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2017 FBD Insurance League

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2017 FBD Insurance League
Tournament details
ProvinceConnacht
Year2017
SponsorFBD
Winners
ChampionsGalway (8th win)
ManagerKevin Walsh
CaptainGary O'Donnell
Runners-up
Runners-upRoscommon
ManagerKevin McStay
CaptainCiaráin Murtagh
Other
Matches played12
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The 2017 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and third-level college gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated. Three college teams competed – Institute of Technology, Sligo, NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).[1][2][3] Galway were the winners. This was the last edition of the tournament to feature college teams.

Format

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The teams are drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners play in the final. Games are 30 minutes a side.

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L Pts Diff
Roscommon 3 2 0 1 4 +30
Mayo 3 2 0 1 4 +5
NUI Galway 3 2 0 1 4 –2
IT Sligo 3 0 0 3 0 –33

Group B

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Team Pld W D L Pts Diff
Galway 3 3 0 0 6 +30
Sligo 3 2 0 1 4 +38
Leitrim 3 1 0 2 2 –2
GMIT 3 0 0 3 0 –60
  • GMIT gave a walkover to Galway.[4]

Final

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Roscommon 0-15 – 2-14 Galway
D Smith 0-7 (3f); C Murtagh 0-2; S McDermott, F Cregg, C Connolly, C Devaney, K Higgins 0-1 each Report B McHugh 0-6 (2f); C McDaid, D Cummins (0-1f) 1-1 each; J Heaney 0-3; G O’Donnell 0-2; T Flynn 0-1
Referee: L Devenney (Mayo)

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Fixtures".
  2. ^ Cox, Darragh (23 November 2016). "Connacht FBD League Fixtures 2017 - Ocean FM".
  3. ^ "Connacht Gaa Announce Provisional Fixtures for 2017 - Galway Bay FM". 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. ^ "GMIT give walkover to Galway - HoganStand".