockout stage The four group winners play the four group runners-up in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final are played over a single weekend, usually the last Friday and Saturday in February.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Group winners will have home advantage for the quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

Final

References

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