| 2016 Fitzgibbon Cup | |
| Trophy: | Fitzgibbon Cup |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Manager: | Eamonn Cregan |
| Captain: | Darragh Corry & Richie English[1] |
| Winners: | Mary I Limerick |
| Ordinal: | 1 |
| Runnersup: | UL |
| Runnerupcaptain: | Jack Browne |
| Runnerupmanager: | Brian Lohan |
| Sponsor: | independent.ie |
| Previous: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 100th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup 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 won their first ever title.[2]
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.
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| 1 | Limerick IT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6-49 | 2-38 | 23 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | UCD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-39 | 0-41 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | UCC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-45 | 4-37 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Maynooth University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-30 | 9-47 | -44 | 0 |
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| 1 | IT Carlow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6-46 | 4-27 | 25 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | WIT | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-46 | 2-29 | 23 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | St. Pat's, Drumcondra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-43 | 7-53 | -22 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | DCU | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-37 | 4-63 | -26 | 1 |
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| 1 | Mary I Limerick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-49 | 5-33 | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | UL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-50 | 3-44 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | NUI Galway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-47 | 3-38 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | DIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-26 | 4-57 | -37 | 0 |
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| 1 | CIT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-39 | 0-24 | 27 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | GMIT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-11 | 3-26 | -21 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | UUJ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-21 | 2-21 | -6 | 0 |
Group winners will have home advantage for the quarter-finals.