2017 Fitzgibbon Cup
| Tournament details | |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Trophy | Fitzgibbon Cup |
| Sponsor | independent.ie |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Mary I |
| Manager | Jamie Wall |
| Captain | Eoin Quirke |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | IT Carlow |
| Manager | D. J. Carey |
| Other | |
| Player of the Year | Cian Lynch |
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The 2017 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 101st staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by NUI Galway on 24 and 25 February 2017. Mary I retained the title after a 3-24 to 1-19 win against IT Carlow in the final.
Group stage
Sixteen institutes of higher education compete in groups of four. 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 winners had home advantage for the quarter-finals.
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