The 2019 Fitzgibbon Cup was the 103rd staging of the

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) 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 ...

since its establishment by the

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in 1912. It was sponsored by

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, and known as the Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup for sponsorship purposes. The draw for the group stage fixtures took place on 5 December 2018. It started with the group stage on 20 January 2019 and is scheduled to end on 23 February 2019. The

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were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the "group of death". On 23 February 2019,

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won the Fitzgibbon Cup after a 2–21 to 0–13 defeat of

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in the final. This was their 39th cup title overall and their first title since

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's Evan Niland was the Fitzgibbon Cup top scorer with 0-54.

Group stage

Group A

Table

Fixtures and results

Group B

Table

Fixtures and results

Group C

Table

Fixtures and results

Group D

Table

Fixtures and results

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

References

External links

gaa.ie Higher Education Fixtures
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